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Global Atlantic BlackRock Allocation Portfolio

Class I, II and III Shares

Summary Prospectus

May 1, 2022

Before you invest, you may want to review the Portfolio's prospectus, which contains more information about the Portfolio and its risks. The Portfolio's prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, both dated May 1, 2022, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus. You can obtain these documents and other information about the Portfolio online at http://connect.rightprospectus.com/globalatlanticportfolios. You can also obtain these documents at no cost by calling 1-877-355-1820 or by sending an email request to GlobalAtlanticPortfolios@gafg.com.



Global Atlantic BlackRock Allocation Portfolio

Investment Objective: The Portfolio seeks to provide total return.

Fees and Expenses of the Portfolio: This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Portfolio. The table and the example do not include any fees or sales charges imposed by your variable annuity or variable life insurance contract. If they were included, your costs would be higher. Please refer to your variable contract prospectus for information on the separate account fees and expenses associated with your contract.

Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your investment)
  Class I
Shares
  Class II
Shares
  Class III
Shares
 
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage
of offering price)
   

None

     

None

     

None

   
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of redemption
proceeds)
   

None

     

None

     

None

   
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Dividends and
Other Distributions
   

None

     

None

     

None

   
Redemption Fee (as a percentage of amount redeemed)    

None

     

None

     

None

   
Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
             

Management Fees

   

0.22

%

   

0.22

%

   

0.22

%

 

Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees

   

None

     

0.25

%

   

0.15

%

 

Other Expenses(1)

   

0.10

%

   

0.10

%

   

0.10

%

 

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses(2)

   

0.17

%

   

0.17

%

   

0.17

%

 

Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses

   

0.49

%

   

0.74

%

   

0.64

%

 

(1)  The "Other Expenses" for Class III shares are based on estimated amounts.

(2)  Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are the indirect cost of investing in other investment companies, the costs of which will not be included in the Portfolio's financial statements. The operating expenses in this fee table will not correlate to the expense ratio in the Portfolio's financial highlights because the financial statements include only the direct operating expenses incurred by the Portfolio.

Example: This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Portfolio with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Portfolio for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. You would pay the same expenses if you did not redeem your shares. However, each variable contract and separate account involves fees and expenses that are not included in the Example. If these fees and expenses were included in the Example, your overall expenses would be higher. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Portfolio's operating expenses remain the same (except


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that the Example reflects any applicable contractual fee waivers/expense reimbursement arrangements for only the first year). Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based upon these assumptions your costs would be:

   

1 Year

 

3 Years

 

5 Years

 

10 Years

 

Class I

 

$

50

   

$

157

   

$

274

   

$

616

   

Class II

 

$

76

   

$

237

   

$

411

   

$

918

   

Class III

 

$

65

   

$

205

   

$

357

   

$

798

   

Portfolio Turnover: The Portfolio pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities or instruments (or "turns over" its portfolio). These costs, which are not reflected in annual portfolio operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Portfolio's performance. A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. During the most recent fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, the Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate was 73% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies: Under normal market conditions, the Portfolio seeks to achieve its investment objective primarily through investing at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in a diversified group of underlying exchange-traded funds ("Underlying ETFs") that are affiliated with the Portfolio's sub-adviser, BlackRock Investment Management, LLC ("BlackRock" or the "Sub-Adviser").

Under normal market conditions, the Sub-Adviser allocates approximately 40% to 80% of the Portfolio's assets to Underlying ETFs that invest primarily in equity securities of both U.S. and non-U.S. issuers and 20% to 60% of the Portfolio's assets to Underlying ETFs that invest primarily in fixed-income securities and/or cash alternatives in both U.S. and non-U.S. markets. In addition, the Underlying ETFs may invest in lower quality debt securities. Such securities are sometimes referred to as "junk bonds."

The Portfolio may also invest in securities and derivative contracts, including indexes, swap agreements, futures, options, currency forwards, and U.S. Treasury securities, and cash equivalents including, without limitation, commercial paper, and time deposits, as determined by the Sub-Adviser.

The Portfolio's benchmark index is the S&P Target Risk® Growth Index. The S&P Target Risk® Growth Index measures the performance of the S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC ("S&P Dow Jones Indices") proprietary allocation model, which is intended to represent a "growth" target risk allocation strategy as defined by S&P Dow Jones Indices. The S&P Target Risk Growth Index seeks to provide increased exposure to equities, while also using some fixed-income exposure to dampen risk. S&P Dow Jones Indices' estimation of a growth target risk allocation may differ from your own.

Principal Investment Risks: As with all mutual funds, there is the risk that you could lose money through your investment in the Portfolio. Many factors affect the Portfolio's net asset value and performance. The following is a summary description of principal risks of investing in the Portfolio. For purposes of this section, "Underlying Funds" refers to Underlying ETFs.

