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PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENTS, A PGIM BUSINESS  |  MUTUAL FUNDS
Prudential Global Real Estate Fund
A: PURAX B: PURBX C: PURCX Q: PGRQX R: PURRX Z: PURZX        
    
SUMMARY PROSPECTUS December 28, 2016
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), Annual Report and other information about the Fund online at www.prudentialfunds.com/docs. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 1-800-225-1852 or by sending an e-mail to: prospectus@prudentialfundsemail.com. The Fund's Prospectus and SAI, both dated December 28, 2016, as supplemented and amended from time to time, and the Fund's most recent shareholder report, dated October 31, 2016, are all incorporated by reference into (legally made a part of) this Summary Prospectus.

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES
The investment objectives of the Fund are capital appreciation and income.
FUND FEES AND EXPENSES
The tables below describe the sales charges, fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and an eligible group of related investors purchase, or agree to purchase in the future, $25,000 or more in shares of the Fund or other funds in the Prudential Investments family of funds. More information about these discounts is available from your financial professional and is explained in Reducing or Waiving Class A's and Class C’s Sales Charges on page 25 of the Fund's Prospectus and in Rights of Accumulation on page 47 of the Fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI).
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
  Class A Class B Class C Class Q Class R Class Z
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 5.50% None None None None None
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of the lower of original purchase price or net asset value at redemption) 1% 5% 1% None None None
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on reinvested dividends and other distributions None None None None None None
Redemption fee None None None None None None
Exchange fee None None None None None None
Maximum account fee (accounts under $10,000) $15 $15 $15 None None None
    
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
  Class A Class B Class C Class Q Class R Class Z
Management fees .75% .75% .75% .75% .75% .75%
+ Distribution and service (12b-1) fees .30% 1.00% 1.00% None .75% None
+ Other expenses .19% .19% .19% .04% .19% .19%
= Total annual Fund operating expenses 1.24% 1.94% 1.94% .79% 1.69% .94%
– Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement(1) None None None None (.25)% None
= Total annual Fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement(1) 1.24% 1.94% 1.94% .79% 1.44% .94%
(1)The distributor has contractually agreed through February 28, 2018 to reduce its distribution and service (12b-1) fees for Class R shares to .50% of the average daily net assets of Class R shares. This waiver may not be terminated prior to February 28, 2018 without the prior approval of the Fund's Board of Trustees.
Example. The following hypothetical example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. It assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then, except as indicated, redeem all your shares at the end of those periods. It assumes a 5% return on your investment each year, that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same (except that fee waivers or reimbursements, if any, are only reflected in the 1-Year figures) and that all dividends and distributions are reinvested. Your actual costs may be higher or lower.
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  If Shares Are Redeemed If Shares Are Not Redeemed
Share Class 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years
Class A $669 $922 $1,194 $1,967 $669 $922 $1,194 $1,967
Class B $697 $909 $1,147 $1,998 $197 $609 $1,047 $1,998
Class C $297 $609 $1,047 $2,264 $197 $609 $1,047 $2,264
Class Q $81 $252 $439 $978 $81 $252 $439 $978
Class R $147 $508 $894 $1,977 $147 $508 $894 $1,977
Class Z $96 $300 $520 $1,155 $96 $300 $520 $1,155
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 and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the Fund's most recent fiscal period, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 80% of the average value of its portfolio.
INVESTMENTS, RISKS AND PERFORMANCE
Principal Investment Strategies. The Fund seeks investments whose price will increase over time and which will pay the Fund dividends and other income. The Fund normally invests at least 80% of its investable assets (net assets plus any borrowings made for investment purposes) in the equity-related securities of real estate companies, principally real estate investment trusts (REITs), and other real estate securities. Equity-related securities may also include common stock, convertible securities, nonconvertible preferred stock, American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), warrants and other rights that can be exercised to obtain stock, investments in various types of business ventures and similar securities. The Fund is nondiversified, meaning that it may invest more than 5% of its total assets in any one issuer. The Fund invests globally in real estate investments. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests in at least three different countries and at least 40% of its total assets in foreign securities. There is no limit on the amount of Fund assets that may be invested in the securities of foreign real estate companies. The Fund concentrates its investments in real estate securities, including REITs.
The Fund is managed by PGIM Real Estate, which is a business unit of PGIM, Inc. and serves as the Fund's subadviser. The subadviser's approach to real estate investing is value-oriented based upon real estate fundamentals and assessments of management teams. The subadviser emphasizes both quantitative and qualitative investment analysis, and focuses on valuation relative to a company's underlying real estate assets as well as a company's on-going concern valuation. Through detailed company research that includes regular management visits, property tours and financial analysis, the subadviser analyzes the quality of real estate asset cash flows and sustainability and growth of company dividends. The subadviser also evaluates the company's strategy, management's track record, incentives and ability to create long term shareholder value. Only about 10% of institutional quality commercial real estate is publicly traded, and the subadviser believes public real estate securities managers need a firm understanding of the other 90%—the private real estate markets—to successfully add value.
Decisions to sell portfolio securities are based on relative analysis which entails examination of a variety of factors. The decision to sell a security is based on the subadviser's assessment of relative risk adjusted return for the security.
Principal Risks. All investments have risks to some degree. An investment in the Fund is not guaranteed to achieve its investment objective; is not a deposit with a bank; is not insured, endorsed or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency; and is subject to investment risks, including possible loss of your original investment.
Real Estate Risk. An investment in the Fund will be closely linked to the performance of the real estate markets. Real estate securities are subject to the same risks as direct investments in real estate and mortgages, and their value will depend on the value of the underlying properties or the underlying loans or interests. The underlying loans may be subject to the risks of default or of prepayments that occur earlier or later than expected, and such loans may also include so-called “subprime” mortgages. The value of these securities will rise and fall in response to many factors, including economic conditions, the demand for rental property and interest rates. In particular, the value of these securities may decline when interest rates rise and will also be affected by the real estate market and by the management of the underlying properties.
Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Risk. Investing in REITs involves certain unique risks in addition to those risks associated with investing in the real estate industry in general. Equity REITs may be affected by changes in the value of the underlying property owned by the REITs, while mortgage REITs may be affected by the quality of any credit extended. REITs are dependent upon management skills, may not be diversified geographically or by property/mortgage asset type, and are subject to heavy cash flow dependency, default by borrowers and self-liquidation. REITs may be more volatile and/or more illiquid than other types of equity securities. REITs must also meet certain requirements under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) to avoid entity level tax and be eligible to pass-through certain tax attributes of their income to shareholders. REITs are consequently subject to the risk of failing to meet these requirements for favorable tax treatment and of failing to maintain their exemptions from registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940. REITs are subject to the risks of changes in the Code affecting their tax status. REITs (especially mortgage REITs) are subject to interest rate risks. REITs may incur significant amounts of leverage. The Fund will indirectly bear a portion of the expenses, including management fees, paid by each REIT in which it invests, in addition to the expenses of the Fund.
Because the Fund invests in real estate securities, including REITs, the Fund is subject to the risks of investing in the real estate industry, such as changes in general and local economic conditions, the supply and demand for real estate and changes in zoning and tax laws. Since the Fund concentrates in the real estate industry, its holdings can vary significantly from broad market indexes. As a result, the Fund's performance can deviate from the performance of such indexes. Because the Fund invests in stocks, there is the risk that the price of a particular stock owned by the Fund could go down or pay lower-than-expected or no dividends. In addition to an individual stock losing value, the value of the equity markets or of companies comprising the real estate industry could go down.

