| Summary Prospectus | AZL® Russell 1000 Value Index Fund, Class 1 and Class 2 |
April 29, 2022
AZL® Russell 1000 Value Index Fund, Class 1 and Class 2
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 April 29, 2022, as supplemented, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.
| Investment Objective |
The Fund seeks to match the total return of the Russell 1000® Value Index.
| 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)
| Class 1 | Class 2 | |||||||
| Management Fee |
0.44% | 0.44% | ||||||
| Distribution (12b-1) Fees |
0.00% | 0.25% | ||||||
| Other Expenses |
0.08% | 0.08% | ||||||
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| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
0.52% | 0.77% | ||||||
| Fee Waiver(1) |
-0.09% | -0.09% | ||||||
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| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver(1) |
0.43% | 0.68% | ||||||
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| (1) | The Manager and the Fund have entered into a written agreement reducing the management fee to 0.35% through at least April 30, 2023, 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:
| 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | |||||
| Class 1 | $44 | $158 | $282 | $644 | ||||
| Class 2 | $69 | $237 | $419 | $946 |
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| Summary Prospectus | AZL® Russell 1000 Value Index Fund, Class 1 and Class 2 |
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 38% of the average value of its portfolio.
| Investments, Risks, and Performance |
Principal Investment Strategies of the Fund
The Fund normally invests in all stocks in the Russell 1000® Value Index (the “Index”) in proportion to their weighting in the Index. The Subadviser attempts to have a correlation between the Fund’s performance and that of the Index of at least 0.95 before expenses. A correlation of 1.00 would mean that the Fund and the Index were perfectly correlated.
The Index is an unmanaged index composed of companies in the Russell 1000® Index which exhibit lower price-to-book ratios and lower expected growth values. The Russell 1000® Index is itself composed of approximately 1,000 of the largest securities on the Russell 3000® Index, based on a combination of their market cap and current index membership. The Index is constructed to provide a comprehensive and unbiased barometer for the large-cap value segment. The Index is completely reconstituted annually to ensure new and growing equities are included and that the represented companies continue to reflect value characteristics.
In seeking to match the performance of the Index, the Subadviser uses a passive management approach and purchases all or a representative sample of the stocks comprising the Index. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of the value of its net assets in a statistically selected sampling of securities of companies included in the Russell 1000 Value Index or in derivative instruments linked to that Index, primarily stock index futures contracts. The Subadviser also may use stock index futures as a substitute for the sale or purchase of securities. Because the Fund has expenses, performance will tend to be slightly lower than that of the target benchmark.
Industry Concentration Policy. The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that the Index is concentrated.
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. |
| • | Index Fund Risk The Fund does not attempt to manage market volatility or reduce the effects of poor performance. In addition, factors such as fund expenses, selection of a representative portfolio, changes in the composition of the index, or the timing of purchases or redemptions of fund shares may affect the correlation between the performance of the index and the fund’s performance. |
| • | 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. |
| • | 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 |
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| Summary Prospectus | AZL® Russell 1000 Value Index Fund, Class 1 and Class 2 |
| 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. |
| • | 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, interest rates, credit rating downgrades, and decreased liquidity in credit markets. 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. |
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 ten years 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.
Performance Bar Chart and Table (Class 2)
Calendar Year Total Return
Highest and Lowest Quarter Returns (for periods shown in the bar chart)
| Highest (Q4, 2020) |
16.06% | |||
| Lowest (Q1, 2020) |
-27.04% |
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| Summary Prospectus | AZL® Russell 1000 Value Index Fund, Class 1 and Class 2 |
Average Annual Total Returns
| One Year Ended December 31, 2021 |
Five Years Ended December 31, 2021 |
Ten Years Ended December 31, 2021 |
Since Inception (10/17/2016) |
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| AZL Russell 1000 Value Index Fund (Class 1) | 24.55% | 10.75% | N/A | 11.91% | ||||||||||||
| AZL Russell 1000 Value Index Fund (Class 2) | 24.25% | 10.48% | 12.18% | N/A | ||||||||||||
| Russell 1000 Value Index* | 25.16% | 11.16% | 12.97% | 12.47% | ||||||||||||
| * | Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes. |
| Management |
Allianz Investment Management LLC (the “Manager”) serves as the investment adviser to the Fund.
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC serves as the Subadviser to the Fund.
The portfolio managers for the Fund are: Jennifer Hsui, CFA, Managing Director, since May 2018, Amy Whitelaw, Managing Director, since April 2019, Suzanne Henige, CFA, Managing Director, since April 2020, and Paul Whitehead, Managing Director, and Peter Sietsema, Director, since January 2022.
| 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 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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