term and lower coupon bonds tend
to be more sensitive to changes in interest rates. The Federal Reserve has
recently begun to raise the federal funds rate to address rising inflation. As
interest rates rise from historically low levels, the Underlying Portfolios may face heightened interest rate risk. For example, a bond with a duration of three years will decrease in value
by approximately 3% if interest rates increase by 1%. Any future changes in
monetary policy made by central banks and/or their governments are likely to affect the level of
interest rates.
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 individual securities selected by the portfolio managers will produce the
desired results.
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.
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, an Underlying Portfolio’s adviser’s or subadviser’s assessment of companies held in the Underlying Portfolio
may prove incorrect, resulting in losses or poor performance even in a rising market.
Indexing Risk. The Underlying Portfolios in which the Portfolio invests are managed to track the performance of an index. An Underlying Portfolio will not sell securities in its portfolio or buy different
securities over the course of a year other than in conjunction with changes in its target index, even if there are adverse developments concerning a particular security, company or
industry. As a result, the Portfolio may suffer losses that might not be experienced with an
investment in an actively-managed mutual fund.
Fund-of-Funds Risk. The costs of investing in the Portfolio, as a fund-of-funds, may be higher than the costs of investing in a mutual fund that
invests most or all of its assets directly in individual securities. An Underlying
Portfolio may change its
investment objective or policies without the Portfolio’s approval, which could force the Portfolio to withdraw its investment from such Underlying Portfolio at a time that is
unfavorable to the Portfolio. In addition, one Underlying Portfolio may buy the same securities that another Underlying Portfolio sells. Therefore, the Portfolio would indirectly
bear the costs of these trades without accomplishing any investment purpose.
Underlying Portfolios Risk. The risks of the Portfolio owning Underlying Portfolios generally reflect the risks of owning the underlying securities held by the Underlying Portfolios. Disruptions in the markets
for the securities held by the Underlying Portfolios could result in losses on
the Portfolio’s investment in such securities. The Underlying Portfolios
also have fees that increase their costs versus owning the underlying securities directly. For example, the Portfolio indirectly pays a portion of the expenses (including management fees
and operating expense) incurred by the Underlying Portfolios.
Affiliated Portfolio Risk. In managing the Portfolio, SunAmerica will have the authority to select and substitute the Underlying Portfolios.
SunAmerica may be subject to potential conflicts of interest in allocating the Portfolio’s assets among the various Underlying Portfolios because the fees payable to it by some of the
Underlying Portfolios are higher than the fees payable by other Underlying
Portfolios and because SunAmerica also is responsible for managing and administering the
Underlying Portfolios.
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 MSCI EAFE Index (net) (a broad-based securities market index) and a blended
index. The blended index consists of 23% S&P 500® Index, 5% S&P MidCap 400® Index, 2% Russell 2000® Index, 27% MSCI EAFE Index (net), 3% MSCI Emerging Markets Index (net), 20% Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit Index and 20% Bloomberg Intermediate U.S.
Government/Credit Index (the “Blended Index”). The Blended Index is relevant to the Portfolio because it has characteristics similar to the Portfolio’s investment
strategies Fees and expenses incurred at the contract level are not reflected in the bar chart or table. If these amounts were reflected, returns would be less than those
shown. Of course, past performance is not necessarily an indication of how the Portfolio will perform in the future.