Summary Prospectus by Investment Company (Form 497K)

 

Investment Objective

The Goldman Sachs Short-Term Conservative Income Fund (the "Fund") seeks to generate current income and secondarily maintain an emphasis on preservation of capital and liquidity.

 

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

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 table and Example below.

Shareholder Fees

(fees paid directly from your investment) 

	Class A	Institutional	Investor	Class R6
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	None	None	None	None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of the lower of original purchase price or sale proceeds)	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	Institutional	Investor	Class R6
Management Fees	0.25%	0.25%	0.25%	0.25%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees	0.15%	None	None	None
Other Expenses	0.15%	0.07%	0.15%	0.06%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses1	0.56%	0.33%	0.41%	0.32%
Fee Waiver and Expense Limitation2	(0.09%)	(0.09%)	(0.09%)	(0.09%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and Expense Limitation1	0.47%	0.24%	0.32%	0.23%

 

Expense 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 Class A Shares, Institutional Shares, Investor Shares and/or Class R6 Shares of the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your Class A Shares, Institutional Shares, Investor Shares and/or Class R6 Shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same (except that the Example incorporates any applicable fee waiver and/or expense limitation arrangements for only the first year). 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 Shares	$48	$170	$304	$693
Institutional Shares	$25	$97	$176	$409
Investor Shares	$33	$123	$221	$509
Class R6 Shares	$24	$94	$171	$397

 
 

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs when it buys and sells securities or instruments (i.e., "turns over" its portfolio). A high rate of portfolio turnover may result in increased transaction costs, which must be borne by the Fund and its shareholders, and is also likely to result in higher short-term capital gains for taxable shareholders. These costs are not reflected in the annual fund operating expenses or in the expense example above, but are reflected in the Fund's performance. The Fund's portfolio turnover rate for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 was 115% of the average value of its portfolio.  

Principal Strategy

The Fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes ("Net Assets") in short-term, investment grade fixed income securities. The Fund invests in a broad range of high quality, U.S. dollar-denominated fixed income securities, which include, among other things, obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies, authorities, instrumentalities or sponsored enterprises ("U.S. Government Securities"), obligations of U.S. banks, corporate notes, commercial paper and other short-term obligations of U.S. companies, certificates of deposit, states, municipalities and other entities, fixed and floating rate asset backed securities and repurchase agreements. The Fund may also invest in U.S. dollar-denominated obligations issued or guaranteed by foreign banks, companies and governments or their agencies, authorities, instrumentalities or sponsored enterprises. The Fund will not invest in mortgage backed securities or derivatives.

The Fund may also seek to obtain exposure to fixed income investments through investments in affiliated or unaffiliated investment companies, including exchange-traded funds ("ETFs").

In pursuing the Fund's investment objective, the Investment Adviser will seek to enhance the Fund's return by identifying those high quality, U.S. dollar-denominated fixed income instruments that are within the maturity guidelines discussed below and that the Investment Adviser believes offer attractive yields relative to other similar securities, consistent with preservation of capital and liquidity.

The Fund will concentrate its investments in the financial services group of industries. Therefore, under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest more than 25% of its total assets in securities issued by companies in the financial services group of industries and repurchase agreements secured by such obligations. The Fund may, however, invest less than 25% of its total assets in this group of industries as a temporary defensive position.

The Investment Adviser measures the Fund's performance against the Bloomberg Short-Term Government/Corporate Index and ICE BofA 3-6 Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index.  

Credit Quality Guidelines

The Fund will invest at least 70% of its total assets in securities (or the issuers of such securities) that are rated, at the time of purchase, in the highest short-term credit rating category by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization ("NRSRO") (A-1, P-1, or F1 by S&P Global Ratings ("Standard & Poor's"), Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's") or Fitch Ratings, Inc. ("Fitch"), respectively), or, if such securities only maintain long term ratings or are unrated, determined by the Investment Adviser to be of comparable credit quality at the time of purchase (e.g., minimum long-term credit rating of A- by Standard & Poor's or Fitch, or A3 by Moody's). The remainder of the Fund's investments will carry a minimum short-term credit rating of A-2, P-2, or F2 by Standard & Poor's, Moody's or Fitch, respectively, at the time of purchase, or, if such securities only maintain long term ratings or are unrated, determined by the Investment Adviser to be of comparable credit quality at the time of purchase (e.g., minimum long-term credit rating of BBB by Standard & Poor's or Fitch, or Baa2 by Moody's). The Fund may also rely on the credit quality of a guarantee or demand feature in determining the credit quality of a security supported by the guarantee or demand feature. 

