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AZL MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund
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 only as an investment option for certain Contracts. The table below reflects only Fund expenses and does not reflect Contract fees and expenses. Please refer to your 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 MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund
Management Fee 0.05%rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets
Other Expenses 0.02%rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses [1] 0.91%rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 0.98%rr_ExpensesOverAssets
[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 (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
AZL MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund
100 312 542 1,201
Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
AZL MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund
100 312 542 1,201
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 7% 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 seeks to achieve its goal by investing primarily in a combination of five underlying funds managed by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (the "DFA Underlying Funds"):
  • AZL DFA Emerging Markets Core Equity Fund
  • AZL DFA International Core Equity Fund
  • AZL DFA U.S. Small Cap Fund
  • AZL DFA U.S. Core Equity Fund
  • AZL DFA Five-Year Global Fixed Income Fund
Under normal market conditions, the Manager will allocate approximately 50%-70% of Fund assets to the equity funds and approximately 30%-50% to the fixed income fund. The AZL DFA Five-Year Global Fixed Income Fund is the fixed income fund; the other four DFA Underlying Funds are equity funds. The Manager may allocate the Fund's assets outside of the target ranges specified here when the Manager believes that doing so would better enable the Fund to pursue its investment objective or is necessary for temporary defensive purposes.

The investment results of the DFA Underlying Funds will vary. As a result, the Manager monitors the allocations to the DFA Underlying Funds daily and periodically adjusts the allocations. The performance and income distributions of each of the DFA Underlying Funds will differ from the performance and income distributions of the underlying funds as a result of small variations in the Fund's allocations and any cash held in its portfolio.
Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund
The price per share of the Fund will fluctuate with changes in 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 of 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.

As a fund of funds, the Fund is subject to allocation risk, which is the risk associated with the Manager's decision regarding how the Fund's assets should be allocated among the various underlying investment options. The Manager's decisions about the allocation of the Fund's assets could cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives. There also can be no guarantee that investment decisions made by the Manager will produce the desired results. The Fund is also subject to issuer risk, which is the risk that the value of a security may decline for a number of reasons directly related to the issuer of the security. The Fund, as a shareholder of the underlying funds, indirectly bears its proportionate share of any investment management fees and other expenses of the underlying funds.

Because the Fund invests in the DFA Strategy Underlying Funds, it is also subject to the risks associated with those investments which include the following risks:
  • Market Risk  The market value of an Underlying Fund's portfolio securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably.

  • Issuer Risk  The value of a an Underlying Fund's securities may decline for a number of reasons directly related to the issuer of the security.

  • Selection Risk  Because the Underlying Funds are actively managed, there can be no guarantee that investment decisions made for a fund by its subadviser will produce the desired results.

  • Value Stocks Risk  Value stocks may perform differently from the market as a whole and following a value-oriented investment strategy may cause an Underlying Fund to at times underperform equity funds that use other investment strategies.

  • Capitalization Risk  Investing in small to midsized 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.

  • Foreign Risk  Investing in the securities of non-U.S. issuers involves a number of risks, such as fluctuations in currency values, adverse political, social or economic developments, and differences in social and economic developments or policies.

  • Emerging Markets Risk  Emerging markets may have less developed or more volatile trading markets, less developed legal and accounting systems, and greater likelihood of government restrictions, nationalization, or confiscation than developed countries. Frontier market countries generally have smaller economies or less developed capital markets and, as a result, the risks of investing in emerging market countries are magnified in frontier market countries.

  • Depositary Receipt Risk  Depositary receipts involve many of the same risks as those associated with direct investment in foreign securities.

  • Currency Risk  Investing in securities that trade in and receive revenues in foreign currencies creates risk because foreign currencies may decline relative to the U.S. dollar, resulting in a potential loss to an Underlying Fund.

  • Credit Risk  The failure of the issuer of a debt security to pay interest or repay principal in a timely manner may have an adverse impact on an Underlying Fund's earnings.

  • Liquidity Risk  An investment that is difficult to purchase or sell may have an adverse effect on an Underlying Fund's returns.

  • Interest Rate Risk  Debt securities held by an Underlying Fund may decline in value due to rising interest rates. Interest rates in the U.S. are at, or near, historic lows, which may increase an Underlying Fund's exposure to risks related to rising rates.

  • Income Risk  Falling interest rates may cause an Underlying Fund's income to decline.

  • Portfolio Turnover  One or more Underlying Funds may trade portfolio securities frequently, which could result in higher transaction costs and could adversely affect the Underlying Fund's performance.

  • Sovereign Debt Risk  Sovereign debt instruments are subject to the risk that a governmental entity may delay or refuse to pay interest or repay principal on its sovereign debt, due, for example, to cash flow problems, insufficient foreign currency reserves, political considerations, the relative size of the governmental entity's debt position in relation to the economy or the failure to put in place economic reforms required by the International Monetary Fund or other multilateral agencies.

  • 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.

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 and since its inception compare with those of a broad measure of market performance, the S&P 500® Index. The Fund’s performance also is compared to the Barclays Capital 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 a Growth Composite Index, which shows how the Fund’s performance compares with a composite index composed of the S&P 500® Index (75%) and the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (25%) 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 named the AZL Growth Index Strategy Fund, and invested in different underlying funds.
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 (Q3, 2010)                                                                                 10.19%
Lowest (Q3, 2011)                                                                                 -12.04%
Average Annual Total Returns
Average Annual Total Returns
One Year Ended December 31, 2014 Five Years Ended December 31, 2014
Since Inception
Inception Date
AZL MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund
6.53% 10.64% 13.12% Jul. 10, 2009
AZL MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund S&P 500 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
13.69% 15.45% 19.30% Jul. 10, 2009
AZL MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
5.97% 4.45% 4.57% Jul. 10, 2009
AZL MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund Growth Composite Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
11.73% 12.89% 15.73% Jul. 10, 2009