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NVIT Government Money Market Fund

(formerly, NVIT Money Market Fund)

 

Summary Prospectus May 1, 2017

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Class I    /     Class II    /     Class IV    /     Class V    /     Class Y

 

Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund’s Prospectus, which contains information about the Fund and its risks. This Summary Prospectus is intended for use in connection with variable insurance contracts, and is not intended for use by other investors. The Fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, both dated May 1, 2017, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus. For free paper or electronic copies of the Fund’s Prospectus and other information about the Fund, go to nationwide.com/mutualfundsnvit, email a request to web_help@nationwide.com or call 800-848-0920, or ask any variable insurance contract provider who offers shares of the Fund as an underlying investment option in its products.

 

Objective

The Fund seeks as high a level of current income as is consistent with preserving capital and maintaining liquidity. The Fund is a money market fund that seeks to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share.

Fees and Expenses

This table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when buying and holding shares of the Fund. Sales charges and other expenses that may be imposed by variable insurance contracts are not included. See the variable insurance contract prospectus.

 

     Class I
Shares		   Class II
Shares		   Class IV
Shares		   Class V
Shares		   Class Y
Shares
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Management Fees1   0.29%   0.29%   0.29%   0.29%   0.29%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees   None   0.25%   None   None   None
Other Expenses   0.20%   0.20%   0.20%   0.15%   0.05%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses   0.02%   0.02%   0.02%   0.02%   0.02%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses   0.51%   0.76%   0.51%   0.46%   0.36%

 

1 “Management Fees” has been restated to reflect the reduction of contractual investment advisory fees, effective March 9, 2017.

Example

This Example is intended to help you to compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example, however, does not include charges that are imposed by variable insurance contracts. If these charges were reflected, the expenses listed below would be higher.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your shares at the end of those time periods. It assumes a 5% return each year and no change in expenses. 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 I shares     $52       $164       $285       $640  
Class II shares     78       243       422       942  
Class IV shares     52       164       285       640  
Class V shares     47       148       258       579  
Class Y shares     37       116       202       456  

 

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Principal Investment Strategies

The Fund seeks to maintain a stable price of $1.00 per share by using the amortized cost method of valuation to value portfolio securities. The Fund invests primarily in a portfolio of U.S. government securities and repurchase agreements that are collateralized fully by cash or U.S. government securities, and which mature in 397 calendar days or less, with certain exceptions permitted by applicable regulations. U.S. government securities are debt securities issued and/or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States, or by a person controlled or supervised by and acting as an instrumentality of the government of the United States.

The Fund will limit investments to those securities that are Eligible Securities as defined by applicable regulations at the time of purchase. The Fund maintains a dollar-weighted average maturity of no more than 60 calendar days and a weighted average life of no more than 120 calendar days.

The Fund operates as a “Government Money Market Fund,” as defined in Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. This means that the Fund invests at least 99.5% of its total assets in (1) U.S. government securities, (2) repurchase agreements that are collateralized fully by U.S. government securities or cash, (3) cash, and/or (4) other money market mutual funds that operate as Government Money Market Funds. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in U.S. government securities and repurchase agreements that are fully collateralized by U.S. government securities. In contrast to the Fund’s 99.5% policy, the Fund’s 80% policy does not include cash.

The Fund does not currently intend to impose liquidity fees or redemption gates on Fund redemptions. However, the Fund’s Board of Trustees may reserve the ability to subject the Fund to a liquidity fee and/or redemption gate in the future, after providing prior notice to shareholders.

Because the Fund invests in short-term securities, the Fund’s subadviser generally sells securities only to meet liquidity needs, to maintain target allocations or to take advantage of more favorable opportunities.

Principal Risks

You could lose money by investing in the Fund. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to the Fund, and you should not expect that the sponsor will provide financial support to the Fund at any time.

There is no guarantee that the Fund will provide a certain level of income or that any such income will stay ahead of inflation. Further, the Fund’s yield will vary; it is not fixed for a specific period like the yield on a bank certificate of deposit. A low interest rate environment may prevent the Fund from providing a positive yield or from paying Fund expenses out of current income without impairing the Fund’s ability to maintain a stable net asset value.

Other risks of investing in the Fund include:

Interest rate risk – generally, when interest rates go up, the value of fixed-income securities goes down. Prices of longer-term securities generally change more in response to interest rate changes than prices of shorter-term securities. Currently, interest rates are at or near historic lows, which may increase the Fund’s exposure to the risks associated with rising interest rates. Recent and potential future changes in government policy may affect interest rates.

Credit risk – U.S. government securities generally have the least credit risk, but are not completely free from credit risk. Credit risk is the risk that an issuer may default if it is unable to pay the interest or principal when due. If an issuer defaults, the Fund may lose money. Changes in a bond issuer’s credit rating or the market’s perception of an issuer’s creditworthiness also may affect the value of a bond. Any downgrade of securities issued by the U.S. government may result in a downgrade of securities issued by its agencies or instrumentalities.

