exposure to foreign markets involve additional risk. Foreign countries in which the Portfolio invests may
have markets that are less liquid, less regulated and more volatile than U.S. markets. The value of the
Portfolio’s investments may decline because of factors affecting the particular issuer as well as foreign
markets and issuers generally, such as unfavorable government actions, and political or financial instability
and other conditions or events (including, for example, military confrontations, war, terrorism, sanctions,
disease/virus, outbreaks and epidemics). Lack of relevant data and reliable public information may also affect
the value of these securities.
Sector or Industry Focus Risk. To the extent the Portfolio invests a significant portion of its assets in one or more sectors or industries at a time, the Portfolio will
face a greater risk of loss due to factors affecting sectors or industries than if the Portfolio always
maintained wide diversity among the sectors and industries in which it invests.
Real Estate Industry Risk. These risks include declines in the value of real estate, risks related to general and local economic conditions, overbuilding and increased competition, increases in property taxes and operating expenses, changes in zoning laws, casualty or condemnation losses, fluctuations in rental income, changes in neighborhood values, changes in the appeal of properties to tenants and increases in interest rates. If the Portfolio has rental income or income from the disposition of real property, the receipt of such income may adversely affect its ability to retain its tax status as a regulated investment company. In addition, REITs are dependent upon management skill, may not be diversified and are subject to project financing risks. Such trusts are also subject to heavy cash flow dependency, defaults by borrowers, self-liquidation and the possibility of failing to
qualify for tax-free pass-through of income under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and to maintain exemption from registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. REITs may be leveraged, which increases risk.
Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline for a number of reasons directly related to the issuer, such as management performance, financial leverage and reduced demand for the issuer’s goods and services.
Management Risk. The Portfolio is subject to management risk because it is an actively-managed investment portfolio. The Portfolio’s portfolio managers apply investment techniques and risk analyses in making
investment decisions, but there can be no guarantee that these decisions or the individual securities selected
by the portfolio managers will produce the desired results.
Market Risk. The Portfolio’s
share price or the market as a whole can decline for many reasons or be adversely affected by a number of
factors, including, without limitation: weakness in the broad market, a particular industry, or specific
holdings; adverse political, regulatory or economic developments in the United States or abroad; changes in
investor psychology; heavy institutional selling; military confrontations, war, terrorism and other armed
conflicts, disease/virus outbreaks and epidemics; recessions; taxation and international tax treaties; currency, interest rate and price fluctuations; and other conditions or events. In addition, the subadviser’s assessment of securities held in the Portfolio may prove incorrect, resulting in losses or poor performance even in a rising market.
Affiliated Fund Rebalancing Risk. The Portfolio may be an investment option for other mutual funds for which SunAmerica serves as investment adviser that are managed as “funds of funds.” From time to time, the Portfolio may experience relatively large redemptions or
investments due to the rebalancing of a fund of funds. In the event of such redemptions or investments, the
Portfolio could be required to sell securities or to invest cash at a time when it is not advantageous to do
so.
ESG Investment Risk. The Portfolio’s adherence to its ESG criteria and application of related analyses when selecting investments may impact the Portfolio’s performance, including relative to similar funds that do not adhere to such criteria or apply such analyses. Additionally, the Portfolio’s adherence to its ESG criteria and application of related analyses in connection with
identifying and selecting investments may require subjective analysis and may be more difficult if data about
a particular company or market is limited, such as with respect to issuers in emerging markets countries. The
Portfolio may invest in companies that do not reflect the beliefs and values of any particular investor.
Socially responsible norms differ by country and region, and a company’s ESG practices or the
subadviser’s assessment of such may change over time.
The following bar chart illustrates the risks of investing in the
Portfolio by showing changes in the Portfolio’s performance from calendar year to calendar year and the
table compares the Portfolio’s average annual returns to those of the Russell 3000® Index (a broad-based securities market index) and the Russell 2000® Value Index, which is relevant to the Portfolio because it has characteristics similar to the Portfolio. Fees and expenses incurred at the contract level are not reflected in the bar