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TRANSAMERICA ASSET ALLOCATION - MODERATE GROWTH PORTFOLIO

Summary Prospectus

March 1, 2010, revised as of April 30, 2010

Class

CLASS A

CLASS B

CLASS C

CLASS I

CLASS R

& Ticker

IMLAX

IMLBX

IMLLX

TMGIX

IMGRX

This summary prospectus is designed to provide shareholders with key fund information in a clear and concise format. 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 and other information about the fund, including the fund’s statement of additional information and most recent reports to shareholders, online at http://www.transamericafunds.com/prospectus. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 866-414-6349 or by sending an e-mail request to orders@mysummaryprospectus.com, or from your financial professional. The fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information, dated March 1, 2010, as supplemented from time to time, and the independent registered public accounting firm’s report and financial statements in the fund’s annual report to shareholders, dated October 31, 2009, are incorporated by reference into this summary prospectus.

Investment Objective: Seeks capital appreciation with current income as a secondary objective.

Fees and Expenses: This table describes the 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 your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in Transamerica Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the “Waivers and/or Reductions of Charges” section on page 99 of the fund’s prospectus and in the fund’s statement of additional information (SAI) under the heading “Purchase of Shares.”

Shareholder Fees (paid directly from your investment)

Class of Shares

 

A

B

C

I

R

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases
(as a % of offering price)

5.50%

None

None

None

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is lower)

None

5.00%

1.00%

None

None

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

Class of Shares

 

A

B

C

I

R

Management fees

0.10%

0.10%

0.10%

0.10%

0.10%

Distribution and service (12b-1) fees

0.35%

1.00%

1.00%

None

0.50%

Other expenses

0.21%

0.23%

0.18%

0.20%

0.22%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses
(fees and expenses of underlying funds)

0.88%

0.88%

0.88%

0.88%

0.88%

Total annual fund operating expensesa

1.54%

2.21%

2.16%

1.18%

1.70%

Expense reductionb

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

Total annual fund operating expenses after expense reductiona

1.54%

2.21%

2.16%

1.18%

1.70%

 

a

Fund operating expenses do not correlate to the ratios of expenses to average net assets in the financial highlights table, which do not include acquired (i.e., underlying) funds’ fees and expenses.

   

b

Contractual arrangements have been made with the fund’s investment adviser, Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (“TAM”), through March 1, 2011, to waive fees and/or reimburse fund expenses to the extent that the fund’s total operating expenses exceed 0.45%, excluding 12b-1 fees, extraordinary expenses and acquired (i.e. underlying) funds’ fees and expenses. TAM is entitled to reimbursement by the fund of fees waived or expenses reduced during any of the previous 36 months if on any day the estimated annualized fund operating expenses are less than the cap, excluding 12b-1 fees, extraordinary expenses and acquired (i.e., underlying) funds’ fees and expenses. The expense cap may be terminated by the fund’s Board of Trustees at any time.

   

c

Annual fund operating expenses for Class I are based on estimates for the current fiscal year.

 

 

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. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the fund operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

 

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If the shares are redeemed at the end of each period:

Share Class

1 year

3 years

5 years

10 years

A

$ 698

$ 1,010

$ 1,343

$ 2,284

B+

$ 724

$ 991

$ 1,285

$ 2,375

C

$ 319

$ 676

$ 1,159

$ 2,493

I

$ 120

$ 375

$ 649

$ 1,432

R

$ 173

$ 536

$ 923

$ 2,009

If the shares are not redeemed:

Share Class

1 year

3 years

5 years

10 years

A

$ 698

$ 1,010

$ 1,343

$ 2,284

B+

$ 224

$ 691

$ 1,185

$ 2,375

C

$ 219

$ 676

$ 1,159

$ 2,493

I

$ 120

$ 375

$ 649

$ 1,432

R

$ 173

$ 536

$ 923

$ 2,009

+ Examples for Class B shares assume conversion into Class A shares eight years after purchase.

The Example does not reflect sales charges (loads) on reinvested dividends (and other distributions). If these sales charges (loads) were included, your costs would be higher.

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 performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the portfolio turnover rate was 37% of the average value of the fund's portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies: The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing its assets in a combination of underlying Transamerica Funds (“underlying funds”).