Maturity Guidelines

Except for asset-backed securities, the Fund will only invest in securities that have remaining maturities of: (1) two years or less for fixed rate securities and (2) three years or less for floating rate and variable rate securities, in each case measured at the time of purchase and with limited exceptions where a security has maturity shortening features (e.g., demand features). The Fund may invest in asset-backed securities that have remaining maturities of more than three years, provided that the remaining dollar-weighted average portfolio life ("WAL") of the pools of assets collateralizing such asset-backed securities is: (1) two years or less for fixed rate assets or (2) three years or less for floating rate and variable rate assets, in each case measured at the time of purchase and with limited exceptions where an asset-backed security has maturity shortening features (e.g., demand features).

The Fund will maintain a dollar-weighted average portfolio maturity ("WAM") that does not exceed approximately nine months and a WAL that does not exceed approximately one year.

THE FUND IS NOT A MONEY MARKET FUND AND DOES NOT ATTEMPT TO MAINTAIN A STABLE NET ASSET VALUE. 

Liquidity Solutions Investment Philosophy

The Fund is managed to seek to generate current income and secondarily maintain an emphasis on preservation of capital and liquidity. The Investment Adviser follows a conservative, risk-managed investment process.

Our process:

No one factor or consideration is determinative in the fundamental investment process. 

Principal Risks of the Fund

Loss of money is a risk of investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") or any government agency. The Fund should not be relied upon as a complete investment program. There can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. Investments in the Fund involve substantial risks which prospective investors should consider carefully before investing. The Fund's principal risks are presented below in alphabetical order, and not in the order of importance or potential exposure.

Asset-Backed and Receivables-Backed Securities Risk.  The Fund may invest in asset-backed and receivables-backed securities whose principal and interest payments are collateralized by pools of assets such as auto loans, credit card receivables, leases, installment contracts and personal property. Asset-backed securities are subject to certain additional risks, including "extension risk" (i.e., in periods of rising interest rates, issuers may pay principal later than expected) and "prepayment risk" (i.e., in periods of declining interest rates, issuers may pay principal more quickly than expected, causing the Fund to reinvest proceeds at lower prevailing interest rates). These risks are generally greater for longer-term asset-backed securities. Asset-backed securities are subject to various other risks, including the risk that private insurers fail to meet their obligations, the risk of unexpectedly high rates of default on the assets backing the securities and the risks associated with the nature and servicing of the assets backing the securities. Asset-backed securities may not have the benefit of a security interest in collateral comparable to that of mortgage assets, resulting in additional credit risk.

Credit/Default Risk. An issuer or guarantor of fixed income securities or instruments held by the Fund, or a bank or other financial institution that has entered into a repurchase agreement with the Fund, may default on its obligation to pay interest and repay principal or default on any other obligation. Additionally, the credit quality of securities or instruments may deteriorate rapidly, which may impair the Fund's liquidity and cause significant deterioration in net asset value ("NAV"). These risks are heightened in market environments where interest rates are rising.

Financial Services Sector Risk.  An adverse development in the financial services sector, including U.S. and foreign banks, broker-dealers, insurance companies, finance companies (e.g., automobile finance) and related asset-backed securities, may affect the value of the Fund's investments more than if the Fund were not invested to such a degree in this sector. Companies in the financial services sector may be particularly susceptible to certain economic factors such as interest rate changes, fiscal, regulatory and monetary policy and general economic cycles.

Floating and Variable Rate Obligations Risk.  For floating and variable rate obligations, there may be a lag between an actual change in the underlying interest rate benchmark and the reset time for an interest

payment of such an obligation, which could harm or benefit the Fund, depending on the interest rate environment or other circumstances. In a rising interest rate environment, for example, a floating or variable rate obligation that does not reset immediately would prevent the Fund from taking full advantage of rising interest rates in a timely manner. However, in a declining interest rate environment, the Fund may benefit from a lag due to an obligation's interest rate payment not being immediately impacted by a decline in interest rates.

