Morningstar Funds Trust

08/28/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/28/2026 12:15

Summary Prospectus by Investment Company (Form 497K)

Morningstar

Funds Trust

Morningstar Multisector Bond Fund MSTMX

Summary Prospectus

September 1, 2026

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 http://connect.rightprospectus.com/Morningstar. You may also obtain this information at no cost by calling 877-626-3224 or by sending an email request to [email protected]. The Fund's Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information dated September 1, 2026, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

The following tables describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.

Shareholder Fees

(Fees paid directly from your investment)

Institutional
Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases None
Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Dividends None
Redemption Fee None
Exchange Fee None
Account Service Fee None

Annual Fund Operating Expenses

(Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Institutional
Management Fees 0.61%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees None
Other Expenses

Sub-Accounting Fees

0.10%1

Other Operating Expenses

0.29%
Total Other Expenses 0.39%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.00%
Fee Waivers and Expense Reimbursement -0.21%2
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers and Expense Reimbursement 0.79%2
1

Represents fees assessed by financial intermediaries for providing certain account maintenance, record keeping, and transactional services with respect to Fund shares held by these intermediaries for their customers.

2

Morningstar Investment Management LLC ("Morningstar" or "adviser" or "we") has contractually agreed, through at least August 31, 2027, to waive all or a portion of its advisory fees and, if necessary, to assume certain other expenses (to the extent permitted by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended) to ensure that the Institutional shares' Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (excluding taxes, interest, brokerage commissions, trading costs, AFFE, short sale dividend and interest expenses, litigation expenses, and extraordinary expenses) do not exceed 0.79% (the Expense Limitation Agreement). Prior to August 31, 2027, the Expense Limitation Agreement may be terminated only upon mutual agreement between the Trust (which would require the approval of the Trust's board of trustees) and the adviser, or automatically upon the termination of the Investment Advisory Agreement between the Trust and the adviser.

Example

The example below can help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. This example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example reflects adjustments made to the Fund's operating expenses due to the fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements shown in the table above for the

first year only. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. 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
Institutional $82 $298 $533 $1,206

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund will pay transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may mean higher transaction costs and could result in higher taxes if you hold Fund shares in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual Fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. For the Fund's fiscal year ended April 30, 2026, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 190% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

In seeking total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation, the Fund will normally invest at least 80% of its assets in debt securities (commonly referred to as "bonds") of varying maturity, duration, and quality across various sectors of the fixed-income market. These debt securities may include U.S. and non-U.S. corporate debt securities, U.S. and non-U.S. government debt securities, emerging-market debt securities, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, municipal securities, and floating-rate notes.

The Fund invests in investment grade and below investment grade fixed income securities. The Fund may invest without limit in fixed-income securities that are rated below investment grade (commonly known as junk bonds), or if unrated, are determined by the Fund's subadviser(s) to be of comparable quality. The Fund may invest without limit in securities denominated in foreign currencies and in U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers.

The Fund may invest in securities acquired in a private placement, such as Rule 144A securities, as well as derivatives, including options, futures, swaps, forward foreign currency contracts and currency options, for risk management purposes or as part of its investment strategies. Derivatives instruments that provide investment exposure to investments in the Fund's 80% investment policy and derivatives instruments that provide investment exposure to one or more of the market risk factors associated with such securities may be counted towards the Fund's 80% investment policy. Due to the opportunistic nature of its strategy, the Fund may also invest up to 20% of its assets in equity securities, including common stocks and convertible securities.

The nature of the strategies in this Fund is to engage in active and frequent trading of its portfolio securities which may result in higher portfolio turnover. Turnover is mainly driven by a few strategies employed to help manage duration and curve risk.

Multimanager Approach-The Fund uses a multimanager approach, meaning the adviser, in its discretion, may manage assets directly by investing in open- and closed-end investment companies, ETFs and individual securities or allocate assets to one or more subadvisers (collectively "Allocation Decisions"). The adviser and each subadviser acts independently from the others and uses its own investment style and process to select securities, within the constraints of the Fund's investment objective, strategies, and restrictions. Morningstar, as the Fund's adviser, is

responsible for selecting the investment strategies and making Allocation Decisions, with the goal of maximizing

return in the context of pursuing the Fund's investment objective with a prudent level of risk for the strategy. Morningstar may change subadvisers, subject to the oversight of the board of trustees, and sell holdings at any time.

