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.
Small-Cap Companies Risk. Securities of small-cap companies are usually more volatile and entail greater risks than securities of large companies.
Foreign Investment Risk. The Portfolio’s investments in the securities of foreign issuers or issuers with significant exposure to foreign markets
involve additional risk. Foreign countries in which the Portfolio invests may have
markets that are less liquid, less regulated and more volatile than U.S. markets.
The value of the Portfolio’s investments may decline because of factors affecting the particular issuer as well as foreign markets and issuers generally, such as unfavorable
government actions, and political or financial instability and other conditions or
events (including, for example, military confrontations, war, terrorism,
sanctions, disease/virus, outbreaks and epidemics). Lack of relevant data and reliable public
information may also affect the value of these securities.
Failure to Match Index Performance Risk. The ability of the Portfolio to match the performance of the Index may be affected by, among other things, changes in securities markets, the manner in which
performance of the Index is calculated, changes in the composition of the Index, the amount and timing of cash flows into and out of the Portfolio, commissions, portfolio
expenses, and any differences in the pricing of securities by the Portfolio and
the Index. When the Portfolio employs an “optimization” strategy, the
Portfolio is subject to an increased risk of tracking error, in that the securities selected in the aggregate for the Portfolio may perform differently than the underlying index.
Index Risk. The passively-managed index portion of the Portfolio generally will not sell securities in its portfolio and
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, you may suffer losses that you would not
experience with an actively-managed mutual fund.
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.
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 the individual securities selected by the portfolio managers will produce the
desired results.
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 social, political, regulatory or economic developments in the United States or abroad; changes in investor
psychology; technological disruptions; heavy institutional selling; military
confrontations, war, terrorism, sanctions and other armed conflicts; trade wars
and similar conflicts; disease/virus outbreaks and epidemics; recessions; taxation and international tax treaties; currency, interest rates and price fluctuations; and other
conditions or events. In addition, the adviser’s or a subadviser’s assessment of securities held in the Portfolio may prove incorrect, resulting in losses or poor performance even in a rising
market.
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.
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 Russell 3000® Index (a broad-based securities market index) and the Russell 2000® 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 (“BlackRock”) assumed subadvisory duties
of the passively managed portion of the Portfolio effective April 30, 2025.
Prior to that, SunAmerica managed that portion of the Portfolio. Effective November 7, 2019, SIMNA assumed management of a portion of the Portfolio.