Convertible Securities
Risk. Some of the underlying funds invest in convertible securities. The value of convertible
securities tends to decline as interest rates rise and, because of the conversion feature, tends
to vary with fluctuations in the market value of the underlying securities.
Strategy Risk. A primary risk of some of the underlying funds is to invest in common stock considered to be attractive and to
sell short securities considered to be unattractive. This strategy involves complex securities
transactions that require the underlying fund to borrow securities. The underlying fund may not
be able to borrow a security it wishes to sell short or may have to purchase a borrowed security in the market to return it to the lender at a disadvantageous time or price. Losses on short sales are potentially unlimited because
there is no upward limit on the price a borrowed security could attain.
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.
Commodity Risk. Certain underlying funds have exposure to
commodities. Exposure to commodities, commodity-related securities and derivatives may subject an
underlying fund to greater volatility than investments in traditional securities, particularly if
the instruments involve leverage. The value of commodity-linked investments may be affected by changes in overall market movements, commodity index volatility, changes in interest rates, or factors affecting a
particular industry or commodity. In addition, to the extent that an underlying fund gains
exposure to an asset through synthetic replication by investing in commodity-linked investments rather than directly in the asset, it may not have a claim on the applicable underlying asset and will be subject to enhanced
counterparty risk.
Derivatives Risk. The underlying funds may use derivatives. Derivatives may be riskier than other investments because they
may be sensitive to changes in economic and market conditions and could result in losses that
significantly exceed the original investment. Many derivatives create leverage thereby causing
the underlying fund to be more volatile than they would be if they had not used derivatives.
Certain derivatives also expose the underlying funds to counterparty risk (the risk that the
derivative counterparty will not fulfill its contractual obligation), including credit risk of
the derivative counterparty. Certain derivatives are synthetic instruments that attempt to replicate the performance of certain reference assets. With regard to such derivatives, the Fund does not have a claim
on the reference assets and is subject to enhanced counterparty risk. Derivatives may not perform
as expected, so the Fund 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 to risks of mispricing or improper valuation. Derivatives also
can expose the Fund 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 counterparty and operational risk, which includes documentation or settlement issues, system failures, inadequate controls and human error.
Inflation-Managed Strategy Risk. The underlying funds may use inflation-managed strategies including using swaps that are based on the Consumer Price Index for all Urban
Consumers (CPI-U) in combination with a core portfolio of fixed income securities to create the
equivalent of a portfolio of inflation-protected fixed income securities. There is no guarantee that the use of derivatives and debt securities will mimic a portfolio of inflation-protected bonds or reflect the
actual rate of inflation. In addition, some of the underlying funds may make direct investments
in inflation-protected securities. Unlike conventional bonds, the principal or interest of inflation-protected securities such as Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) is adjusted periodically to a specified
rate of inflation (e.g., CPI-U). There can be no assurance that the inflation index used will
accurately measure the actual rate of inflation. These securities may lose value in the event that the actual rate of inflation is different than the rate of the inflation index.
Real Estate Securities Risk. Certain underlying funds are highly concentrated in real estate securities, including REITs. 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, environmental factors and, in the case of mortgages, credit risk, prepayment risk
and extension risk. In addition, investments in REITs are subject to risks associated with the management skill and credit worthiness 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.
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.
Industry and Sector Focus
Risk. At times an underlying fund and the 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