Summary Prospectus
AZL® DFA U.S. Small Cap Fund
May 1, 2023
AZL® DFA U.S. Small Cap Fund
Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund’s Prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund’s Prospectus, Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) and other information about the Fund online at www.allianzlife.com/azlfunds. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 1-800-624-0197 or by sending an email request to contact.us@allianzlife.com. The Fund’s
Prospectus and SAI, both dated May 1, 2023, as supplemented, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.
Investment Objective
The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
The following table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.
The Fund is offered exclusively as an investment option for certain Contracts. The table below reflects only Fund expenses and does not reflect Contract fees and expenses. If Contract fees and expenses were included, the fees and expenses in the following table would be higher. Please refer to the Contract prospectus for a description of those fees and expenses.
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value
of your investment)
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Management Fee
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0.85%
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Distribution (12b-1) Fees
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0.25%
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Other Expenses
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0.06%
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
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1.16%
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Fee Waiver(1)
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-0.18%
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver(1)
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0.98%
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(1)
The Manager and the Fund have entered into a written agreement reducing the
management fee to 0.67% through at least April 30, 2024, after which the fee waiver may be terminated by the Manager or the Fund at any time and for any
reason.
Example
This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in
other mutual funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same, and that you reinvest all dividends and distributions. It does not reflect any Contract fees. It reflects the management fee waiver agreement for the first
year. If Contract fees were included, the costs shown would be higher. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs
would be:
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1 Year
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3 Years
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5 Years
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10 Years
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$100
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$351
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$621
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$1,393
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Portfolio Turnover
The Fund 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 fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 10% of the average value of its portfolio.
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Investments, Risks, and Performance
Principal Investment Strategies of the Fund
To achieve the Fund’s investment objective, the Subadviser implements an integrated investment approach that
combines research, portfolio design, portfolio management, and trading functions. As further described below, the Fund’s design emphasizes long-term drivers of expected returns identified by the Subadviser’s research, while balancing risk through broad diversification across companies and sectors. The Subadviser’s portfolio management and trading processes further balance those
long-term drivers of expected returns with shorter-term drivers of expected returns and trading costs.
The Fund, using a market capitalization weighted approach, is designed to purchase a broad and diverse group
of readily marketable securities of U.S. small-cap companies. A company’s market capitalization is the number of its shares outstanding times its price per share. Under a market capitalization weighted approach, companies with higher market capitalizations generally represent a larger proportion of the Fund than companies with relatively lower market capitalizations. The Fund
may emphasize certain stocks, including smaller capitalization companies, lower relative price stocks, and/or higher profitability stocks as compared to their
representation in the small-cap segment of the U.S. market. An equity issuer is considered to have a low relative price (i.e., a value stock) primarily because it
has a low price in relation to its book value. In assessing relative price, the Subadviser may consider additional factors such as price to cash flow or price to earnings ratios. An equity issuer is considered to have high profitability because it has high earnings or profits from operations in relation to its book value or assets. The criteria the Subadviser uses for assessing relative price and profitability are subject to change from time to time.
As a non-fundamental policy, under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets
in securities of small-cap U.S. companies. As of the date of this Prospectus, for purposes of the Fund, the Subadviser considers small-cap companies to be companies whose market capitalizations are generally in the lowest 10% of total market capitalization or companies whose market capitalizations are smaller than the 1,000th largest U.S. company, whichever results in the higher market
capitalization break. Total market capitalization is based on the market capitalization of eligible U.S. operating companies listed on a securities exchange in
the United States that is deemed appropriate by the Subadviser. Under the Subadviser’s market capitalization guidelines described above, based on market
capitalization data as of December 31, 2022, the market capitalization of a small-cap company would be below $7,650 million. This threshold will change due to market conditions.
The Subadviser may also increase or reduce the Fund’s exposure to an eligible company, or exclude a company,
based on shorter-term considerations, such as a company’s price momentum and investment characteristics. In assessing a company’s investment characteristics, the Subadviser considers ratios such as recent changes in assets divided by total assets. The criteria the Subadviser uses for assessing a company’s investment characteristics are subject to change from time to time. In addition,
the Subadviser seeks to reduce trading costs using a flexible trading approach that looks for opportunities to participate in the available market liquidity,
while managing turnover and explicit transaction costs.
The Fund may purchase or sell futures contracts and options on futures contracts for U.S. equity securities
and indices, to increase or decrease equity market exposure based on actual or expected cash inflows to or outflows from the Fund.
Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund
The price per share of the Fund will fluctuate with changes in the value of the investments held by the Fund.
You may lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its objective.
The following is a summary of the principal risks to which the Fund’s portfolio as a whole is subject, any of
which may adversely affect the Fund’s net asset value (NAV), yield, total return and ability to achieve its investment objective. As changes occur in a Fund’s portfolio holdings, the extent to which the portfolio is subject to each of these risks may also change.
Market Risk –
The market value of portfolio securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably.
Issuer Risk –
The value of a security may decline for a number of reasons directly related to the issuer of the security.
Selection Risk
– Because this Fund is actively managed, there can be no guarantee that investment decisions made for the Fund will produce the desired results.
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Profitability Investment Risk – High relative profitability stocks may perform differently from the market as a whole and following a profitability-oriented strategy
may cause a Fund to, at times, underperform equity funds that use other investment strategies.
Value Stocks Risk – Value stocks may perform differently from the market as a whole and following a value-oriented investment strategy may cause the fund to
at times underperform equity funds that use other investment strategies. Value stocks can react differently to political, economic, and industry developments than
the market as a whole and other types of stocks. Value stocks also may underperform the market for long periods of time.