Certain floating and variable rate obligations have an interest rate floor feature, which prevents the interest rate payable by the security from dropping below a specified level as compared to a reference interest rate (the "reference rate"), such as the Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR"), a term SOFR rate published by CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) calculated using certain derivatives markets ("Term SOFR") or another rate determined using SOFR values. Such a floor protects the Fund from losses resulting from a decrease in the reference rate below the specified level. However, if the reference rate is below the floor, there will be a lag between a rise in the reference rate and a rise in the interest rate payable by the obligation, and the Fund may not benefit from increasing interest rates for a significant amount of time.

Foreign Risk.  Foreign securities may be subject to risk of loss because of more or less foreign government regulation; less public information; less stringent investor protections; less stringent accounting, corporate governance, financial reporting and disclosure standards; and less economic, political and social stability in the countries in which the Fund invests. The imposition of sanctions, exchange controls, confiscations, trade restrictions (including tariffs) and other government restrictions by the United States and other governments, or from problems in share registration, settlement or custody, may also result in losses. The type and severity of sanctions and other similar measures, including counter sanctions and other retaliatory actions, that may be imposed could vary broadly in scope, and their impact is impossible to predict. For example, the imposition of sanctions and other similar measures could, among other things, cause a decline in the value and/or liquidity of securities issued by the sanctioned country or companies located in or economically tied to the sanctioned country and increase market volatility and disruption in the sanctioned country and throughout the world. Sanctions and other similar measures could limit or prevent the Fund from buying and selling securities (in the sanctioned country and other markets), significantly delay or prevent the settlement of securities transactions, and significantly impact the Fund's liquidity and performance. In addition, the Fund will be subject to the risk that an issuer of non-U.S. sovereign debt or the governmental authorities that control the repayment of the debt may be unable or unwilling to repay the principal or interest when due.

Industry Concentration Risk.  The Fund concentrates its investments in the financial services group of industries, which has historically experienced substantial price volatility. This concentration subjects the Fund to greater risk of loss as a result of adverse economic, business, political, environmental or other developments than if its investments were diversified across different industries.

Interest Rate Risk.  When interest rates increase, fixed income securities or instruments held by the Fund will generally decline in value. Long-term fixed income securities or instruments will normally have more price volatility because of this risk than short-term fixed income securities or instruments. Changing interest rates may have unpredictable effects on the markets, may result in heightened market volatility and may detract from Fund performance. In addition, changes in monetary policy may exacerbate the risks associated with changing interest rates. Funds with longer average portfolio durations will

generally be more sensitive to changes in interest rates than funds with a shorter average portfolio duration. Fluctuations in interest rates may also affect the liquidity of fixed income securities and instruments held by the Fund.

Large Shareholder Transactions Risk. The Fund may experience adverse effects when certain large shareholders purchase or redeem large amounts of shares of the Fund. Such large shareholder redemptions, which may occur rapidly or unexpectedly, may cause the Fund to sell portfolio securities at times when it would not otherwise do so, which may negatively impact the Fund's NAV and liquidity. Similarly, large Fund share purchases may adversely affect the Fund's performance to the extent that the Fund is delayed in investing new cash or otherwise maintains a larger cash position than it ordinarily would. These transactions may also accelerate the realization of taxable income to shareholders if such sales of investments resulted in gains, and may also increase transaction costs. In addition, a large redemption could result in the Fund's current expenses being allocated over a smaller asset base, leading to an increase in the Fund's expense ratio.

Liquidity Risk.  The Fund may make investments that are illiquid or that may become less liquid in response to market developments or adverse investor perceptions. Illiquid investments may be more difficult to value. Liquidity risk may also refer to the risk that the Fund will not be able to pay redemption proceeds within the allowable time period because of unusual market conditions, declining prices of the securities sold, an unusually high volume of redemption requests, or other reasons. To meet redemption requests, the Fund may be forced to sell securities at an unfavorable time and/or under unfavorable conditions. Liquidity risk may be the result of, among other things, the reduced number and capacity of traditional market participants to make a market in fixed income securities or the lack of an active market. The potential for liquidity risk may be magnified by a rising interest rate environment or other circumstances where investor redemptions from fixed income funds may be higher than normal, potentially causing increased supply in the market due to selling activity. Redemptions by large shareholders may have a negative impact on the Fund's liquidity.

