Summary Prospectus – April 29, 2024
JNL Bond Index Fund
Class I
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 and other information about the Fund, including the Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) and most recent reports to shareholders, online at https://www.jackson.com/fund-literature.html. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 1-800-644-4565 (Annuity and Life Service Center), 1-800-599-5651 (NY Annuity and Life Service Center), 1-800-777-7779 (for
contracts purchased through a bank or financial institution) or 1-888-464-7779 (for NY contracts purchased through a bank or financial institution), or by sending an email request to ProspectusRequest@jackson.com. The current Prospectus and SAI, both dated April 29, 2024, as amended, are incorporated by reference into (which means they legally are a part of) this Summary Prospectus.
Investment Objective. The
investment objective of the Fund (“Fund” or “Master Fund”) is to track the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index to provide a moderate rate of income by investing in domestic fixed-income investments.
Expenses. This table describes
the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund.
The expenses do not reflect the expenses of the variable insurance contracts or the separate account through which you indirectly invest
in the Fund, whichever may be applicable, and the total expenses would be higher if they were included.
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)
Not Applicable
(fees paid directly from your investment)
Not Applicable
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) |
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Class I
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Management Fee
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0.20%
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Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees
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0.00%
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Other Expenses
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0.01%
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Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses1
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0.01%
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
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0.22%
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Less Waiver/Reimbursement2
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0.13%
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Waiver/Reimbursement
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0.09%
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1
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Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are the indirect expenses of investing in other investment companies. Accordingly, the expense ratio presented in the
Financial Highlights section of the prospectus will not correlate to the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses disclosed above.
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JNAM has contractually agreed to waive 0.13% of the management fees of the Fund. The fee waiver will continue for at least one year from the date of
the current Prospectus, and continue thereafter unless the Board of Trustees approves a change in or elimination of the waiver. This fee waiver is subject to yearly review and approval by the Board of Trustees.
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Expense Example. This example is
intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. Also, this example does not reflect the expenses of the variable insurance contracts or the separate account through which you indirectly
invest in the Fund, whichever may be applicable, and the total expenses would be higher if they were included. The table below shows the expenses you would pay on a $10,000 investment, assuming (1) 5% annual return; (2) redemption at the end of each
time period; and (3) that the Fund operating expenses remain the same. The example also assumes that the contractual expense limitation agreement is discontinued after one year. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these
assumptions, your costs would be:
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JNL Bond Index Fund Class I
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1 year
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3 years
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5 years
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10 years
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$9
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$58
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$111
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$267
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Portfolio Turnover (% of average value of
portfolio). The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not
reflected in Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Expense Example above, affect the Fund’s performance.
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Period
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1/1/2023 - 12/31/2023
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75
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Principal Investment Strategies.
The Fund invests under normal circumstances at least 80% of its assets (net assets plus the amount of any borrowings made for investment purposes) in fixed-income securities that seek to track the performance and characteristics of the Bloomberg U.S.
Aggregate Index (“Index”) that Mellon Investments Corporation ("Mellon" or "Sub-Adviser") believes to be important such as Option Adjusted Duration, Maturity, Average Quality Rating, Sector/Industries, and Yield to worst. The Index includes
Treasuries, government-related credit, mortgage-backed securities (agency fixed-rate pass-throughs), asset-backed securities and commercial mortgage backed securities (agency and non-agency). Research and experience indicate that it is impractical
to attempt to fully replicate most broad fixed-income securities market indices. The Index includes thousands of issues, many of which may be illiquid and unavailable in the secondary markets. Additionally, reinvestment of cash flows would be
costly in a full replication environment, as it would entail trading many issues in uneven amounts. Given these difficulties, the Sub-Adviser utilizes a representative sampling approach that combines analysis and the experience and judgment of its
investment professionals.
Through the representative sampling approach, the Sub-Adviser selects what it believes is a representative basket of securities in order
to track the important risk characteristics of the Index. Given this fixed income index cannot be fully replicated, the Fund uses a representative sampling approach to select bonds that match the important risk characteristics of the Index. The
Fund's holdings are rebalanced on a monthly basis to reflect changes in the composition of the Index.
The Fund employs a passive investment approach, called indexing, which attempts to replicate the investment performance of the Index
through representative sampling. The Fund does not employ traditional methods of active investment management, such as actively buying and selling bonds based upon interest rate bets or sector rotation. Indexing may offer a cost-effective approach to
gaining diversified market exposure over the long-term.
Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund.
