These securities are subject to the same
risks as direct investments in real estate and mortgages, which include, but are not limited to,
sensitivity to changes in real estate values and property taxes, interest rate risk, tax and regulatory risk, fluctuations in rent schedules and operating expenses, adverse changes in local, regional or general economic
conditions, deterioration of the real estate market and the financial circumstances of tenants
and sellers, unfavorable changes in zoning, building, environmental and other laws, the need for
unanticipated renovations, unexpected increases in the cost of energy and environmental factors.
In addition, investments in REITS are subject to risks associated with management skill and
creditworthiness of the issuer, and underlying funds will indirectly bear their proportionate
share of expenses, including management fees, paid by each REIT in which they invest in addition
to the expenses of the underlying funds. Certain underlying funds are highly concentrated in real estate securities, including REITs.
Smaller Company Risk. Some of the underlying funds invest in securities of smaller companies (mid cap and small cap companies) which may be riskier, less liquid, more
volatile and vulnerable to economic, market and industry changes than securities of larger, more
established companies. The securities of small companies may trade less frequently and in smaller
volumes than securities of larger companies. As a result, changes in the price of debt or equity
issued by such companies may be more sudden or erratic than the prices of other securities,
especially over the short term. These risks are higher for small cap companies.
Derivatives Risk. The underlying funds and the Fund may
use derivatives, including futures contracts and exchange traded futures. Derivatives, including
options and futures, may be riskier than other types of investments and may increase the
volatility of the Fund and the underlying funds. Derivatives may be sensitive to changes in
economic and market conditions and may create leverage, which could result in losses that
significantly exceed the Fund’s or an underlying fund’s original investment. The Fund
and the underlying funds may be more volatile than if they had not been leveraged because the leverage tends to exaggerate any effect on the value of the Fund’s or underlying funds’ portfolio
securities. Certain derivatives expose the Fund and the underlying funds to counterparty risk, which is the risk that the derivative counterparty will not fulfill its contractual obligation (including credit risk
associated with the counterparty). Certain derivatives are synthetic instruments that attempt to
replicate the performance of certain reference assets. With regard to such derivatives, the Fund or the underlying fund do not have a claim on the reference assets and are subject to enhanced counterparty risk. Derivatives
may not perform as expected, so the Fund and the underlying funds may not realize the intended
benefits. When used for hedging, the change in value of a derivative may not correlate as expected
with the security or other risk being hedged. In addition, given their complexity, derivatives
expose the Fund and underlying funds to risks of mispricing or improper valuation. Derivatives
also can expose the Fund and underlying funds to derivative liquidity risk, which includes risks
involving the liquidity demands that derivatives can create to make payments of margin,
collateral or settlement payments to counterparties, legal risk, which includes the risk of loss resulting from insufficient or unenforceable contractual documentation, insufficient capacity or authority of the Fund’s or an
underlying fund’s
counterparty and operational risk, which includes documentation or settlement issues, system failures,
inadequate controls and human error.
Securities and Financial Instruments Risk. The Fund’s direct investments in securities and financial instruments are subject to additional risks specific to their
structure, sector or market (e.g., futures and swaps on foreign securities are subject to foreign
investment, emerging market and derivative risks; debt securities are subject to credit risk).
Industry and Sector Focus Risk. At times, the Fund and/or an underlying fund may increase the relative emphasis of its investments in a particular industry or sector. The prices of securities of issuers in a particular industry or sector
may be more susceptible to fluctuations due to changes in economic or business conditions,
government regulations, availability of basic resources or supplies, contagion risk within a particular industry or sector or to other industries or sectors, or other events that affect that industry or sector more than
securities of issuers in other industries and sectors. To the extent that the Fund increases the
relative emphasis of its investments in a particular industry or sector, the value of the Fund’s shares may fluctuate in response to events affecting that industry or sector.
Transactions Risk. The Fund or an underlying fund could experience a loss and its liquidity may be negatively impacted when
selling securities to meet redemption requests. The risk of loss increases if the redemption
requests are unusually large or frequent or occur in times of overall market turmoil or declining
prices. Similarly, for both the Fund and underlying funds large purchases of a fund's shares may
adversely affect the Fund’s performance to the extent that the Fund is delayed in investing
new cash and is required to maintain a larger cash position than it ordinarily
would.
Investments in the Fund are not deposits or obligations of, or guaranteed or endorsed by, any bank and are not insured or guaranteed by the
FDIC, the Federal Reserve Board or any other government agency.
You could lose money investing in the
Fund.
The Fund’s Past
Performance
This section provides some indication of the risks of
investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows how the performance of the Fund’s Class I Shares has varied from year to year for the past ten calendar years. The table shows the
average annual total returns over the past one year, five years and ten years.
The table compares the Fund’s performance to the performance of the MSCI ACWI (net total return) Index, the S&P Target Date 2050 Index, and a composite benchmark. The
MSCI ACWI (net total return) Index serves as the Fund’s regulatory index and provides a
broad measure of market performance. The S&P Target Date 2050 Index and the composite benchmark are the Fund’s additional indices and are more representative of the Fund’s investment universe. The
composite benchmark for the Fund is a customized benchmark of the following unmanaged market
indexes: S&P 500 Index, S&P 400 Index, Russell 2000 Index, MSCI US REIT Index, MSCI EAFE Index (net total return), MSCI Emerging Markets Index (net total return), Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index, Bloomberg U.S. Treasury
Inflation Notes: 1-10 Year Index, Bloomberg U.S. High Yield - 2% Issuer Cap Index, EMBI Global
Diversified Index and FTSE 3-Month