Under normal circumstances, investments in underlying funds are expected to achieve a mix over time of approximately 70% of assets in equities, which may include both stocks and commodity-related securities, and 30% of assets in fixed-income, which may include bonds, cash, cash equivalents, and other money market instruments. These percentages may vary.

Allocation of assets among the underlying funds is based on such things as diversification, general market outlooks, historical performance, current valuations, and other global economic factors.

The fund may also invest directly in U.S. government securities and/or short-term commercial paper.

Each underlying fund has its own investment objective and principal investment strategies. The “Underlying Funds” section of the prospectus lists the underlying funds currently available for investment by the fund, provides a summary of their respective investment objectives and principal investment strategies and identifies certain risks of the underlying funds.

It is not possible to predict the extent to which the fund will be invested in a particular underlying fund at any time. The fund may be a significant shareholder in certain underlying funds.

The portfolio construction manager, Morningstar Associates, LLC, may change the fund's asset allocations and underlying funds at any time without notice to shareholders and without shareholder approval.

Under adverse or unstable market, economic or political conditions, the fund may take temporary defensive positions in cash and short-term debt securities without limit.

Principal Risks: The value of your investment in the fund, as well as the amount of return you receive on your investment, may fluctuate significantly from day to day and over time. You may lose part or all of your investment in the fund or your investment may not perform as well as other similar investments. The following is a summary of certain risks (in alphabetical order) of investing in the fund. You may lose money if you invest in this fund.

Asset Allocation – The Portfolio Construction Manager's selection of underlying funds, and the allocation of assets to them, may cause the fund to underperform other funds with a similar investment objective.

Credit – If an issuer or guarantor of a security held by the fund or a counterparty to a financial contract with the fund defaults or is downgraded, or if the value of the assets underlying a security declines, the value of your investment will decline. Junk bonds have a higher risk of default and are considered speculative.

 

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Currency – When the fund invests in securities denominated in foreign currencies, the fund may incur currency conversion costs and may be affected favorably or unfavorably by changes in the rates of exchange between those currencies and the U.S. dollar. Currency exchange rates can be volatile and are affected by, among other factors, the general economics of a country, the actions of the U.S. and foreign governments or control banks, the imposition of currency controls, and speculation.

Fixed-Income Securities – The market prices of fixed-income securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably due to general market conditions, such as real or perceived adverse economic or political conditions, inflation, changes in interest rates, lack of liquidity in the bond markets or adverse investor sentiment. When market prices fall, the value of your investment will go down. A rise in rates tends to have a greater impact on the prices of longer term or duration securities.

Foreign Securities – Foreign securities are subject to a number of additional risks, including nationalization or expropriation of assets, imposition of currency controls or restrictions, confiscatory taxation, political or financial instability and other adverse economic or political developments. Lack of information and less market regulation also may affect the value of these securities.

Increase in Expenses – Your actual costs of investing in the fund may be higher than the expenses shown in “Annual Fund Operating Expenses” 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.

Liquidity – Some securities held by the fund may be difficult to sell, or illiquid, particularly during times of market turmoil. Illiquid securities may also be difficult to value. If the fund is forced to sell an illiquid asset to meet redemption requests or other cash needs, the fund may be forced to sell at a loss.

Market – The market prices of the fund's securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, due to general market conditions, such as real or perceived adverse economic or political conditions, inflation, changes in interest rates or currency rates, lack of liquidity in the markets or adverse investor sentiment. Market prices of securities also may go down due to events or conditions that affect particular sectors or issuers. When market prices fall, the value of your investment will go down. The recent financial crisis has caused a significant decline in the value and liquidity of many securities. In response to the financial crisis, the federal government has taken various steps to stimulate the economy, and the expiration or termination of these stimulus measures may negatively affect the value and liquidity of certain securities. The fund may experience a substantial or complete loss on any individual security.

 

Stocks – Stocks may be volatile – their prices may go up and down dramatically over the shorter term. These price movements may result from factors affecting individual companies, industries, the securities market as a whole or the over-all economy.

 

Underlying Funds – Because the fund invests its assets in various underlying funds, its ability to achieve its investment objective depends largely on the performance of the underlying funds in which it invests. Each of the underlying funds in which the fund may invest has its own investment risks, and those risks can affect the value of the underlying funds' shares and therefore the value of the fund's investments. There can be no assurance that the investment objective of any underlying fund will be achieved. To the extent that the fund invests more of its assets in one underlying fund than in another, the fund will have greater exposure to the risks of that underlying fund. In addition, the fund will bear a pro rata portion of the operating expenses of the underlying funds in which it invests. The “Underlying Funds” section of the fund's prospectus identifies certain risks of each underlying fund.