Principal Risks

This Fund is designed to offer a high level of risk, and you can lose money by investing in the Fund. The Fund can also underperform broad markets and other investments. The Fund's principal risks include:

Multimanager and Subadviser Selection Risk-To a significant extent, the Fund's performance depends on Morningstar's skill in selecting subadvisers and each subadviser's skill in selecting securities and executing its strategy. Subadviser strategies may occasionally be out of favor and subadvisers may underperform relative to their peers or benchmarks.

Active Management Risk-The Fund is actively managed with discretion and may underperform market indexes or other mutual funds with similar investment objectives. The Fund's performance depends heavily on Morningstar's skill and judgment in managing assets directly (through open- and closed-end investment companies, ETFs and individual securities) and allocating assets to subadvisers and Morningstar and each subadviser's skill in selecting securities and executing its strategy. The Fund could experience losses if these judgments prove to be incorrect.

Asset Allocation Risk-In an attempt to invest in areas that look most attractive based on market, economic or other conditions, the Fund may favor asset classes or market segments that cause the Fund to underperform its benchmark.

Interest-Rate Risk-The value of fixed-income securities will typically decline when interest rates rise. The Fund may be subject to a greater risk of rising interest rates during low interest rate environments.

Call Risk-During periods of falling interest rates, an issuer may call or repay a higher-yielding fixed income security before its maturity date, forcing the Fund to reinvest in fixed income securities with lower interest rates than the original obligations.

Credit Risk-Issuers of fixed-income securities could default or be downgraded if they fail to make required payments of principal or interest.

High-Yield Risk-High-yield securities and unrated securities of similar credit quality (commonly known as junk bonds) are subject to greater levels of credit, valuation and liquidity risks. High-yield securities are considered speculative with respect to the issuer's continuing ability to make principal and interest payments.

Foreign Securities Risk-Securities of non-U.S. issuers may be less liquid, more volatile, and harder to value than U.S. securities. They may also be subject to political, economic, and regulatory risks, and market instability. Non-U.S. issuers also may not be subject to uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards and there may be less reliable and publicly available financial and other information about such issuers, as compared to U.S. issuers.

Geographic Concentration Risk-To the extent that the Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in a particular country, region or continent, economic, political, social and environmental conditions in such country, region or continent will have a greater effect on the Fund's performance than they would in a more geographically diversified fund. Information about the Fund's investment in a geographic area is available in its annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders, on the Fund's website and/or on the Fund's Forms N-PORT and N-CSR.

Emerging-Markets Risk-Emerging-market countries may have relatively unstable governments and economies based on only a few industries, which can cause greater instability. These countries are also more likely to experience higher levels of inflation, deflation, or currency devaluations, which could hurt their economies and securities markets.

Risks of Investing in Latin American Issuers-The economies of certain Latin American countries have experienced high interest rates, economic volatility, inflation, currency devaluations, government debt defaults and high unemployment rates. Certain Latin American countries have experienced periods of political and economic instability and social unrest in the past. International economic conditions, particularly those in the U.S., Europe and Asia, as well as world prices for oil and other commodities may also influence the development of Latin American economies. These risks, among others, may adversely affect the value of the Fund's investments.

Asian Market Risk-Investments in securities of Asian issuers involve risks and special considerations not typically associated with investments in the U.S. securities markets. Certain Asian economies have experienced over-extension of credit, currency devaluations and restrictions, high unemployment, high inflation, rapid fluctuations in inflation and interest rates, decreased exports, economic recessions and political unrest. Economic and political events in any one Asian country can have a significant effect on the entire Asian region as well as on major trading partners outside Asia, and any adverse effect on some or all of the Asian countries and regions in which the Fund invests. The securities markets in some Asian economies are relatively underdeveloped and may subject the Fund to a higher degree of risk.

Currency Risk-Because this Fund may invest in securities of non-U.S. issuers, changes in currency exchange rates (including in the markets in which such non-U.S. issuers' securities are traded) could hurt performance. Morningstar or a subadviser may decide not to hedge, or may not be successful in hedging, its currency exposure.

