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January Monthly Snapshot

361 Global Long/Short Equity Fund

Global equity markets soared in January and investors poured money into stocks in a fear of missing out moment. Within this euphoric environment, the Fund produced a gain of 3.69% outperforming the Morningstar Long/Short Equity category average (3.34%), but trailed the MSCI World Index’s return of 5.28%. The Fund’s net exposure (approximately 70%) was the primary detractor, given the strength of equity markets—costing the Fund about 164 bps. Considering sector positioning, the most impactful exposures were net short positions in Real Estate and Telecom, which added 26 bps and 22 bps, respectively. The Fund’s beta profile also hindered performance, as the highest volatility stocks by quintile, which the Fund is short, outperformed lower volatility names. Beta positioning hurt relative performance by 44 bps in total. The alpha models were slight detractors, but strong stock selection relative to the alpha models more than offset the impact. At the country level, the large underweight to the US was the biggest negative, costing 28 bps, while an underweight to the UK added 0.31%.

361 Domestic Long/Short Equity Fund

Global equity markets soared in January and investors poured money into stocks in a fear of missing out moment. Within this euphoric environment, the Fund produced a gain of 5.72%, outperforming both the Morningstar Long/Short Equity category average (3.34%) and the Russell 1000 Index, which advanced by 5.49%. The Fund outperformed despite the headwind of its net exposure (approximately 70%), which given the strength of equity markets, cost the Fund about 166 bps. The lowest volatility stocks by quintile greatly underperformed the rest of the market, and overall beta positioning hurt relative performance by 30 bps. However, the alpha models performed exceptionally well, with the highest expected alpha stocks outperforming the lowest by a spread of 374 basis points, resulting in a contribution relative to the benchmark of 2.97%. Lastly, considering sector positioning, overweight to both Utilities and Real Estate cost the Fund 104 bps and 90 bps, respectively.

As of 12/31/17, the 1-year and since inception total returns for the 361 Global Long/Short Equity Fund I Shares were 15.24% and 8.84%, respectively. The inception date for the 361 Global Long/Short Equity Fund is 1/6/2014. As of 12/31/17, the 1-year and since inception total return for the 361 Domestic Long/Short Equity Fund I Shares were 11.55% and 6.80% respectively. The inception date for the 361 Domestic Long/Short Equity Fund is 3/31/2016.

The 361 Global Long/Short Equity Fund is among 202 in the Long/Short Equity funds derived from a weighted average of the fund’s three-, five- and 10-year risk-adjusted returns as of 12/31/2017. For the 3 year period, the Fund was rated 5 stars out of 202. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Ratings reflect fee waivers in effect; in their absence, ratings may have been lower.

The Morningstar Rating™ for funds, or “star rating”, is calculated for managed products (including mutual funds, variable annuity and variable life subaccounts, exchange-traded funds, closed-end funds, and separate accounts) with at least a three-year history. Exchange-traded funds and open-ended mutual funds are considered a single population for comparative purposes. It is calculated based on a Morningstar Risk-Adjusted Return measure that accounts for variation in a managed product’s monthly excess performance, placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performance. 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 three-, five-, and 10-year (if applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics. The weights are: 100% three-year rating for 36-59 months of total returns, 60% five-year rating/40% three-year rating for 60-119 months of total returns, and 50% 10-year rating/30% five-year rating/20% three-year rating for 120 or more months of total returns. While the 10-year overall star rating formula seems to give the most weight to the 10-year period, the most recent three-year period actually has the greatest impact because it is included in all three rating periods.

Sustainability Rating as of 10/31/2017. Sustainalytics provides company-level analysis used in the calculation of Morningstar’s Sustainability Score. Out of 102 Long/Short Equity funds as of 10/31/2017. Based on 97.38% of AUM.

The Morningstar Sustainability Rating™ is a measure of how well the holdings in a portfolio are managing their environmental, social, and governance, or ESG, risks and opportunities relative to their Morningstar Category peers. Morningstar ranks all scored funds within a category by their Portfolio Sustainability Scores and divides them into five groups along a bell curve distribution. A fund’s rating is depicted by one to five globes with one globe being the lowest score to five globes being the highest. Sustainability Ratings only reflect information on the ESG performance of a fund’s holdings and are not an evaluation of a fund’s performance or overall investment merit.

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The Performance data quoted here represents past performance. Past Performance is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance information quoted. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month-end, please call 1-888-736-1227.

The Analytic Global Long/Short Equity Fund, L.P. (the “Predecessor Account”) was a limited partnership that commenced operations on January 6, 2014 and reorganized into the 361 Global Long/Short Equity Fund on December 12, 2014. The Fund’s objectives, policies, guidelines and restrictions are, in all material respects, equivalent to those of the Predecessor Account. Performance shown prior to December 12, 2014 is that of the Predecessor Account and has not been adjusted to reflect the expenses of the Fund’s applicable Share Class, which are lower than the expenses of the Predecessor Account. If the applicable Share Class expenses were reflected, the Predecessor Account returns would be higher than those shown. However, the Predecessor Account was not registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and therefore was not subject to certain restrictions on regulated investment companies. If the Predecessor Account had been registered, its performance may have been lower.

You should consider the funds’ investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. For a prospectus, or summary prospectus, that contains this and other information about the Funds click here or call 1-888-736-1227. Please read the prospectus, or summary prospectus carefully before investing.

The 361 Global Long/Short Equity Fund’s performance may be influenced by political, social and economic factors affecting investments in foreign markets. The Funds’ risks also included, but are not limited to, emerging markets risks, small-cap companies risk, fixed income risk, derivative investment risk, short sales risk, leverage risk and non-diversified risk.

Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal. The potential loss from a short sale is theoretically unlimited since the appreciation of the underlying asset also is theoretically unlimited. Frequent trading by the Fund may reduce returns and increase the number of taxable transactions. Concentration of its portfolio in relatively few issuers may make the Fund more volatile than a diversified fund. The Fund is new and has a limited operating history. As a result, prospective investors have a short track record on which to base their future investment decisions.

The 361 Funds are distributed by IMST Distributors, LLC