Performance: The bar chart and the table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund by showing you how the fund’s performance has varied from year to year, and how the fund’s average annual total returns for different periods compare to the returns of a broad measure of market performance, as well as comparison to a secondary index which is used to more closely reflect the principal strategies and policies of the fund. The bar chart does not reflect the impact of sales charges, which, if reflected, would lower the returns. The table, which shows average annual total returns for each class of shares of the fund, includes deduction of applicable sales charges. Absent limitation of the fund’s expenses, total returns would be lower. As with all mutual funds, past performance (before and after taxes) is not a prediction of future results. Updated performance information is available on our website at www.transamericafunds.com or by calling 1-888-233-4339.

 

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Annual Total Returns (calendar years ended December 31)


 

Class A Shares

Quarter Ended

Return

Best Quarter:

06/30/2009

15.57%

Worst Quarter:

12/31/2008

-17.63%

 

Average Annual Total Returns (periods ended December 31, 2009)1

 

1 Year

5 Years

10 Years or Inception2

Class A

Return before taxes

19.89%

1.38%

3.20%

Return after taxes on distributions3

19.17%

0.47%

2.47%

Return after taxes on distributions and sale of fund shares3

13.23%

0.87%

2.47%

Class B (Return before taxes only)

20.98%

1.68%

3.26%

Class C (Return before taxes only)

25.16%

1.90%

6.35%

Class R (Return before taxes only)

26.64%

N/A

0.79%

Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

29.40%

1.10%

3.22%

Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

5.93%

4.97%

5.30%

 

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Actual returns may depend on the investor’s individual tax situation. After-tax returns may not be relevant if the investment is made through a tax-exempt or tax-deferred account, such as a 401(k) plan. After-tax returns are presented for only one class and returns for other classes will vary.

   

2

Class A and Class B commenced operations on March 1, 2002. Class C commenced operations on November 11, 2002. Class R commenced operations on June 15, 2006. Class I commenced operations on November 30, 2009. Performance information for Class I will be included after the share class has been in operation for one calendar year.

   

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The after-tax returns are calculated using the historic highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes.

 

 

Management:

 

Investment Adviser:

Portfolio Construction Manager:

 

Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.

Morningstar Associates, LLC

 

 

Portfolio Construction Team:

 

Jon Hale, CFA, Co-Portfolio Manager since 2006

 

Hal Ratner, Co-Portfolio Manager since 2010

 

Michael Stout, CFA, Co-Portfolio Manager since 2006

 

Dan McNeela, CFA, Co-Portfolio Manager since 2010

 

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Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares: You may purchase, exchange or redeem shares of the fund on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for business, online or through our website at www.transamericafunds.com, by mail to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945, by telephone at 1-888-233-4339, or overnight mail to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., 330 W. 9th Street, Kansas City, MO 64105. Shares may also be purchased through a financial intermediary. The minimum initial purchase for Class A, B and C shares is $1,000; the minimum subsequent investment is $50. The minimum initial purchase for payroll deduction and automatic investment plan is $500; the minimum subsequent investment is $50 per monthly fund account investment. The minimum investment for Class I shares is $1,000,000.

Class R shares are intended for purchase by participants in certain retirement plans such as 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase plans, defined-benefit plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans (eligible retirement plans), and under the following conditions: Class R shares are available only when a plan’s recordkeeper or financial service firm serving as an intermediary has an agreement with Transamerica Funds, and in such eligible retirement plans where Class R shares are held on the books of the funds through omnibus or Network Level 3 accounts (either at the plan level or at the level of the financial service firm serving as an intermediary). There is no minimum investment for Class R shares.

Effective as of 4:00 p.m. on July 14, 2010, Class B shares will no longer be offered for purchase, including to existing Class B shareholders, except in the limited circumstances described in the fund's prospectus.

Tax Information: Fund distributions may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax-advantaged investment plan.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries: If you purchase the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank or insurance company), the fund and/or its affiliates may pay the intermediary for the sale of fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.

 

 

 

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