Market Risk-The value of stocks and other securities can be highly volatile and prices may fluctuate widely, which means you should expect a wide range of returns and could lose money, even over a long time period. Various economic, industry, regulatory, political or other factors (such as natural disasters, epidemics and pandemics, war, terrorism, changes in trade regulation or economic sanctions, conflicts, social unrest, recessions, or the threat or occurrence of a government shutdown) may disrupt U.S. and world economies and can dramatically affect markets generally, certain industry sectors, and/or individual companies.

U.S. Government Securities Risk-U.S. government obligations have different levels of credit support and, therefore, different degrees of credit risk. The U.S. government does not guarantee the market value of the securities it issues, so those values may fluctuate. Like most fixed-income securities, the prices of government securities typically fall when interest rates increase and rise when interest rates decline. In addition, the payment obligations on certain securities in which the Fund may invest, including securities issued by certain U.S. Government agencies and U.S. Government sponsored enterprises, are not guaranteed by the U.S. Government or supported by the full faith and credit of the United States.

Sovereign Debt Securities Risk-Sovereign debt instruments are subject to the risk that a governmental entity may delay or refuse to pay interest or repay principal on its sovereign debt, due, for example, to cash flow problems, insufficient foreign currency reserves, political considerations, the relative size of the governmental entity's debt position in relation to the economy, or the failure to put in place economic reforms required by the International Monetary Fund or other multilateral agencies.

Sector Focus Risk-The Fund may from time to time have a significant amount of its assets invested in one market sector or group of related industries. To the extent that the Fund focuses on particular sectors, groups of industries or types of investment from time to time, the Fund may be subject to greater risks of adverse developments in such areas of focus than a fund that invests in a wider variety of industries, sectors or investments. Information about the Fund's investment in a particular industry or market sector is available in its annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders, on the Fund's website and/or on the Fund's Forms N-PORT and N-CSR.

Mortgage-Related and Other Asset-Backed Securities Risk-Mortgage- and asset-backed securities represent interests in "pools" of mortgages or other assets, including consumer loans or receivables held in trust.

Mortgage- and asset-backed securities are subject to credit and interest rate risks, as well as extension and prepayment risks:

Extension Risk-Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of mortgage-related securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates. As a result, in a period of rising interest rates, if the Fund holds mortgage-related securities, it may exhibit additional volatility.

Prepayment Risk-When interest rates decline, the value of mortgage-related securities with prepayment features may not increase as much as other fixed-income securities because borrowers may pay off their mortgages sooner than expected. In addition, the potential impact of prepayment on the price of asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities may be difficult to predict and result in greater volatility.

These securities also are subject to risk of default on the underlying mortgage or asset, particularly during periods of economic downturn. Small movements in interest rates (both increases and decreases) may quickly and significantly reduce the value of certain mortgage-backed securities. TBA (or "to be announced") commitments are forward agreements for the purchase or sale of securities, including mortgage-backed securities for a fixed price, with payment and delivery on an agreed upon future settlement date. The specific securities to be delivered are not identified at the trade date. However, delivered securities must meet specified terms, including issuer, rate and mortgage terms.

Municipal Securities Risk-The municipal securities market could be significantly affected by negative political and legislative changes, as well as uncertainties related to taxation or the rights of municipal security holders, due to among other things, unfavorable changes in tax laws, adverse interpretations by the Internal Revenue Service or state tax authorities, or noncompliant conduct of an issuer or other obligated party. Changes in the financial health of a municipality may make it difficult for it to pay interest and principal when due.

Floating-Rate Notes Risk-Floating-rate notes are subject to credit risk and interest-rate risk. The interest rate of a floating rate instrument may be based on a known lending rate, such as a bank's prime rate, and is reset whenever such rate is adjusted. The interest rate on a variable-rate demand note is reset at specified intervals at a market rate. Some floating- and variable-rate securities may be callable by the issuer, meaning that they can be paid off before their maturity date and the proceeds may be required to be invested in lower yielding securities that reduce the Fund's income.

Private Placements Risk-Securities that are purchased in private placements are subject to restrictions on resale as a matter of contract or under federal securities laws. Because there may be relatively few potential purchasers for these investments, especially under adverse circumstances, a Fund could find it more difficult to sell private placements at an advisable time or attractive price. Additionally, such securities may not be listed on an exchange and may have no active trading market. Accordingly, many private placement securities may be illiquid. At times, it may also be more difficult to determine the fair value of such securities for purposes of computing a Fund's net asset value.

