exposed to the risks of the
contract. Unfavorable changes in the value of the underlying security, index, rate or benchmark may cause sudden losses. Gains or losses from the Portfolio’s use of
derivatives may be substantially greater than the amount of the Portfolio’s investment. Certain derivatives have the potential for undefined loss. Derivatives are also associated
with various other risks, including market risk, leverage risk, hedging risk,
counterparty risk, valuation risk, regulatory risk, illiquidity risk and interest
rate fluctuations risk. The primary risks associated with the Portfolio’s use of derivatives are market risk, counterparty risk and hedging risk.
Hedging Risk. While hedging strategies can be very useful and inexpensive ways of reducing risk, they are sometimes ineffective due to unexpected
changes in the market. Hedging also involves the risk that changes in the value
of the related security will not match those of the instruments being hedged as expected, in which case any losses on the instruments being hedged may not be reduced. For gross currency hedges, there is
an additional risk, to the extent that these transactions create exposure to
currencies in which the Portfolio’s securities are not denominated.
Counterparty Risk. Counterparty risk is the risk that a
counterparty to a security, loan or derivative held by the Portfolio becomes
bankrupt or otherwise fails to perform its obligations due to financial difficulties. The Portfolio may experience significant delays in obtaining any recovery in a bankruptcy or other
reorganization proceeding, and there may be no recovery or limited recovery in such
circumstances.
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.
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.
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 S&P 500® Index (a broad-based securities market index), which 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.
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC assumed subadvisory duties of the Portfolio on April 30, 2025. Prior to April 30, 2025, SunAmerica managed the
Portfolio.