bankruptcy or liquidation). The
fund's investment manager, Transamerica Asset Management, Inc., monitors the allocation of the fund's assets between the equity sub-adviser and the fixed-income sub-adviser and rebalances the allocation periodically
to maintain these approximate allocations.
Equity
component – The equity sub-adviser seeks to achieve the fund's objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the equity component’s net assets in equity securities
of large- and medium-capitalization U.S. companies. The fund may invest in foreign companies. The equity sub-adviser will normally keep the equity component as fully invested in equity securities as practicable.
Industry by industry, the fund's weightings are generally similar to those of the S&P 500®. The equity sub-adviser normally does not look to overweight or underweight industries. Holdings by industry sector
will normally approximate those of the S&P 500®.
As a part of its
investment process, the equity sub-adviser seeks to assess and integrate into the analytical process the impact of environmental, social and governance factors (including accounting and tax policies, disclosure and
investor communication, shareholder rights and remuneration policies) on the cash flows of many companies in which it may invest to identify issuers that the adviser believes will be negatively impacted by such
factors relative to other issuers. These determinations may not be conclusive and securities of such issuers may be purchased and retained by the fund.
Fixed-income
component – Under normal circumstances, the fixed-income component of the fund is invested primarily in investment grade debt securities, which may include: investment grade corporate debt
securities, U.S. government obligations, mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by U.S. government agencies and instrumentalities, and private residential mortgage-backed securities. The fixed-income component’s
portfolio weighted average duration will typically range from 3 to 10 years.
The fixed-income
sub-adviser may also invest the fund's assets in U.S. Treasury and agency securities, municipal bonds, asset-backed securities (including collateralized loan obligations (“CLO”s), collateralized bond
obligations (“CBO”s) and collateralized debt obligations (“CDO”s)), commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”), high quality short-term debt obligations and repurchase
agreements. The fixed-income sub-adviser’s investments for the fund may include debt securities of foreign issuers, including emerging market debt securities. The fixed-income sub-adviser may invest the fund's
assets in securities that are denominated in U.S. dollars and in foreign currencies.
The fund may invest
up to 10% of the fixed-income component’s net assets in emerging market debt securities and up to 10% of the fixed-income component’s net assets in high-yield debt securities (commonly referred to as
“junk bonds”), but may invest no more than 15% of the fixed-income component’s net assets in emerging market debt securities and high-yield debt securities combined. Investment grade debt securities
carry a rating of at least BBB from Standard & Poor’s or Fitch or Baa from Moody’s or are of comparable quality as determined by the fund's sub-adviser.
In managing the
fund's fixed-income component, the fixed-income sub-adviser uses a combination of a global “top down” analysis of the macroeconomic and interest rate environment and
proprietary “bottom up”
research of corporate and government debt, and other debt instruments. In the fixed-income sub-adviser’s qualitative “top down” approach, the fixed-income sub-adviser analyzes various fundamental,
technical, sentiment and valuation factors that affect the movement of markets and securities prices worldwide. In its proprietary “bottom up” research, the fixed-income sub-adviser considers various
fundamental and other factors, such as creditworthiness, capital structure, covenants, cash flows and, as applicable, collateral. The fixed-income sub-adviser’s research analysts integrate environmental, social
and governance matters within their analytical process alongside traditional credit analysis. The fixed-income sub-adviser uses this combined “top down” and “bottom up” approach to determine
sector, security, yield curve positioning, and duration positions for the fund.
The fund may, but
is not required to, engage in certain investment strategies involving derivatives, such as options, futures, forward currency contracts and swaps, including, but not limited to, interest rate, total return and credit
default swaps. These investment strategies may be employed as a hedging technique, as a means of altering investment characteristics of the fund's portfolio (such as shortening or lengthening duration), in an attempt
to enhance returns or for other purposes.
The fund may purchase
securities on a when-issued, delayed delivery or forward commitment basis.
Principal Risks: Risk is inherent in all investing. Many factors and risks affect the fund's performance, including those described below. The value of your investment in the fund, as well as the amount of
return you receive on your investment, may fluctuate significantly 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 description of principal risks (in alphabetical order after certain key risks) of investing in the fund. An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or
guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. You may lose money if you invest in this fund.
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 overall economic trends or events,
government actions or interventions, market disruptions caused by trade disputes or other factors, political factors or adverse investor sentiment. The market prices of securities also may go down due to events or
conditions that affect particular sectors, industries or issuers. Adverse market conditions may be prolonged and may not have the same impact on all types of securities. If the market prices of the securities owned by
the fund fall, the value of your investment will go down. The fund may experience a substantial or complete loss on any individual security.
Economies and
financial markets throughout the world are increasingly interconnected. Economic, financial or political events, trading and tariff arrangements, terrorism, technology and data interruptions, natural disasters, and
other circumstances in one or more countries or regions could be highly disruptive to, and have profound impacts on, global economies or markets. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused substantial market disruption and
dislocation around the world including the U.S. During periods of market disruption, which may trigger trading halts, the fund’s exposure