Market and selection risks – market risk is the risk that one or more markets in which the Fund invests will go down in value, including the possibility that the markets will go down sharply and unpredictably. Selection risk is the risk that the securities selected by the Fund’s management will underperform the markets, the relevant indices or the securities selected by other funds with similar investment objectives and investment strategies.

Redemption and liquidity risk – the risk that the Fund will experience significant net redemptions of Fund shares at a time when it cannot find willing buyers for its portfolio securities or can only sell its portfolio securities at a material loss. An inability to sell portfolio securities may result from adverse market developments or investor perceptions regarding the portfolio securities. While the Fund endeavors to maintain a high level of liquidity in its portfolio so that it can satisfy redemption requests, the Fund’s ability to sell portfolio securities can deteriorate rapidly due to credit events affecting particular issuers, or due to general market conditions and a lack of willing buyers.

Repurchase agreements risk – exposes the Fund to the risk that the party that sells the securities to the Fund may default on its obligation to repurchase them.

Investments in other money market mutual funds risk – to the extent that the Fund invests in shares of other money market mutual funds, its performance is directly tied to the performance of such other funds. If one of these other money market mutual funds fails to meet its objective, the Fund’s performance could be negatively affected. In addition, Fund shareholders will pay a proportionate share of the fees and expenses of such other money market mutual fund (including applicable management, administration and custodian fees) as well as the Fund’s direct expenses. Any such other money market mutual fund will not charge any front-end sales loads, contingent deferred sales charges or Rule 12b-1 fees.

U.S. government securities risk – not all obligations of the U.S. government, its agencies and instrumentalities are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States. Some obligations are

 

 

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backed only by the credit of the issuing agency or instrumentality, and in some cases there may be some risk of default by the issuer. Even if a security is backed by the U.S. Treasury or the full faith and credit of the United States, such guarantee applies only to the timely payment of interest and principal. Neither the U.S. government nor its agencies guarantees the market value of their securities, and interest rate changes, prepayments and other factors may affect the value of U.S. government securities.

Risk associated with holding cash – Although the Fund seeks to be fully invested, it may at times hold some of its assets in cash, which may hurt the Fund’s performance.

Loss of money is a risk of investing in the Fund.

Performance

The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows the volatility or variability of the Fund’s annual total returns over time and shows that Fund performance can change from year to year. The table shows the Fund’s average annual total returns for certain time periods. Remember, however, that past performance is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. The returns shown in the bar chart and table do not include charges that will be imposed by variable insurance contracts. If these amounts were reflected, returns would be less than those shown.

Please call 800-848-6331 for the Fund’s current 7-day yield.

Annual Total Returns – Class I Shares

(Years Ended December 31,)

 

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Highest Quarter:    1.22% – 3rd qtr. of 2007

Lowest Quarter:    0.00% – 2nd qtr. of 2009

The inception date for Class II shares is December 14, 2009. Pre-inception historical performance for Class II shares is based on the previous performance of Class I shares. Performance for Class II shares has been adjusted to reflect that share class’s higher expenses than those of Class I shares.

Average Annual Total Returns

(For Periods Ended December 31, 2016)

 

     1 Year     5 Years     10 Years  
Class I shares     0.01%       0.00%       0.68%  
Class II shares     0.00%       0.00%       0.60%  
Class IV shares     0.01%       0.00%       0.71%  
Class V shares     0.03%       0.01%       0.70%  
Class Y shares     0.10%       0.02%       0.72%  

Portfolio Management

Investment Adviser

Nationwide Fund Advisors

Subadviser

Federated Investment Management Company

Tax Information

The dividends and distributions paid by the Fund to the insurance company separate accounts will consist primarily of ordinary income. Because shares of the Fund must be purchased through separate accounts used to fund variable insurance contracts, such dividends and distributions will be exempt from current taxation by contract holders if left to accumulate within a separate account. Consult the variable insurance contract prospectus for additional tax information.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

This Fund is only offered as an underlying investment option for variable insurance contracts. The Fund and its related companies may make payments to the sponsoring insurance companies (or their affiliates) for distribution and/or other services, and to broker-dealers and other financial intermediaries that distribute the variable insurance contracts. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the insurance companies to include the Fund as an underlying investment option in the variable insurance contracts, and by influencing the broker-dealers and other financial intermediaries to distribute variable insurance contracts that include the Fund as an underlying investment option over other variable insurance contracts or to otherwise recommend the selection of the Fund as an underlying investment option by contract owners instead of other funds that may also be available investment options. The prospectus (or other offering document) for your variable insurance contract may contain additional information about these payments.

 

 

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