Foreign Securities Risk. The Fund’s investments in securities of foreign issuers or issuers with significant exposure to foreign markets involve additional risk. Foreign countries in which the Fund may invest may have markets that are less liquid, less regulated and more volatile than US markets. The value of the Fund’s investments may decline because of factors affecting the particular issuer as well as foreign markets and issuers generally, such as unfavorable government actions, and political or financial instability. Lack of information may also affect the value of these securities.
Emerging Markets Risk. The risks of foreign investments are greater for investments in emerging markets. Emerging market countries typically have economic and political systems that are less fully developed, and can be expected to be less stable, than those of more developed countries. For example, the economies of such countries can be subject to rapid and unpredictable rates of inflation or deflation. Low trading volumes may result in a lack of liquidity and price volatility. Emerging market countries may have policies that restrict investment by non-US investors, or that prevent non-US investors from withdrawing their money at will.
Market Risk. Securities markets may be volatile and the market prices of the Fund’s securities may decline. Securities fluctuate in price based on changes in an issuer’s financial condition and overall market and economic conditions. If the market prices of the securities owned by the Fund fall, the value of your investment in the Fund will decline.
Selection Risk. Selection risk is the risk that the securities selected by PGIM Real Estate will underperform the market, the relevant indices, or other funds with similar investment objectives and investment strategies. Individual REIT prices may drop because of the failure of borrowers to pay their loans, a dividend reduction, a disruption to the real estate investment sales market, changes in federal or state taxation policies affecting REITs, or poor management of a REIT.
Non-diversification Risk. The Fund is non-diversified for purposes of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”). This means that the Fund may invest a greater percentage of its assets in the securities of a single company or other issuer than a diversified fund. Investing in a non-diversified fund involves greater risk than investing in a diversified fund because a loss resulting from the decline in value of any one security may represent a greater portion of the total assets of a non-diversified fund.
Market Events Risk. Events in the financial markets have resulted in, and may continue to result in, an unusually high degree of volatility, both in foreign and US markets. This market volatility, in addition to reduced liquidity in credit and fixed-income markets, may adversely affect issuers worldwide. Furthermore, the impact of policy and legislative changes in the US and other countries may not be fully known for some time. This environment could make identifying investment risks and opportunities especially difficult for the subadviser.
Risk of Increase in Expenses. Your actual cost of investing in the Fund may be higher than the expenses shown in the expense table for a variety of reasons. For example, expense ratios may be higher than those shown if average net assets decrease. Net assets are more likely to decrease and Fund expense ratios are more likely to increase when markets are volatile. Active and frequent trading of Fund securities can increase expenses.
More information about the risks of investing in the Fund appears in the section of the Prospectus entitled “More Information About the Fund’s Principal and Non-Principal Investment Strategies, Investments and Risks.”
Performance. The following bar chart shows the Fund's performance for Class A shares for each full calendar year of operations or for the last 10 calendar years, whichever is shorter. The following table shows the average annual returns of each of the Fund’s share classes and also compares the Fund’s performance with the average annual total returns of an index or other benchmark and a group of similar mutual funds. The bar chart and table demonstrate the risk of investing in the Fund by showing how returns can change from year to year.
Past performance (before and after taxes) does not mean that the Fund will achieve similar results in the future. Updated Fund performance information is available online at www.prudentialfunds.com.
  
