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AZL DFA Multi-Strategy Fund
 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)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
AZL DFA Multi-Strategy Fund
AZL DFA Multi-Strategy Fund
Management Fee 0.05%
Other Expenses 0.03%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses 0.75% [1]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 0.83%
[1] Because Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are not included in the Fund’s Financial Highlights, the Fund’s total annual fund operating expenses do not correlate to the ratios of expenses to average net assets shown in the Financial Highlights table.
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. 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:

Expense Example
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
AZL DFA Multi-Strategy Fund | AZL DFA Multi-Strategy Fund | USD ($) 85 265 460 1,025
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 19% of the average value of its portfolio.

 Investments, Risks, and Performance   Principal Investment Strategies of the Fund

The Fund is a fund of funds that, under normal market conditions, seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in a combination of three underlying funds:

 

 

Fund

Target Allocation

AZL Enhanced Bond Index Fund    40%
AZL DFA U.S. Core Equity Fund 43.5%
AZL DFA International Core Equity Fund 16.5%

 

The AZL Enhanced Bond Index Fund is a bond index fund, and the other two underlying funds are equity funds. Under normal market conditions, the Fund will allocate approximately 60% of its assets in the underlying equity funds and approximately 40% of its assets in the underlying bond index fund. These target allocations represent the Fund’s long-term strategic asset allocation, which is not expected to change under normal market conditions.

 

The investment results of the underlying funds will vary. As a result, the Manager monitors the actual allocations to the underlying funds daily and periodically adjusts the actual allocations to attempt to achieve the target allocation. Generally, the Manager will seek to maintain the actual fund allocations to target using the cash flows that result from shareholders

 

buying or selling shares in the Fund. However, if cash flows were insufficient to maintain the target allocations, the Manager would then buy or sell underlying funds as necessary to attempt to return the Fund’s actual asset allocations to the targets. Generally, the actual allocations will not be more than 10% above or below the targets.

 

The AZL Enhanced Bond Index Fund, which is subadvised by BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., seeks to exceed the total return of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (the “Index”). Under normal market conditions, it invests at least 80% of its net assets in investment-grade debt securities (those of medium and high quality) of all types and repurchase agreements for those securities. Further, under normal circumstances, it invests at least 80% of the value of its net assets in securities or other financial instruments that are components of or have economic characteristics similar to the securities included in the Index. The subadviser of the AZL Enhanced Bond Index Fund uses the Index as a guide in structuring the Fund and selecting its investments and manages the Fund to have similar overall interest rate risk to the Index, with the investment objective of seeking to exceed the total return of the Index.

 

AZL DFA U.S. Core Equity Fund, which is subadvised by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (“DFA”), seeks long-term capital appreciation. The fund purchases a broad and diverse group of equity securities of U.S. companies. The fund invests in companies of all sizes, with increased exposure to smaller capitalization, lower relative price and/or higher profitability companies as compared to their representation in the U.S. Universe. DFA generally defines the U.S. Universe as a market capitalization weighted set (e.g., the larger the company, the greater the proportion of the U.S. Universe it represents) of U.S. operating companies listed on a securities exchange in the United States that is deemed appropriate by DFA. Under normal circumstances, the fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of U.S. companies.

 

AZL DFA International Core Equity Fund, which is subadvised by DFA, seeks long-term capital appreciation. The fund purchases a broad and diverse group of equity securities of non-U.S. companies in developed markets. The fund invests in companies of all sizes, with increased exposure to smaller capitalization, lower relative price and/or higher profitability companies as compared to their representation in the International Universe. For purposes of this fund, DFA defines the International Universe as a market capitalization weighted set (e.g., the larger the company, the greater the proportion of the International Universe it represents) of non-U.S. companies in developed markets that have been authorized as approved markets for investment by DFA’s Investment Committee. Under normal circumstances, the fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities.

Principal Risks of Investing in the 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, the S&P 500 Index. The Fund’s performance also is compared to the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, which shows how the Fund’s performance compares with the returns of a broad index of investment-grade fixed-rate debt issues, and to the Moderate Composite Index, which shows how the Fund’s performance compares with a composite index composed of the S&P 500 Index (60%) and the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (40%) in proportions similar to the equity to fixed income allocation of the Fund.

 

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.

 

Prior to April 27, 2015, the Fund was managed pursuant to different investment strategies and known as the AZL Growth Index Strategy Fund. Consequently, the performance information shown below for periods prior to April 27, 2015, reflects the Fund’s prior investment strategies and not its current investment strategies.

Performance Bar Chart and Table Calendar Year Total Return Annual Return %
Bar Chart

Highest and Lowest Quarter Returns (for periods shown in the bar chart)

  

Highest (Q2, 2020) 12.96%
Lowest (Q1, 2020) -15.67%
Average Annual Total Returns
Average Annual Returns - AZL DFA Multi-Strategy Fund
1 Year
5 Years
10 Years
AZL DFA Multi-Strategy Fund 9.04% 6.61% 6.34%
S&P 500 Index [1] 25.02% 14.53% 13.10%
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index [1] 1.25% (0.33%) 1.35%
Moderate Composite Index [1] 15.13% 8.80% 8.57%
[1] Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes.