Liquidity
– The portfolio may make investments that are illiquid or that become illiquid after purchase. Illiquid investments can be difficult to value, may trade at a discount from comparable, more liquid investments, and may be
subject to wide fluctuations in value. Liquidity risk may be magnified in rising interest rate or volatile environments. If the portfolio is forced to sell an illiquid investment to meet redemption
requests or other cash needs, the portfolio may be forced to sell at a substantial loss or may not be able to sell at all. Liquidity of particular investments, or even entire asset classes, including U.S.
Treasury securities, can deteriorate rapidly, particularly during times of market turmoil, and those investments may be difficult or impossible for the portfolio to sell. This may prevent the portfolio
from limiting losses.
Valuation – Certain investments may be more difficult to value than other types of investments. The sales
price the portfolio could receive for any particular portfolio investment may differ from
the portfolio's valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets, that are priced based upon valuations provided by third party pricing services, or that are valued using a fair value
methodology. These differences may increase significantly and affect portfolio investments more broadly during periods of market volatility. Investors who purchase or redeem portfolio shares on days when the
portfolio is holding fair-valued securities may receive fewer or more shares or lower or
higher redemption proceeds than they would have received if the portfolio had not
fair-valued securities or had used a different valuation methodology. The portfolio’s ability to value its investments may also be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third party
service providers. Fair value pricing involves subjective judgment, which may prove to be
incorrect.
Management – The value of your investment may go down if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's judgments and decisions are incorrect or otherwise do
not produce the desired results, or if the investment strategy does not work as intended. You may also suffer losses if there are imperfections, errors or limitations in the quantitative, analytic or other
tools, resources, information and data used, investment techniques applied, or the analyses employed or relied on, by the investment manager or sub-adviser, if such tools, resources, information or data are used incorrectly or otherwise do not work as intended, or if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's investment
style is out of favor or otherwise fails to produce the desired results. Any of these things could cause the portfolio to lose value or its results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar
objectives.
Active Trading – The portfolio may engage in active trading of its portfolio. Active trading will increase
transaction costs and could detract from performance. Active trading may be more pronounced
during periods of market volatility.
Counterparty – The portfolio could lose money if the counterparties to derivatives, repurchase agreements and/or other financial contracts entered into for
the portfolio do not fulfill their contractual obligations. In addition, the portfolio may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against a counterparty. These risks may be
greater to the extent the portfolio has more contractual exposure to a counterparty.
Credit
– If an issuer or other obligor (such as a party providing insurance or other credit enhancement) of a security held by the portfolio or a counterparty to a financial contract with the portfolio is unable or unwilling to meet
its financial obligations, or is downgraded or perceived to be less creditworthy (whether by market participants, ratings agencies, pricing services or otherwise), or if the value of any underlying assets
declines, the value of your investment will typically decline. A decline may be rapid and/or
significant, particularly in certain market environments. In addition, the portfolio may
incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against an issuer, obligor or counterparty.
Currency
– The value of a portfolio’s investments in securities denominated in foreign currencies increases or decreases as the rates of exchange between those currencies and the U.S. dollar change. U.S. dollar-denominated
securities of foreign issuers may also be affected by currency risk. Currency exchange rates can be volatile and may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency conversion costs and
currency fluctuations could reduce or eliminate investment gains or add to investment losses. A portfolio may be unable or may choose not to hedge its foreign currency exposure or any hedge may not be
effective.
Cybersecurity – Cybersecurity incidents, both intentional and unintentional, may allow an unauthorized party to
gain access to portfolio assets, portfolio or shareholder data (including private
shareholder information), or proprietary information, cause the portfolio or its service
providers (including, but not limited to, the portfolio’s investment manager, any sub-adviser(s), transfer agent, distributor, custodian, fund accounting agent and financial intermediaries) to suffer data breaches,
data corruption or loss of operational functionality, or prevent portfolio investors from purchasing, redeeming or exchanging shares, receiving distributions or receiving timely information regarding the
portfolio or their investment in the portfolio. Cybersecurity incidents may result in financial losses to the portfolio and its shareholders, and substantial costs may be incurred in order to prevent or
mitigate any future cybersecurity incidents.
Depositary Receipts – Depositary receipts are generally subject to the same risks as are the foreign securities that they evidence or into which they may be
converted, and they may be less liquid than the underlying shares in their primary trading
market. In addition, depositary receipts expose the portfolio to risk associated with the
non-uniform terms that apply to depositary receipt programs, credit exposure to the depositary bank and to the sponsors and other parties with whom the depositary bank establishes the programs. Holders of
depositary receipts may have limited voting rights, and investment restrictions in certain countries may adversely impact the value of depositary receipts because such restrictions may limit the ability to
convert equity shares into depositary receipts and vice versa.
Derivatives – The use of derivatives involves a variety of
risks, which may be different from, or greater than, the risks associated with investing in
traditional securities, such as stocks and bonds. Risks of derivatives include leverage risk, liquidity risk, interest rate risk, valuation risk, market risk, counterparty risk and credit risk. Use of derivatives can
increase portfolio losses, increase costs, reduce opportunities for gains, increase portfolio volatility, and not produce the result intended. Certain derivatives have the potential for unlimited loss, regardless
of the size of the initial investment.