commercial paper and
certificates of deposit. The Portfolio may also invest in U.S. Treasury securities
(including Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities
(STRIPS)), securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies and instrumentalities, securities issued or guaranteed by foreign governments, repurchase
agreements, when-issued securities, delayed delivery securities, forward
commitments, zero-coupon securities and privately placed securities. All
securities will be U.S. dollar-denominated although they may be issued by a foreign
corporation or a U.S. affiliate of a foreign corporation, or a foreign government or its
agencies and instrumentalities.
Under normal circumstances,
the Portfolio maintains a duration of one year or less from the date of settlement,
although under certain market conditions such as in periods of significant
volatility in interest rates and spreads, the Portfolio’s duration may be longer than one year. Duration is a measure of price sensitivity of a debt security or a portfolio of debt
securities to relative changes in interest rates. For instance, a duration of “one” means that a security’s or portfolio’s price would be expected to decrease by
approximately 1% with a 1% increase in interest rates (assuming a parallel shift in yield curve).
The Portfolio may invest a significant portion of its assets in mortgage-related and mortgage-backed, as well as restricted securities, at the
subadviser’s discretion. The asset-backed securities in which the Portfolio may invest include “sub-prime” securities and collateralized loan obligations (CLOs). The
Portfolio may invest in securities of any credit quality, but will invest primarily in investment
grade securities.
The Portfolio may use futures contracts in connection with its principal strategies in certain
market conditions in order to hedge various investments, for risk management
purposes and/or to seek to increase income or gain to the Portfolio.
The Portfolio is not a money market fund and is not subject to the special regulatory requirements (including maturity and credit quality constraints)
designed to enable money market funds to maintain a stable share price.
The subadviser allocates the Portfolio’s assets among a
range of sectors based on strategic positioning and other tactical
considerations. In buying and selling investments for the Portfolio, the subadviser looks for market sectors and individual securities that it believes will perform well over time. The subadviser selects
individual securities after performing a risk/reward analysis that includes an
evaluation of their characteristics including income, interest rate risk, credit
risk and the complex legal and technical structure of the transaction. As part of its
security selection strategy, the
subadviser seeks to assess the impact of environmental, social and governance
(ESG) factors on many issuers in the universe in which the Portfolio may invest. ESG factors assessed may include, but are not limited to, issues related to the quality and function of the natural
environment, such as climate change resilience and greenhouse gas emissions;
social issues related to the rights, wellbeing and interests of people and
communities, such as discrimination prevention and workplace safety; and governance issues relating to the way companies are managed and overseen, such as board diversity and executive
compensation. The subadviser’s assessment is based on an analysis of key
opportunities and risks across industries to seek to identify financially material issues with respect to the Fund’s investments in issuers and ascertain key issues that merit
engagement with issuers. These assessments may not be conclusive and securities
of issuers that may be negatively impacted by such factors may be purchased and
retained by the Fund while the Fund may divest or not invest in securities of issuers that may
be positively impacted by such factors.
Principal Risks of
Investing in the Portfolio
As with any mutual fund, there can be no assurance that the Portfolio’s investment goal will be met or that the net return on an investment in
the Portfolio will exceed what could have been obtained through other investment or
savings vehicles. Shares of the Portfolio are not bank deposits and are not guaranteed or insured by any bank, government entity or the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation. If the value of the assets of the Portfolio goes down, you could lose money.
The following is a summary of the principal risks of investing in the Portfolio.
Active Trading Risk. The Portfolio may engage in frequent trading of securities to achieve its investment goal. Active trading may result in
high portfolio turnover and correspondingly greater brokerage commissions and
other transaction costs, which will be borne directly by the Portfolio and could
affect its performance. During periods of increased market volatility, active trading may be more
pronounced.
Affiliated Fund Rebalancing Risk. The Portfolio may be an investment option for other mutual funds for which SunAmerica Asset Management, LLC
(“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