tailieunhanh - Prospectus Artio Global Funds 2012

A fund’s inventory of risks may be grouped or organized in different ways. One approach is to consider risks within two broad categories—investment risk and business operational risk. A board’s focus, though, should be on the key risks to the funds, and not on each discrete risk that exists. Investment risk is, in absolute terms, the risk of incurring any loss in the portfolio in pursuit of investment return, or, in relative terms, the risk of incurring losses greater than, or of earning gains less than, those of a benchmark index or alternative investment. Sources of investment risks that can affect. | Artio Global Investors Prospectus Artio Global Funds Class A Class I Artio International Equity Fund BJBIX JIEIX Artio International Equity Fund II JETAX JETIX Artio Total Return Bond Fund BJBGX JBGIX Artio Global High Income Fund BJBHX JHYIX Artio Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund AEFAX AEFIX Artio US Microcap Fund JMCAX JMCIX Artio US Smallcap Fund JSCAX JSCIX Artio US Midcap Fund JMDAX JMDIX Artio US Multicap Fund JMLAX JMLIX Artio Global Equity Fund Inc. BJGQX JGEIX March 1 2012 Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved any Funds shares or determined whether this Prospectus is accurate or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense. ARTIO GLOBAL FUNDS Supplement dated January 2 2013 to the Prospectus dated March 1 2012 Artio International Equity Fund This supplement provides new and additional information beyond that contained in the Prospectus and should be retained and read in conjunction with the Prospectus. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Prospectus effective as of January 14 2013 Class A and Class I shares of the Artio International Equity Fund will be made available to new investors. Consequently statements in the Prospectus that the Fund is closed to certain investors as well as discussions in the Prospectus regarding certain restrictions on the sale of the Fund s shares as included in the sections entitled Fund Summaries Artio International Equity Fund Purchases and Redemptions of Fund Shares Investing in the Funds Purchasing Your Shares International Equity Fund and Investing in the Funds Distribution and Shareholder Services Plans Class A Shares are no longer effective as of January 14 2013. PLEASE RETAIN THIS SUPPLEMENT FOR YOUR FUTURE REFERENCE. BOS-3298949 v1 ARTIO GLOBAL FUNDS Supplement dated January 1 2013 to the Prospectus dated March 1 2012 Artio Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund This supplement provides new and .