Market Risk. The market value of the securities in which the Fund invests may go up or down in response to the prospects of individual companies, particular sectors, governments or countries and/or general economic conditions throughout the world due to increasingly interconnected global economies and financial markets. Events such as war, military conflict, geopolitical disputes, acts of terrorism, social or political unrest, natural disasters, recessions, inflation, rapid interest rate changes, supply chain disruptions, tariffs and other restrictions on trade, sanctions or the spread of infectious illness or other public health threats, or the threat or potential of one or more such events and developments, could also significantly impact the Fund and its investments.

Municipal Securities Risk.  Municipal securities are subject to credit/default risk, interest rate risk and certain additional risks. The Fund may be more sensitive to adverse economic, business or political developments if it invests a substantial portion of its assets in the bonds of similar projects (such as those relating to education, health care, housing, transportation, and utilities), industrial development bonds, or in particular types of municipal securities (such as general obligation bonds, private activity bonds and moral obligation bonds). While interest earned on municipal securities is generally not subject to federal tax, any interest earned on taxable municipal securities is fully taxable at the federal level and may be subject to tax at the state level.

NAV Risk.  The NAV of the Fund and the value of your investment will fluctuate.

Other Investment Companies Risk.  By investing in other investment companies (including ETFs) indirectly through the Fund, investors will incur a proportionate share of the expenses of the other investment companies held by the Fund (including operating costs and investment management fees) in addition to the fees regularly borne by the Fund. In addition, the Fund will be affected by the investment policies, practices and performance of such investment companies in direct proportion to the amount of assets the Fund invests therein. To the extent the Fund invests in ETFs, the Fund will invest only in ETFs sponsored by GSAM or its affiliates, unless GSAM determines, in its sole discretion, that no affiliated ETF is available to provide the desired exposure (for example, by sector, industry, credit quality, or duration). GSAM will consider investing in an unaffiliated ETF on behalf of the Fund only where no affiliated ETF is available to provide the desired exposure. For investments in affiliated ETFs, GSAM has agreed to waive a portion of its management fees in an amount equal to any management fees it earns as the investment adviser to the affiliated ETFs.

Portfolio Turnover Rate Risk.  A high rate of portfolio turnover (100% or more) involves correspondingly greater expenses which must be borne by the Fund and its shareholders, and is also likely to result in short-term capital gains taxable to shareholders.

U.S. Government Securities Risk. The U.S. government may not provide financial support to U.S. government agencies, instrumentalities or sponsored enterprises if it is not obligated to do so by law. U.S. Government Securities issued by those agencies, instrumentalities and government sponsored enterprises, including those issued by the Federal National Mortgage Association ("Fannie Mae"), Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("Freddie Mac") and the Federal Home Loan Banks, are neither issued nor guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury and, therefore, are not backed by the full faith and credit of the United States. The maximum potential liability of the issuers of some U.S. Government Securities held by the Fund may greatly exceed their current resources, including any legal right to support from the U.S. Treasury. It is possible that issuers of U.S. Government Securities will not have the funds to meet their payment obligations in the future.  

Performance

The bar chart and table below provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing: (a) changes in the performance of the Fund's Institutional Shares from year to year; and (b) how the average annual total returns of the Fund's Class A, Institutional, Investor and Class R6 Shares compare to those of regulatorily required board-based securities indices (Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index) (the "Regulatory Benchmark") and to the ICE BofAML 3-6 Month US Treasury Bill Index and Bloomberg Short-Term Government/Corporate Index (the "Performance Benchmarks"). The Performance Benchmarks are generally more representative of the market sectors and/or types of investments in which the Fund invests or to which the Fund has exposure and which the Investment Adviser uses to measure the Fund's performance. The Fund has included in the table below the performance of the Regulatory Benchmark, which represents a broader measure of market performance, to comply with regulatory requirements. For additional information about these benchmark indices, please see "Additional Performance and Benchmark Information" on page 10 of the Prospectus. The Fund's past performance, before and after taxes, is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available at no cost at am.gs.com or by calling the appropriate phone number on the back cover of the Prospectus.