An investment in the Fund is not guaranteed. As with any mutual fund, the value of the Fund’s shares will change, and you could lose money by investing in the Fund. The principal risks associated with investing in the Fund include:
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Market risk – Portfolio
securities may decline in value due to factors affecting securities markets generally, such as real or perceived adverse economic, political, or regulatory conditions, inflation, changes in interest or currency rates or adverse investor
sentiment, public health issues, including widespread disease and virus epidemics or pandemics, war, terrorism or natural disasters, among others. Adverse market conditions may be prolonged and may not have the same impact on all types of
securities. The values of securities may fall due to factors affecting a particular issuer, industry or the securities market as a whole.
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Interest rate risk – When interest rates increase, fixed-income securities generally will decline in value. Long-term fixed income securities normally have
more price volatility than short-term fixed income securities. The value of certain equity investments, such as utilities and real estate-related securities, may also be sensitive to interest rate changes.
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Fixed-income risk – The price of fixed-income securities responds to economic developments, particularly interest rate changes, as well as to perceptions
about the credit risk of individual issuers. Rising interest rates generally will cause the price of bonds and other fixed-income debt securities to fall. Falling interest rates may cause an issuer to redeem, call or refinance a security
before its stated maturity, which may result in the Fund having to reinvest the proceeds in lower yielding securities. Bonds and other fixed-income debt securities are subject to credit risk, which is the possibility that the credit
strength of an issuer will weaken and/or an issuer of a fixed-income security will fail to make timely payments of principal or interest and the security will go into default.
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Passive investment risk
– The Fund is not actively managed. Unlike with an actively managed fund, the Fund does not use techniques or defensive strategies designed to lessen the effects of market volatility or to reduce the impact of periods of market decline.
This means that, based on market and economic conditions, the Fund’s performance could be lower than actively managed funds that realign their portfolios more frequently based on the real-time market trends.
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Index investing risk – The
Fund’s indexing strategy does not attempt to manage volatility, use defensive strategies, or reduce the effects of any long-term periods of poor stock performance. Should the Fund engage in index sampling, the performance of the securities
selected will not provide investment performance tracking that of the Index. Fund performance may not exactly correspond with the performance of the relevant index for a number of reasons, including, but not limited to: the timing of
purchases and redemptions of the Fund’s shares, changes in the composition of the index, and the Fund’s expenses. Certain regulatory limitations, such as fund diversification requirements, may limit the ability of the Fund to completely
replicate an index.
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Tracking error risk –
Tracking error is the divergence of the Fund’s performance from that of the Index. The Fund’s return may not track the return of the Index for a number of reasons. Tracking error may occur because of differences between the securities and
other instruments held in the Fund’s portfolio and those included in the Index, pricing differences, differences in transaction costs, the Fund’s holding of uninvested cash, differences in timing of the accrual of or the valuation of
dividends or interest, tax gains or losses, changes to the Index or the costs to the Fund of complying with various new or existing regulatory requirements. This risk may be heightened during times of increased market volatility or other
unusual market conditions. Tracking error also may result because the Fund incurs fees and expenses, while the Index does not. However, the Fund may be required to deviate its investments from the securities and relative weightings of the
Index to comply with the 1940 Act, as amended to meet the issuer diversification requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies, or as a result of local market restrictions, or
other legal reasons, including regulatory limits or other restrictions on securities that may be purchased by the Investment Adviser and its affiliates.
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License termination risk – The Fund may rely on licenses from a third party (licensor) that permit the Fund to use that party’s intellectual property in connection
with the Fund’s name and/or investment strategies. The license may be terminated by the licensor, and as a result the Fund may lose its ability to use the licensed name or strategy, or receive important data from the licensor.
Accordingly, a license may have a significant effect on the future operation of the Fund, including the need to change the investment strategy.
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U.S. Government securities risk
– Obligations issued by agencies and instrumentalities of the U.S. Government vary in the level of support they receive from the U.S. Government. They may be: (i) supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury; (ii) supported
by the right of the issuer to borrow from the U.S. Treasury; (iii) supported by the discretionary authority of the U.S. Government to purchase the issuer’s obligations; or (iv) supported only by the credit of the issuer. The maximum
potential liability of the issuers of some U.S. Government securities may greatly exceed their current resources, or their legal right to receive support from the U.S. Treasury.
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Credit risk – Credit risk is the actual or perceived risk that the issuer of a bond, borrower, guarantor, counterparty, or other entity responsible for
payment will not pay interest and principal payments when due. The price of a debt instrument can decline in response to changes in the financial condition of the issuer, borrower, guarantor, counterparty, or other entity responsible for
payment. The Fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a fixed-income security, or the counterparty to a derivatives contract, repurchase agreement or a loan of portfolio securities, is unable or unwilling to make timely principal
and/or interest payments, or to otherwise honor its obligations.