Affiliated Underlying Fund Risk: The Portfolio invests in Underlying Funds that are affiliated with a Sub-Adviser. The Sub-Adviser is subject to conflicts of interest when allocating Portfolio assets among the various Underlying Funds both because the fees payable to it and/or its affiliates by some Underlying Funds are higher than the fees payable by other Underlying Funds and because the Sub-Adviser and its affiliates are also responsible for managing the Underlying Funds.

Derivatives Risk: The use of derivatives may increase costs, reduce the Portfolio's returns and/or increase volatility. The use of derivatives may also result in leverage, which can magnify the effects of changes in the value of investments, make such investments more volatile and expose the Portfolio to losses that exceed the initial amount invested. Many types of derivatives are also subject to the risk that the other party in the transaction will not fulfill its contractual obligation. Derivatives are subject to risks arising from margin requirements. In addition, the fluctuations in the values of derivatives may not correlate perfectly with, and may be more sensitive to market events than, the overall securities markets. The possible lack of a liquid secondary market for derivatives and the resulting inability to sell or otherwise close-out a derivatives position at an advantageous time or price could expose the Portfolio to losses and could make derivatives more difficult to value accurately. Derivative investments are further subject to


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regulatory risks, from both U.S. and foreign regulators that may impact the availability, liquidity and costs associated with such investments and potentially limit the ability of mutual funds to invest in derivatives.

Equity Risk: Common and preferred stock prices can fall rapidly in response to developments affecting a specific company or industry, or to changing economic, political or market conditions.

ETF Risk: Investments in underlying ETFs typically present the same risks as investments in conventional Underlying Funds. In addition, disruptions to the creations and redemptions process through which market makers directly purchase and sell ETF shares, the existence of extreme market volatility or potential lack of an active trading market, or changes in the liquidity of the market for an ETF's underlying portfolio holdings, may result in the ETF's shares trading at significantly above (at a premium to) or below (at a discount to) net asset value, which may result in a Portfolio paying significantly more or receiving significantly less for ETF shares than the value of the relevant ETF's underlying holdings. Because the value of ETF shares depends on the demand in the market, the Portfolio may not be able to liquidate its holdings at the most optimal time, adversely affecting performance.

Fixed Income Risk: The value of bonds and other fixed-income securities will fluctuate with changes in interest rates. Typically, a rise in periods of volatility and rising interest rates may lead to increased redemptions and volatility and decreased liquidity in the fixed-income markets, making it more difficult to sell fixed-income holdings. In general, the market price of debt securities with longer maturities will increase or decrease more in response to changes in interest rates than shorter-term securities. Securities issued by U.S. government agencies or government-sponsored enterprises may not be guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury. Other risk factors include credit risk (the debtor may default), prepayment risk (the debtor may pay its obligations early, reducing the amount of interest payments), extension risk (repayments may occur more slowly if interest rates rise) and income risk (distributions to shareholders may decline where interest rates fall or defaults occur). These risks could affect the value of a particular investment, possibly causing the Portfolio's share price and total return to be reduced and fluctuate more than other types of investments.

Foreign Currency Risk: Exposure to foreign securities denominated in non-US dollar currencies will subject the Portfolio to currency trading risks that include market risk and country risk. Market risk results from adverse changes in exchange rates. Country risk arises because a government may interfere with transactions in its currency.

Foreign Investment Risk: Foreign investing involves risks not typically associated with U.S. investments, including adverse fluctuations in foreign currency values, adverse political, social and economic developments, less liquidity, greater volatility, restrictions on capital movements, less developed or less efficient trading markets, political instability and differing auditing and legal standards.

Forward Currency Contracts Risk: Use of forward currency contracts can have the effect of reducing returns, limiting opportunities for gain and creating losses. Forward currency contracts do not eliminate fluctuations in the value of foreign securities but allow the Portfolio to establish a fixed rate of exchange for a future point in time.

High-Yield Debt Securities Risk: Lower-quality bonds (including loans), known as "high-yield" or "junk" bonds, and unrated securities of similar credit quality are considered speculative and involve greater risk of a complete loss of an investment, or delays of interest and principal payments, than higher-quality debt securities. Issuers of high-yield debt securities are typically not as strong financially as those issuing securities of higher credit quality. These issuers are more likely to encounter financial difficulties and are more vulnerable to changes in the relevant economy that could affect their ability to make interest and principal payments when due. The prices of high-yield debt securities generally fluctuate more than higher quality securities. High-yield debt securities are generally less liquid than higher quality securities, making them harder to sell and harder to value.