Performance reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the periods shown.

CALENDAR YEAR (INSTITUTIONAL)

  

	Returns	Quarter ended
Year-to-Date Return	1.89%	June 30, 2026

 

During the periods shown in the chart above:	Returns	Quarter ended
Best Quarter Return	2.15%	June 30, 2020
Worst Quarter Return	-1.21%	March 31, 2020

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN For the period ended December 31, 2025
	1 Year	5 Years	10 Years	Since Inception	Inception Date
Class A Shares					10/31/2016
Returns Before Taxes	4.57%	3.25%	N/A	2.52%
Bloomberg Short-Term Government/Corporate Index	4.46%	3.12%	N/A	2.47%
ICE BofA 3-6 Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index	4.30%	3.21%	N/A	2.41%
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	7.30%	-0.36%	N/A	1.65%
Institutional Shares					2/28/2014
Returns Before Taxes	4.81%	3.46%	2.65%	-
Returns After Taxes on Distributions	2.91%	2.07%	1.61%	-
Returns After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares	2.82%	2.05%	1.58%	-
Bloomberg Short-Term Government/Corporate Index	4.46%	3.12%	2.33%	-
ICE BofA 3-6 Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index	4.30%	3.21%	2.25%	-
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	7.30%	-0.36%	2.01%	-
Investor Shares					8/14/2018
Returns Before Taxes	4.73%	3.40%	N/A	2.96%
Bloomberg Short-Term Government/Corporate Index	4.46%	3.12%	N/A	2.77%
ICE BofA 3-6 Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index	4.30%	3.21%	N/A	2.73%
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	7.30%	-0.36%	N/A	2.06%
Class R6 Shares					11/30/2017
Returns Before Taxes	4.82%	3.47%	N/A	2.98%
Bloomberg Short-Term Government/Corporate Index	4.46%	3.12%	N/A	2.68%
ICE BofA 3-6 Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index	4.30%	3.21%	N/A	2.64%
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	7.30%	-0.36%	N/A	1.78%

Benchmark returns do not reflect any deductions for fees or expenses.

The after-tax returns are for Institutional Shares only. The after-tax returns for Class A, Investor and Class R6 Shares will vary. 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. In addition, the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

 

Portfolio Management

Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. is the investment adviser for the Fund (the "Investment Adviser" or "GSAM").

Portfolio Managers: John Olivo, Managing Director, has managed the Fund since 2016; Tasneem Nalwala, Vice President, has managed the Fund since 2024; and Shaun Cullinan, Managing Director, and Andrew Lontai, Vice President, have managed the Fund since July 2025. 

Buying and Selling Fund Shares

The minimum initial investment for Class A Shares is, generally, $1,000. The minimum initial investment for Institutional Shares is, generally, $1,000,000 for individual or certain institutional investors, alone or in combination with other assets under the management of the Investment Adviser and its affiliates. There is no minimum for initial purchases of Investor or Class R6 Shares, except for certain institutional investors who purchase Class R6 Shares directly with the Fund's

transfer agent for which the minimum initial investment is $5,000,000. Those share classes with a minimum initial investment requirement do not impose it on certain employee benefit plans, and Institutional Shares do not impose it on certain investment advisers investing on behalf of other accounts.

The minimum subsequent investment for Class A shareholders is $50, except for certain employee benefit plans, for which there is no minimum. There is no minimum subsequent investment for Institutional shareholders.

The Fund does not impose minimum purchase requirements for initial or subsequent investments in Investor or Class R6 Shares, although an Intermediary (as defined below) may impose such minimums and/or establish other requirements such as a minimum account balance.

You may purchase and redeem (sell) shares of the Fund on any business day through certain intermediaries that have a relationship with Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC ("Goldman Sachs"), including banks, trust companies, brokers, registered investment advisers and other financial institutions ("Intermediaries"). 

Tax Information

The Fund's distributions are taxable, and will be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account. Investments made through tax-deferred arrangements may become taxable upon withdrawal from such arrangements. 

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase shares of the Fund through an Intermediary, the Fund and/or 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 Intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your Intermediary's website for more information.