Expense Reimbursements
shown in the fee table, your costs would be:
The Portfolio 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
portfolio operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Portfolio’s performance.
During the most recent fiscal year, the
Portfolio’s portfolio turnover rate was 1% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies of the Portfolio
The Portfolio described in this Prospectus operates as a
“feeder fund” and attempts to achieve its investment goal by
investing all or substantially all of its assets in Class 1 shares of the American Funds Insurance Series® Asset Allocation Fund (the “Master Asset Allocation Fund”), a portfolio offered by
American Funds Insurance Series®, a registered open-end investment company. In turn, the Master Asset Allocation Fund seeks to
provide investors with high total return (including income and capital gains)
consistent with the preservation of capital over the long term by investing in a
diversified portfolio of common stocks and other equity securities, bonds and other
intermediate and long-term debt securities and money market instruments (debt
securities maturing in one year or less).
The Master Asset Allocation Fund may invest up to 15% of its assets in common stocks and other equity securities of issuers domiciled outside the
United States and up to 5% of its assets in debt securities of issuers domiciled
outside the United States. In addition, the Master Asset Allocation Fund may
invest up to 25% of its debt assets in lower quality debt securities (rated Ba1 or below and BB+ or below by Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations as designated by the
adviser to the Master Asset Allocation Fund or unrated but determined to be of
equivalent quality by the adviser to the Master Asset Allocation Fund). Such
securities are sometimes referred to as “junk bonds” and are considered
speculative.
In seeking to pursue its investment goal, the Master Asset Allocation Fund will vary its mix
of equity securities, debt securities and money market instruments. Under normal
market conditions, the Master Asset Allocation Fund’s investment adviser
expects (but is not required) to
maintain a flexible investment mix falling within the following ranges:
40% – 80% in equity securities; 20% – 50% in debt securities; and 0% – 40% in money market instruments and cash. As of December 31, 2024,
the Master Asset Allocation Fund was approximately 67% invested in equity
securities, 30% invested in debt securities and 3% invested in money market
instruments and cash. The proportion of equities, debt and money market securities
held by the Master Asset Allocation Fund varies with market conditions and the
investment adviser’s assessment of their relative attractiveness as investment
opportunities.
Capital Research and Management Company (“Capital Research”), the investment adviser of the Master Asset Allocation Fund, may consider
environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) factors that, depending on the facts and circumstances, are material to the value of an issuer or instrument. ESG factors may
include, but are not limited to, environmental issues (e.g., water use, emission levels, waste, environmental remediation), social issues (e.g., human capital, health and safety,
changing customer behavior) or governance issues (e.g., board composition, executive
compensation, shareholder dilution).
Investment of the
Portfolio’s assets in the Master Asset Allocation Fund is not a fundamental policy of the Portfolio and a shareholder vote is not required for the Portfolio to withdraw its entire investment in
the Master Asset Allocation Fund.
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.
Equity Securities Risk. The Portfolio invests primarily (through its investment in the Master Asset Allocation Fund) in equity securities. As with any equity fund, the value of your investment in the
Portfolio may fluctuate in response to stock market movements. You should be
aware that the performance of various types of equity stocks may rise or decline
under varying market conditions — for example, “value” stocks may perform well