# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000915802
**File Stem:** 0001398344-25-017575
**Filing Date:** 2025-9
**Character Count:** 6665
**Document Hash:** fa605b0697f15ec5bae2d218e118079d
**Contains OCR:** False
**Source Format:** 

## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001398344-25-017575.hdr.sgml**: 20250904

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001398344-25-017575

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 485BXT

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250904

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250904

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** FINANCIAL INVESTORS TRUST
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000915802

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 841255767
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0430

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 485BXT
- **SEC ACT:** 1940 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 811-08194
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251292815

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1290 BROADWAY, SUITE 1000
- **CITY:** DENVER
- **STATE:** CO
- **ZIP:** 80201-0328
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 3036232577

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1290 BROADWAY, SUITE 1000
- **CITY:** DENVER
- **STATE:** CO
- **ZIP:** 80201-0328

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** FGIC PUBLIC TRUST
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19940325

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** FEDERAL PUBLIC TRUST
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19931206
**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** FINANCIAL INVESTORS TRUST
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000915802

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 841255767
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0430

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 485BXT
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 033-72424
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251292814

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1290 BROADWAY, SUITE 1000
- **CITY:** DENVER
- **STATE:** CO
- **ZIP:** 80201-0328
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 3036232577

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1290 BROADWAY, SUITE 1000
- **CITY:** DENVER
- **STATE:** CO
- **ZIP:** 80201-0328

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** FGIC PUBLIC TRUST
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19940325

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** FEDERAL PUBLIC TRUST
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19931206

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### ALPS Global Opportunity Fund (Series ID: S000019569)

| Class ID   | Class Name      | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000054404 | Investor Shares | LPEFX           |
| C000054405 | Class I         | LPEIX           |
| C000054406 | Class R         | LPERX           |
| C000090359 | Class C         | LPFCX           |
| C000200954 | Class A         | LPFAX           |

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 4, 2025

**1933 Act Registration No. 33-72424**

**1940 Act Registration No. 811-8194**

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

**FORM N-1A**

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|:---|
| **REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Pre-Effective Amendment No.** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Post-Effective Amendment No. 301** x |
| **and/or** |
| **REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940** x |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Amendment No. 302** x |

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(Check appropriate box or boxes.)

**<u>FINANCIAL INVESTORS TRUST</u>**

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

**1290 Broadway, Suite 1000**

**<u>Denver, CO 80203</u>**

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: **(303) 623-2577**

**Brendan Hamill**

**Financial Investors Trust**

**1290 Broadway, Suite 1000**

**<u>Denver, CO 80203</u>**

(Name and Address of Agent of Service)

Copy to:

**Peter H. Schwartz, Esq.**

**Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP**

**3400 Walnut Street, Suite 700**

**Denver, CO 80205**

Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: **As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Amendment**

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):

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| | |
|:---|:---|
| [__] | immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) |
| [X] | On September 15, 2025, pursuant to paragraph (b) |
| [__] | 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a) (1) |
| [__] | on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a) |
| [__] | 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a) (2) |
| [__] | on (date), pursuant to paragraph (a) (2) |

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If appropriate, check the following box:

[X] This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

The sole purpose of this filing is to delay the effectiveness of the Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 296 to its Registration Statement until September 15, 2025. Post-Effective Amendment No. 296 to the Registrant's Registration Statement relates to ALPS Global Opportunity Fund, a series of the Registrant. Parts A, B and C of the Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 296 under the Securities Act of 1933 and Amendment No. 297 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, filed on July 11, 2025, are incorporated by reference [herein](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915802/000139834425013083/fp0093909-1_485apos.htm).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirement for effectiveness of this registration statement under rule 485(b) and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 301 to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Denver, and State of Colorado, on the 4th day of September, 2025.

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| | |
|:---|:---|
| **FINANCIAL INVESTORS TRUST** | **FINANCIAL INVESTORS TRUST** |
| (Registrant) | (Registrant) |
| By**:** | /s/ Lucas Foss |
|  | Lucas Foss |
|  | President |

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
| Signature | Title | Date |
| /s/ *Edmund J. Burke* | Trustee | September 4, 2025 |
| Edmund J. Burke\* |  |  |
| /s/ *Jeremy W. Deems* | Trustee | September 4, 2025 |
| Jeremy W. Deems\* |  |  |
| /s/ *Mary K. Anstine* | Trustee | September 4, 2025 |
| Mary K. Anstine\* |  |  |
| /s/ *Michael "Ross" Shell* | Chairman and Trustee | September 4, 2025 |
| Michael "Ross" Shell\* |  |  |
| ***/****s**/** Lucas Foss* | President, Principal Executive Officer | September 4, 2025 |
| Lucas Foss |  |  |
| **/**s**/** *Paul Holland* | Treasurer, Principal Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer | September 4, 2025 |
| Paul Holland |  |  |

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\* Signature affixed by Brendan Hamill pursuant to a power of attorney dated June 11, 2024.