    
Best Quarter: Worst Quarter:
36.52% 2nd Quarter 2009 -30.78% 4th Quarter 2008
  
1 These annual total returns do not include sales charges. If the sales charges were included, the annual total returns would be lower than those shown. Without the distribution and service (12b-1) fee waiver for Class A shares, which was discontinued effective July 31, 2008, the annual returns would have been lower, too. Total return for Class A shares from January 1, 2016 through September 30, 2016 was 6.25%.
Average Annual Total Returns % (including sales charges) (as of 12-31-15)      
Return Before Taxes One Year Five Years Ten Years Since Inception
Class B shares -5.68% 6.22% 4.34% N/A
Class C shares -1.86% 6.37% 4.34% N/A
Class Q shares 0.32% N/A N/A 7.61% (8-23-13)
Class R shares -0.37% 6.91% N/A 4.20% (6-16-08)

Average Annual Total Returns % (including sales charges) (as of 12-31-15)      
Return Before Taxes One Year Five Years Ten Years Since Inception
Class Z shares 0.09% 7.44% 5.38% N/A
    
Class A Shares % (including sales charges)        
Return Before Taxes -5.66% 5.92% 4.49% N/A
Return After Taxes on Distributions -6.53% 5.04% 3.31% N/A
Return After Taxes on Distribution and Sale of Fund Shares -2.82% 4.33% 3.24% N/A
° After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. After-tax returns for other classes will vary due to differing sales charges and expenses.
Index % (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)        
FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate Net Index -0.79% 7.17% 4.67% N/A
S&P 500 Index 1.39% 12.55% 7.30% N/A
S&P Developed Property Net Index* 0.03% 7.52% 4.64% N/A
*The Fund no longer utilizes the S&P Developed Property Net Index for Fund performance comparisons, and instead now utilizes the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate Net Index, because the Fund’s Manager believes that the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate Net Index provides a more appropriate basis for Fund performance comparisons.
Lipper Average % (reflects no deduction for sales charges or taxes)        
Lipper Global Real Estate Funds Average -0.46% 6.87% 4.27% N/A
MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND
Investment Manager Subadviser Portfolio Managers Title Service Date
Prudential Investments LLC PGIM Real Estate Marc R. Halle Managing Director and Head of Global Real Estate Securities January 2007
    Rick J. Romano, CFA Managing Director & Portfolio Manager: North American Real Estate Securities January 2007
    Michael Gallagher Executive Director & Portfolio Manager: European Real Estate Securities June 2013
    Kwok Wing Cheong, CFA Executive Director & Portfolio Manager: Asian Real Estate Securities May 2015
BUYING AND SELLING FUND SHARES
  Minimum Initial Investment Minimum Subsequent Investment
Fund shares (most cases)* $2,500 $100
Retirement accounts and custodial accounts for minors $1,000 $100
Automatic Investment Plan (AIP) $50 $50
*Note: Class B shares are closed to new purchases. Please see “How to Buy, Sell and Exchange Fund Shares—Closure of Class B Shares” in the Prospectus for more information.
You can purchase or redeem shares on any business day that the Fund is open through the Fund's transfer agent or through servicing agents, including brokers, dealers and other financial intermediaries appointed by the distributor to receive purchase and redemption orders. Current shareholders may also purchase or redeem shares through the Fund's website or by calling (800) 225-1852.
TAX INFORMATION
Dividends, Capital Gains and Taxes. The Fund's dividends and distributions are taxable and will be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account. Such tax-deferred arrangements may be taxed later upon withdrawal of monies from those arrangements.
PAYMENTS TO FINANCIAL INTERMEDIaries
If you purchase Fund shares through a financial intermediary such as a broker-dealer, bank, retirement recordkeeper or other financial services firm, the Fund or its affiliates may pay the financial intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and/or for services to shareholders. This may create a conflict of interest by influencing the financial intermediary or its representatives to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your financial intermediary or representative or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.

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By Mail: Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC, PO Box 9658, Providence, RI 02940
By Telephone: 800-225-1852 or 973-367-3529 (outside the US)
On the Internet: www.prudentialfunds.com
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