Issuer Risk: The value of a security may decline for a number of reasons that directly relate to the issuer, such as management performance or the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer.

Management Risk: The Portfolio's strategies may not produce the desired results, and may result in losses to the Portfolio.

Market Risk: Overall securities market risks may affect the value of individual securities. Factors such as foreign and domestic economic growth and market conditions, interest rate levels, and political events may adversely affect the securities markets. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, natural disasters, recessions, or other events could also have a significant impact on the Portfolio and its investments. The spread of an infectious respiratory illness caused by a novel strain of


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coronavirus (known as COVID-19) has caused volatility, severe market dislocations and liquidity constraints in many markets, including markets for the securities the Portfolio holds, and may adversely affect the Portfolio's investments and operations.

Over-the-Counter Transactions Risk: The Portfolio engages in over-the-counter ("OTC") transactions, some of which trade in a dealer network, rather than on an exchange. In general, there is less governmental regulation and supervision of transactions in the OTC markets than transactions entered into on organized exchanges, with OTC transactions subject to the risk that a counterparty to the transaction will not fulfill its contractual obligations.

Settlement Risk: Settlement risk is the risk that a settlement in a transfer system does not take place as expected. If the Portfolio cannot settle or is delayed in settling a sale of securities, it may lose money if the value of the security then declines or, if it has contracted to sell the security to another party, the Portfolio could be liable for any losses incurred.

Underlying Fund Risk: Underlying Funds are subject to investment advisory and other expenses, which will be indirectly paid by the Portfolio. As a result, your cost of investing in the Portfolio will be higher than the cost of investing directly in an Underlying Fund and may be higher than other mutual funds that invest directly in stocks and bonds. Because the Portfolio's investments include shares of the Underlying Funds, the Portfolio's risks include the risks of each Underlying Fund.

Performance: The bar chart and performance table below show the variability of the Portfolio's returns, which is some indication of the risks of investing in the Portfolio. The bar chart shows performance of the Portfolio's Class I shares for each full calendar year since the Portfolio's inception and the table shows how the average annual total returns of the Portfolio's Class I shares compared with the returns of an index that measures broad market performance. The performance in the bar chart and the table does not include the effect of variable contract charges. If variable contract charges had been included, performance would have been lower. Because all of the Portfolio's shares are invested in the same portfolio of securities, returns for the Portfolio's Class II shares differ only to the extent that the classes do not have the same expenses. You should be aware that the Portfolio's past performance may not be an indication of how the Portfolio will perform in the future.

Class I Annual Total Return by Calendar Year

Highest Quarter

  2nd Quarter 2020    

12.82

%

 

Lowest Quarter

  1st Quarter 2020    

(11.91

)%

 


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Performance Table
Average Annual Total Returns
(For periods ended December 31, 2021)

   

One Year

  Since Inception
(November 1, 2017)
 

Class I shares return before taxes

   

11.33

%

   

10.08

%

 

Class II shares return before taxes

   

11.04

%

   

9.79

%

 
S&P Target Risk® Growth Index (reflects no deduction for fees,
expenses or taxes)
   

11.37

%

   

8.96

%

 

Management: The Portfolio's Adviser is Global Atlantic Investment Advisors, LLC. The Portfolio's Sub-Adviser is BlackRock Investment Management, LLC.

Portfolio Manager

 

Title

 

Involved with Portfolio

 

Michael Gates, CFA

 

Managing Director of BlackRock

 

Since Inception

 

Suzanne Ly, CFA, FRM

 

Director of BlackRock

 

May 1, 2021

 

Purchase and Sale of Portfolio Shares: Shares of the Portfolio are intended to be sold to certain separate accounts of insurance companies. You and other purchasers of variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts will not own shares of the Portfolio directly. Rather, all shares will be held by a separate account for your benefit and the benefit of other purchasers. You may purchase and redeem shares of the Portfolio on any day that the New York Stock Exchange is open, or as permitted under your variable contract. Class III Shares are not currently offered.

Tax Information: It is the Portfolio's intention to distribute income and gains to the separate accounts. Generally, owners of variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts are not taxed currently on income or gains realized by the separate accounts with respect to such contracts. However, some distributions from such contracts may be taxable at ordinary income tax rates. In addition, distributions made to a contract owner who is younger than 59 1/2 may be subject to a 10% penalty tax. Investors should ask their own tax advisors for more information on their own tax situation, including possible state or local taxes. Please refer to your variable contract prospectus for additional information on taxes.

Payments to Other Financial Intermediaries: The Portfolio or the Adviser may pay insurance companies for the sale of Portfolio shares and/or other services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing insurance companies and your salesperson to recommend a variable contract and the Portfolio over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.


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