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Mortgage-related and other
asset-backed securities risk – Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of mortgage-related and other asset-backed
securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates and exhibit increased volatility. When interest rates decline, borrowers may pay off their mortgages or other loans sooner than expected, which can reduce the returns.
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Extension risk – When
interest rates rise, certain obligations will be paid off by the obligor more slowly than anticipated, which may cause the value of those securities to fall. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of securities, making them more
sensitive to changes in interest rates. The value of longer-term securities generally changes more in response to changes in interest rates than shorter-term securities. As a result, in a period of rising interest rates, securities may
exhibit additional volatility and may lose value.
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Foreign securities risk –
Investments in, or exposure to, foreign securities involve risks not typically associated with U.S. investments. These risks include, among others, adverse fluctuations in foreign currency values, possible imposition of foreign withholding
or other taxes on income payable on the securities, as well as adverse political, social and economic developments, such as political upheaval, acts of terrorism, financial troubles, sanctions or the threat of new or modified sanctions, or
natural disasters. Many foreign securities markets, especially those in emerging market countries, are less stable, smaller, less liquid, and less regulated than U.S. securities markets, and the costs of trading in those markets is often
higher than in U.S. securities markets. There may also be less publicly available information about issuers of foreign securities compared to issuers of U.S. securities. In addition, the economies of certain foreign markets may not compare
favorably with the economy of the United States with respect to issues such as growth of gross national product, reinvestment of capital, resources and balance of payments position.
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Securities lending risk –
Securities lending involves the risk of loss or delays in recovery of the loaned securities or loss of rights in the collateral if the borrower fails to return the security loaned or becomes insolvent.
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Performance. The performance information shown provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund’s average annual returns compared with those of a broad-based securities market index. The Fund’s past performance is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.
The returns shown in the bar chart and table do not include charges that will be imposed by variable insurance products. If these
amounts were reflected, returns would be less than those shown.
Annual Total Returns as of December 31
Class I
Best Quarter (ended 12/31/2023): 6.71%; Worst Quarter (ended 3/31/2022): -5.86%
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Average Annual Total Returns as of 12/31/2023
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1 year
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Life of Class (April 26, 2021)
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JNL Bond Index Fund (Class I)
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5.49
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-2.94
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Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
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5.53
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-2.81
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Portfolio Management.
Investment Adviser to the Fund:
Jackson National Asset Management, LLC (“JNAM”)
Jackson National Asset Management, LLC (“JNAM”)
Sub-Adviser:
Mellon Investments Corporation (“Mellon”)
Mellon Investments Corporation (“Mellon”)
Portfolio Managers:
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Joined Fund Management Team In:
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Title:
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Nancy Rogers, CFA
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April 2021*
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Managing Director, Head of Fixed Income – Portfolio Management, Mellon
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Gregg A. Lee, CFA
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April 2021*
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Director, Senior Portfolio Manager – Fixed Income, Mellon
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* The Fund serves as the Master Fund for the JNL/Mellon Bond Index Fund (“Feeder Fund”). Nancy Rogers and Gregg Lee joined the Feeder
Fund’s management team in 2015 and 2014, respectively.
Purchase and Redemption of Fund Shares
Shares of the Fund are currently offered to life insurance company separate accounts, as well as a “feeder fund” in a master-feeder
arrangement.
All such shares may be purchased or redeemed at net asset value without any sales or redemption charges. These purchases and redemptions
are made at the price next determined after such purchases and redemptions of units of the separate accounts or the Feeder Fund.
Separate accounts of Jackson National Life Insurance Company (“Jackson”) or Jackson National Life Insurance Company of New York (“Jackson
NY”) and series of registered investment companies in which either or both of those insurance companies invest may purchase shares of the Fund. You may invest indirectly in the Fund through your purchase of a variable annuity or life insurance
contract issued by a separate account of Jackson or Jackson NY that invests directly, or through a fund, in this Fund. Any minimum initial or subsequent investment requirements and redemption procedures are governed by the applicable separate
account through which you invest indirectly.
This Fund serves as an underlying investment by insurance companies, affiliated investment companies, and retirement plans for funding
variable annuity and life insurance contracts and retirement plans.
Tax Information
The Fund expects to be treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and does not expect to make regular distributions
(other than in redemption of Fund shares) to shareholders, which generally are the participating insurance companies investing in the Fund through separate accounts of Jackson or Jackson NY and mutual funds owned directly or indirectly by such
separate accounts. You should consult the prospectus of the appropriate separate account or description of the plan for a discussion of the U.S. federal income tax consequences to you of your contract, policy, or plan.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Financial Intermediaries
If you invest in the Fund under a variable insurance contract or a plan that offers a variable insurance contract as a plan option
through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a financial institution), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest
by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s Website for more information.