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TRANSAMERICA SYSTEMATIC SMALL/MID CAP VALUE

Summary Prospectus

March 1, 2011, as revised March 22, 2011

      

Class

CLASS A

CLASS B

CLASS C

CLASS I

 

& Ticker

IIVAX

IIVBX

IIVLX

TSVIX

 

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, 2011, 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, 2010, are incorporated by reference into this summary prospectus.

Investment Objective: Seeks to maximize total return.

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 128 of the fund’s prospectus and in the fund’s statement of additional information (SAI) under the heading “Purchase of Shares.”

     

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

 

Class of Shares

 

A

B*

C

I

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases

(as a % of offering price)

5.50%

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

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

 

Class of Shares

 

A

B*

C

I

Management fees

0.80%

0.80%

0.80%

0.80%

Distribution and service (12b-1) fees

0.35%

1.00%

1.00%

None

Other expenses

0.32%

0.32%

0.27%

0.24%

Total annual fund operating expenses

1.47%

2.12%

2.07%

1.04%

* Not available to new investors.

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's operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

     

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

Share Class

1 year

3 years

5 years

10 years

A

$691

$989

$1,309

$2,211

B+

$715

$964

$1,239

$2,286

C

$310

$649

$1,114

$2,400

I

$106

$331

$  574

$1,271

If the shares are not redeemed:

Share Class

1 year

3 years

5 years

10 years

A

$691

$989

$1,309

$2,211

B+

$215

$664

$1,139

$2,286

C

$210

$649

$1,114

$2,400

I

$106

$331

$  574

$1,271

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+ Examples for Class B shares assume conversion into Class A shares eight years after purchase. Class B shares are not available to new investors.

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's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the portfolio turnover rate was 57% of the average value of the fund's portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies: The fund's sub-adviser, Systematic Financial Management L.P. (“Systematic”), seeks to achieve the fund's objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the fund's net assets in small- and mid-cap equity securities (U.S. equity securities, ADRs and foreign securities trading on U.S. markets). The fund defines small- and mid-cap equities as companies whose market capitalization falls within the range of $100 million to $20 billion or within the range of the Russell 2500® Index, whichever is broader at the time of purchase.

The fund generally will invest in small- and mid-cap equities with valuation characteristics including low price/earnings and price/cash flow ratios. Systematic’s security selection process generally favors companies with positive earnings dynamics, manageable debt levels and good cash flows. Trends in balance sheet items including inventories, accounts receivable, and payables are scrutinized as well. Systematic also reviews the company’s products/services, market position, industry condition, financial and accounting policies and quality of management. Securities of issuers that possess the greatest combination of the aforementioned attributes are then prioritized as candidates for purchase.

The fund may invest up to 10% of its total assets in the securities of foreign issuers, including ADRs and foreign securities trading on U.S. markets.

Systematic employs a fully invested strategy. Therefore, under normal market conditions, cash and cash equivalents are generally less than 5% of the portfolio value.

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: Many factors affect the fund's performance. There is no assurance the fund will meet its investment objective. 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.

· 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.

· Emerging Markets – Investing in the securities of issuers located in or principally doing business in emerging markets are subject to foreign securities risks. These risks are greater for investments in emerging markets. Emerging market countries tend to have economic, political and legal systems that are less fully developed and are less stable than those of more advanced countries. Low trading volumes may result in a lack of liquidity and in extreme price volatility.

· 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

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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 market prices fall, the value of your investment will go down. The fund may experience a substantial or complete loss on any individual security. The recent financial crisis has caused a significant decline in the value and liquidity of many securities. In response to the financial crisis, the U.S. and other governments and the Federal Reserve and certain foreign central banks have taken steps to support financial markets. The withdrawal of this support could negatively affect the value and liquidity of certain securities. In addition, legislation recently enacted in the U.S. calls for changes in many aspects of financial regulation. The impact of the legislation on the markets, and the practical implications for market participants, may not be fully known for some time.

· 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 over-all economy.

· Value Investing – The prices of securities the sub-adviser believes are undervalued may not appreciate as anticipated or may go down. Value 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 “growth” stocks.

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. 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 any 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.

Prior to March 1, 2004, the fund had a different sub-adviser, a different investment objective and used different investment strategies. The performance set forth prior to that date is attributable to the previous sub-adviser.

Prior to March 22, 2011, the fund was named Transamerica Small/Mid Cap Value, had a different sub-adviser and used different investment strategies. The performance set forth prior to that date is attributable to the previous sub-adviser.

Annual Total Returns (calendar years ended December 31) – Class A

   
 

Quarter Ended

Return

Best Quarter:

6/30/2003

30.88%

Worst Quarter:

9/30/2002

-26.15%

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Average Annual Total Returns (periods ended December 31, 2010)1

    
 

1 Year

5 Years

10 Years or Inception*

Class A (commenced operations on April 2, 2001)

Return before taxes

22.27%

8.29%

11.54%

Return after taxes on distributions2

22.27%

7.73%

10.77%

Return after taxes on distributions and sale of fund shares2

14.47%

7.11%

10.02%

Class B (Return before taxes only) (commenced operations on April 2, 2001)

23.56%

8.67%

11.57%

Class C (Return before taxes only) (commenced operations on November 11, 2002)

27.55%

8.86%

15.33%

Class I (Return before taxes only) (commenced operations on November 30, 2009)

29.99%

N/A

36.57%

Russell 2500® Value Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

24.82%

3.85%

8.98%

1 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  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.

* Fund returns are for past 10 years or since inception, whichever is less. Index returns are for 10 years or since inception of oldest share class, whichever is less.

Management:

Investment Adviser: Sub-Adviser:

Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.  Systematic Financial Management L.P.

Portfolio Managers:

Kenneth Burgess, CFA, Portfolio Manager since 2011

Ron Mushock, CFA, Portfolio Manager since 2011

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 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 B shares are not available for purchase, including to existing Class B shareholders, except in the limited circumstances described in this prospectus under the section entitled “Shareholder Information – Buying Shares”.

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, 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.

MSPA0311SMCV-A

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