Investment Company/ETF Risk-An investment company, including an open- or closed-end mutual fund or ETF, in which the Fund invests may not achieve its investment objective or execute its investment strategies effectively, or a large purchase or redemption activity by shareholders might negatively affect the value of the shares. The Fund must also pay its pro rata portion of an investment company's fees and expenses. Shares of ETFs trade on exchanges and may be bought and sold at market value. ETF shares may be thinly traded, making it difficult for the Fund to sell shares at a particular time or an anticipated price. ETF shares may also trade at a premium or discount to the net asset value of the ETF; at times, this premium or discount could be significant.

Convertible Securities Risk-Convertible securities are generally debt securities or preferred stocks that may be converted into common stock. The value of a convertible security is influenced by changes in interest

rates, with investment value declining as interest rates increase and increasing as interest rates decline. The credit standing of the issuer and other factors also may have an effect on the convertible security's investment value.

Derivatives Risk-A derivative is an instrument with a value based on the performance of an underlying currency, security, index, or other reference asset. Derivatives involve risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks of investing in more traditional investments. Derivatives involve costs, may create leverage, and may be illiquid, volatile, or difficult to value. In addition, derivatives could cause losses if the counterparty to the transaction does not perform as promised. The investment results achieved by using derivatives may not match or fully offset changes in the value of the underlying currency, security, index, or other reference asset that the Fund was attempting to hedge or the investment opportunity it was trying to pursue. Derivatives also are susceptible to operational risks, such as system failures and inadequate controls, and legal risks, such as insufficient documentation and lack of enforceability of a contract.

Portfolio Turnover Risk-The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading of its portfolio securities. Such a strategy often involves higher transaction costs, including brokerage commissions and dealer mark-ups, and may increase the amount of capital gains (in particular, short-term gains) realized by a Fund. Shareholders may pay tax on such capital gains. These effects of higher than normal portfolio turnover may adversely affect Fund performance.

Valuation risk-The amount the Fund actually receives when selling (or otherwise disposing of) an investment may differ from the Fund's recorded valuation of that investment. This discrepancy is more likely for investments that trade infrequently, are valued using fair-value methods or third-party pricing vendors, or are held during periods of market stress or heightened volatility. Consequently, the Fund may realize a larger loss or a smaller gain than anticipated based on its stated valuation. Additionally, the Fund's valuation process could be disrupted by technology failures or errors originating from pricing vendors or other external service providers.

Cybersecurity Risk-The Fund, like all companies, may be susceptible to operational and information security risks. Cybersecurity failures or breaches of the Fund or its service providers or the issuers of securities in which a Fund invests, have the ability to cause disruptions and impact business operations, and the Fund and its shareholders could be negatively impacted as a result.

Performance

The bar chart and performance table that follow provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows the annual return for the Fund from year to year as of December 31. The table shows how the Fund's average annual returns for periods ended December 31, 2025 (1 year, 5 years and since inception) compare with those of a broad measure of market performance and additional indexes. You may obtain the Fund's updated performance information by visiting the website at http://connect.rightprospectus.com/Morningstar or by calling 877-626-3224. As with all mutual funds, the Fund's past performance (before and after taxes) does not predict how the Fund will perform in the future.

Calendar Year Total Return-Institutional

Morningstar Multisector Bond Fund % Total Return

Year-to-Date Return as of

June 30, 2026 2.45 %

Best Quarter

2Q 2020 9.10 %

Worst Quarter

1Q 2020 -11.30 %

Morningstar Multisector Bond Fund

Average Annual Total Return (For the period ended December 31, 2025)

1 Year 5 Years

Since

Inception

11/2/2018

Institutional
Return Before Taxes 12.13 % 1.86 % 3.60 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions 9.45 % 0.00 % 1.74 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares 7.12 % 0.59 % 1.94 %

