-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, DU/3SRN9GS+M+FdCHE5oCdvabVk/GO/ZBFC6Wh+6SoFI3eDpQ5f5HXLZLoCoHrPE 4B+NFztrRbtgOH/nWzK6Ww== 0000930413-11-000785.txt : 20110208 0000930413-11-000785.hdr.sgml : 20110208 20110208171415 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000930413-11-000785 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110208 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110208 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20110208 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TRANSAMERICA FUNDS CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000787623 IRS NUMBER: 592649014 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 033-02659 FILM NUMBER: 11583460 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 570 CARILLON PARKWAY CITY: ST PETERSBURG STATE: FL ZIP: 33716 BUSINESS PHONE: 727-299-1800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P.O. BOX 9015 CITY: CLEARWATER STATE: FL ZIP: 33758-9015 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TRANSAMERICA IDEX MUTUAL FUNDS DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20040301 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: IDEX MUTUAL FDS DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20010504 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: IDEX MUTUAL FUNDS / DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20010423 0000787623 S000026829 Transamerica Diversified Equity C000080716 A C000080717 B C000080718 C C000080719 P C000080720 I2 C000081840 I 497 1 c64218_497.htm

TRANSAMERICA FUNDS

 

Supplement to the Currently Effective Prospectus, as supplemented, Summary Prospectus and

Statement of Additional Information, as supplemented

 

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Transamerica Diversified Equity

 

Change in Sub-Adviser. Wellington Management Company, LLP (“Wellington Management”) will become the sole sub-adviser to Transamerica Diversified Equity (the “Fund”). This change is expected to occur on or about March 31, 2011, but may occur sooner. On the effective date of the change, the Fund will be renamed Transamerica WMC Diversified Equity. Fund shareholders will receive an information statement providing information regarding Wellington Management and its new sub-advisory agreement with Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (“TAM”), the Fund’s adviser.

In connection with the change in sub-adviser, the Fund’s investment objective, principal investment strategies and risks and benchmark index will change. The Fund will also have a new sub-advisory fee structure. The Fund’s fundamental investment restrictions will remain the same; the Fund’s non-fundamental investment policies will be eliminated. TAM will continue to serve as the Fund’s investment adviser. TAM’s advisory fee will not increase as a result of these changes.

On the effective date of the change in sub-adviser, the following information will supplement and supersede any contrary information contained in the Prospectus, Summary Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information concerning the Fund:

 

NAME:

Transamerica WMC Diversified Equity

 

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE:

Seeks to maximize long-term growth.

 

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES:

 

The fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets in domestic equity securities. The fund invests primarily in common stocks of growth-oriented companies. Each stock is evaluated and ranked on a consistent set of growth, valuation, and quality criteria and the fund will seek diversified sources of return from these criteria.

 

The fund’s sub-adviser, Wellington Management Company, LLP (“Wellington Management”), uses what is sometimes referred to as a “bottom up” approach, which is the use of fundamental analysis to identify specific securities within industries or sectors for purchase or sale. Fundamental analysis involves the assessment of a company’s business environment, market share, management, global expansion plans, balance sheet, income statement, anticipated earnings, revenues, and other related measures of value.

 

Wellington Management continually monitors every company in the fund’s portfolio for fundamental attractiveness. The fund typically sells an investment when the investment achieves its anticipated potential, the company begins to show deteriorating relative fundamentals or alternative investments become sufficiently more attractive.

 

Consistent with the fund’s objective and other policies, the fund may invest to a lesser extent in derivatives, including futures, forwards, options and swaps. The fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in foreign securities (not including American Depositary Receipts, American Depositary Shares or U.S. dollar denominated securities of foreign issuers).

 


The fund may invest in cash, cash equivalent securities or short-term debt securities, repurchase agreements and money market instruments. 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 (in alphabetical order):

·    Cash Management and Defensive Investing – Money market instruments or short-term debt securities held by the fund for cash management or defensive investing purposes can fluctuate in value. Like other fixed income securities, they are subject to risk, including market, interest rate and credit risk. If the fund holds cash uninvested, the fund will not earn income on the cash and the fund's yield will go down. If a significant amount of the fund's assets are used for cash management or defensive investing purposes, it will be more difficult for the fund to achieve its objective.

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.

·    Derivatives – Using derivatives can increase fund losses and reduce opportunities for gains when market prices, interest rates or the derivative instruments themselves behave in a way not anticipated by the fund. Using derivatives also can have a leveraging effect and increase fund volatility. Derivatives may be difficult to sell, unwind or value, and the counterparty may default on its obligations to the fund. The fund's investments in derivative instruments may involve a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed and may result in losses exceeding the amounts invested in those instruments. Recent legislation calls for new regulation of the derivatives markets. The extent and impact of the regulation are not yet known and may not be known for some time. New regulation of derivatives may make them more costly, may limit their availability, or may otherwise adversely affect their value or performance.

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.

·    Focused Investing – To the extent the fund invests in a limited number of issuers, changes in the value of individual securities may have a significant impact on your investment.

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.

Growth Stocks – Returns on growth stocks may not move in tandem with returns on other categories of stocks or the market as a whole. Growth stocks may be particularly susceptible to rapid price swings or to adverse developments. Growth stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “value” stocks.

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.

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

 

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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.

Portfolio Selection – The sub-adviser’s judgment about a particular security or issuer, or about the economy or a particular sector, region or market segment, or about an investment strategy, may prove to be incorrect.

·    Small- or Medium-Sized Companies – Small- or medium-sized companies may be more at risk than larger companies because, among other things, they may have limited product lines, operating history, market or financial resources, or because they may depend on a limited management group.

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 overall economy.

BENCHMARK:

Russell 1000® Growth Index

 

SUB-ADVISER:

 

Wellington Management Company, LLP. The principal business address of Wellington Management is 280 Congress Street, Boston, MA 02210.

 

Portfolio Manager

 

Name/Year Joined Fund Role Employer Positions Over Past Five Years

 

Paul E. Marrkand, CFA/2011

 

Portfolio Manager

 

Wellington Management

Senior Vice President and Equity Portfolio Manager

 

Sub-advisory Fee

 

The sub-adviser receives compensation, calculated daily and paid monthly, from TAM at the indicated annual rates (expressed as a specified percentage of the fund’s average daily net assets*):

 

 

First $2 billion

0.28%

 
Over $2 billion up to $5 billion 0.25%  
Over $5 billion 0.225%  

 

* Assets will be aggregated with similar mandates of Transamerica Funds, Transamerica Series Trust and Transamerica Partners funds managed by Wellington Management.

 

 

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Investors Should Retain this Supplement for Future Reference

 

 

 

 

January 19, 2011

 

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