Capitalization Risk – Investing in small- to mid-sized companies creates risk because smaller companies may have unpredictable or limited earnings, and their
securities may be less liquid or experience more volatile prices than those of large companies.
Financials Sector Risk – The performance of companies in the financials sector may be adversely impacted by many factors, including, among others, changes in
government regulations, economic conditions, increases in interest rates and loan losses, decreases in the availability of money or asset valuations, credit
rating downgrades, decreased liquidity in credit markets and adverse conditions in other related markets. Companies in the financials sector may also hold
portfolios of assets concentrated in geographic markets, industries or products (such as commercial and residential real estate loans) which makes them especially vulnerable to unstable economic conditions. The extent to which a fund may invest in a company that engages in securities-related activities or banking is limited by applicable law. The impact of changes in capital
requirements and recent or future regulation of any individual financial company, or of the financials sector as a whole, cannot be predicted. In recent years,
cyberattacks and technology malfunctions and failures have become increasingly frequent in this sector and have caused significant losses to companies in this
sector, which may negatively impact a fund.
Industrials Sector Risk – Changes in government regulation, world events and economic conditions may adversely affect companies in the industrials sector. In
addition, these companies are at risk for environmental and product liability damage claims. Commodity price volatility, changes in exchange rates, imposition of
import controls, increased competition, depletion of resources, technological developments and labor relations may also adversely affect the companies in this sector.
Derivatives Risk – Investing in derivative instruments involves risks that may be different from or greater than the risks associated with investing
directly in securities or other traditional investments. Derivatives are subject to a number of other risks, such as liquidity risk, interest rate risk, market
risk, credit risk, counterparty risk, and selection risk. Derivatives also involve the risk of mispricing or improper valuation and the risk that changes in the
value may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate, or index. Using derivatives may result in losses, possibly in excess of the principal amount invested.
Futures Risk
– The value of futures contracts depend primarily upon the price of the securities, indexes, commodities, currencies or other instruments underlying them. Price
movements are also influenced by, among other things, interest rates, changing supply and demand relationships, trade, fiscal, monetary, and exchange control
programs and policies of governments, and national and international political and economic events and policies. The cost of futures may also be related, in part, to the degree of volatility of the underlying indices, securities, currencies, or other assets. Accordingly, futures on highly volatile indices, securities, currency, or other assets may be more expensive than futures on other investments. Changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate or index, and a fund could
lose more than the principal amount invested.
Performance Information
The following bar chart and table provide an indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund by showing
changes in its performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund’s average annual returns for one year, five years and since its inception compare with those of a broad-based measure of market performance.
Both the bar chart and the table assume reinvestment of dividends and distributions.
The performance of the Fund will vary from year to year. The Fund’s performance does not reflect the cost of
insurance and separate account charges which are imposed under your Contract. If they were included, performance would be reduced. Past performance does not indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.
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Performance Bar Chart and Table
Calendar Year Total Return
Highest and Lowest Quarter Returns (for periods shown in the bar chart)
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Highest (Q4, 2020)
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29.38%
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Lowest (Q1, 2020)
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-31.51%
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Average Annual Total Returns
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One Year Ended
December 31, 2022
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Five Years Ended
December 31, 2022
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Since Inception
(04/27/2015)
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AZL DFA U.S. Small Cap Fund
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-12.91%
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6.26%
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7.36%
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Russell 2000 Index*
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-20.44%
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4.13%
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5.96%
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*
Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes.
Management
Allianz Investment Management LLC (the "Manager") serves as the investment adviser to the Fund.
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP serves as the Subadviser to the Fund.
The Fund’s portfolio managers are Jed S. Fogdall, Global Head of Portfolio Management, Senior Portfolio Manager and Vice President, since April 2015, Joel P. Schneider, Deputy Head of Portfolio Management, North America, Senior Portfolio Manager and Vice President, since July 2015, and Marc C. Leblond, Senior Portfolio Manager and Vice President, since April 2020.
The Fund’s portfolio managers are Jed S. Fogdall, Global Head of Portfolio Management, Senior Portfolio Manager and Vice President, since April 2015, Joel P. Schneider, Deputy Head of Portfolio Management, North America, Senior Portfolio Manager and Vice President, since July 2015, and Marc C. Leblond, Senior Portfolio Manager and Vice President, since April 2020.
Tax Information
Shares of the Funds are sold exclusively to the separate accounts of certain insurance companies in connection
with particular variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts (the “Contracts”). Provided that a Fund and a separate account investing in the Fund satisfy applicable tax requirements, any distributions from the Fund to the separate account will be exempt from current federal income taxation to the extent that such distributions accumulate in the Contract. You should refer
to your Contract prospectus for further information regarding the tax treatment of the Contract and the separate accounts in which the Contract is invested.
Financial Intermediary Compensation
Shares of the Funds are sold exclusively to certain insurance companies in connection with particular
Contracts. The Trust and its related companies may pay such insurance companies (or their related companies) for the sale of shares of the Funds and related services. Such insurance companies (or their related companies) may pay broker-dealers or other financial intermediaries (such as banks) that sell the Contracts for the sale of shares of the Funds and related services. When received by an
insurance company, such payments may be a factor that the insurance companies consider in including a Fund as an
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investment option in the Contracts. The prospectus or other disclosures relating to a Contract may contain
additional information about these payments. When received by a broker-dealer or other intermediary, such payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and salespersons to recommend the Fund over other mutual funds available as investment options in the Contracts. Ask the salesperson or visit the financial intermediary's website for
more information.
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