Morningstar Multisector Bond Blended Index1

(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

11.38 % 2.59 % 4.40 %

Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index2

(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

7.30 % -0.36 % 2.33 %
1

The Morningstar Multisector Bond Blended Index is composed of 40% Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield Bond Index, 20% Bloomberg Emerging Markets ("EM") Local Currency Government ex Korea 10% Country Capped Index, 20% Bloomberg EM U.S. Dollar ("USD") Aggregate: Sovereign Index and 20% Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Bond Index. The Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield Bond Index measures the USD-denominated, high yield, fixed-rate corporate bond market. Securities are classified as high yield if the middle rating of Moody's, Fitch and S&P is Ba1/BB+/BB+ or below. Bonds from issuers with an emerging markets country of risk, based on Bloomberg's EM country definition, are excluded. The Bloomberg EM Local Currency Government ex Korea 10% Country Capped Index is a country-constrained version of the flagship Emerging Markets Local Currency Government Index, which measures the performance of local currency EM debt. Classification as an EM is rules-based and reviewed annually using World Bank income group, International Monetary Fund ("IMF") country classification and additional considerations such as market size and investability. Only Fixed-rated Treasury issues are included. The Bloomberg EM USD Aggregate: Sovereign Index tracks fixed and floating-rated US dollar denominated debt issued by EM governments. Country eligibility and classification as EM is rules-based and reviewed annually using World Bank income group and IMF country classifications. The Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Bond Index measures the investment grade, fixed-rated, taxable corporate bond market. It includes USD denominated securities publicly issued by U.S. and non-U.S. industrial, utility, and financial issuers.

2

The Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based securities market index that measures the investment grade, U.S.-dollar denominated, fixed-rate, taxable bond market.

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, and 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. The figures in Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares in the chart above may be higher than other returns for the same period because the calculation assumes that an investor will recognize a potential tax benefit from realizing a capital loss upon the taxable sale (or redemption) of shares.

Fund Management

Morningstar is the investment adviser for the Fund and has overall supervisory responsibility for the general management and investment of the Fund's portfolio. The Fund is managed in a multimanager structure. On behalf of Morningstar, the following persons have primary responsibility for the Fund and, subject to oversight by the board of trustees, are responsible for selecting and overseeing the subadvisers listed below.

Portfolio Manager Position with Morningstar Start Date with the Fund
Morningstar Investment Management LLC
Richard M. Williamson, CFA, CIPM

Senior Portfolio Manager and

Head of Investments, Multi-Asset Strategies

June 2019
Alfonzo Bruno, CFA Portfolio Manager February 2025

Subadvisers and Portfolio Managers

Morningstar currently allocates assets among the following subadvisers and may adjust these allocations at any time. The portfolio managers listed below are responsible for the day-to-day management of each subadviser's allocated portion of the Fund's portfolio:

Portfolio Manager Position with Subadviser Start Date with the Fund
Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.
Matthew J. Eagan, CFA Portfolio Manager

Since Inception

(November 2018)

Brian P. Kennedy Co-Portfolio Manager March 2021
Peter S. Sheehan Co-Portfolio Manager June 2023
Eric R. Williams Co-Portfolio Manager May 2025
TCW Investment Management Company LLC
David I. Robbins Portfolio Manager

Since Inception

(November 2018)

Christopher A. Hays Co-Portfolio Manager April 2024
Jae H. Lee Co-Portfolio Manager April 2024
Voya Investment Management Company, LLC
Travis King, CFA Head of U.S. Investment Grade Corporates and Portfolio Manager May 2022
Sam Wilson, CFA Portfolio Manager April 2026

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Fund shares are available through investment platforms provided by financial institutions on a stand-alone basis and/or as part of a model portfolio ("Solutions"). Such Solutions include, but are not limited to, investment advisory programs provided by unaffiliated financial advisers, managed account advisory services that certain third party retirement plan sponsors (e.g., employers) and/or retirement plan recordkeepers make available to their retirement plan participants and solutions provided in model portfolio marketplaces. There are no initial or subsequent minimum purchase amounts for the Institutional shares. Orders to sell or "redeem" shares must be placed through the financial institution providing the Solution to you and may trigger a purchase or sale of the Fund's underlying investments. Fund shares may be purchased or redeemed on any day the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open. At any time that an investor in the Fund ceases to be eligible for a Solution, the provider of that Solution may direct the redemption of that investor's Fund shares and no further purchases will be allowed.

See the Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares section on page 127 of the prospectus for more information.

Tax Information

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

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