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Class ADV, I, S, S2 Shares | Voya U.S. Stock Index Portfolio
Voya U.S. Stock Index Portfolio
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE
The Portfolio seeks total return.
FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE PORTFOLIO
The table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Portfolio. The table and expense example do not reflect fees or expenses that are, or may be, imposed under your variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies (“Variable Contract”) or a qualified pension or retirement plan (“Qualified Plan”). If these fees or expenses were included in the table, the Portfolio’s expenses would be higher. For more information on these charges, please refer to the documents governing your Variable Contract or consult your plan administrator. The Management Agreement provides for a “bundled fee” arrangement under which the Adviser provides (in addition to advisory services and administrative services), custodial, transfer agency, portfolio accounting, auditing and ordinary legal services in return for a single management fee.
Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses Expenses you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment
Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses - Class ADV, I, S, S2 Shares - Voya U.S. Stock Index Portfolio
Class ADV
Class I
Class S
Class S2
Management Fees 0.26% 0.26% 0.26% 0.26%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees 0.53% none 0.25% 0.40%
Other Expenses 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses 0.80% 0.27% 0.52% 0.67%
Waivers and Reimbursements [1] none none none none
Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses After Waivers and Reimbursements 0.80% 0.27% 0.52% 0.67%
[1] The distributor is contractually obligated to waive 0.01% of the shareholder services fee for Class S shares through May 1, 2021. Termination or modification of this obligation requires approval by the Portfolio's board.
Expense Example
The Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of the Portfolio with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Example does not reflect expenses and charges which are, or may be, imposed under your Variable Contract or Qualified Plan. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Portfolio for the time periods indicated. The Example also assumes that your investment had a 5% return each year and that the Portfolio's operating expenses remain the same. The Example reflects applicable expense limitation agreements and/or waivers in effect, if any, for the one-year period and the first year of the three-, five-, and ten-year periods.

Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Expense Example - Class ADV, I, S, S2 Shares - Voya U.S. Stock Index Portfolio - USD ($)
1 Yr
3 Yrs
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
Class ADV 82 255 444 990
Class I 28 87 152 343
Class S 52 166 290 652
Class S2 68 214 373 835
Expense Example, No Redemption - Class ADV, I, S, S2 Shares - Voya U.S. Stock Index Portfolio - USD ($)
1 Yr
3 Yrs
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
Class ADV 82 255 444 990
Class I 28 87 152 343
Class S 52 166 290 652
Class S2 68 214 373 835
Portfolio Turnover
The Portfolio 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. These costs, which are not reflected in Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses or in the Expense Example, affect the Portfolio's performance.

During the most recent fiscal year, the Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate was 9% of the average value of its portfolio.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
Under normal market conditions, the Portfolio invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities of companies included in the S&P 500® Index (“Index”) or equity securities of companies that are representative of the Index (including derivatives). The Portfolio will provide shareholders with at least 60 days' prior notice of any change in this investment policy.

The Portfolio invests principally in common stock and employs a “passive management” approach designed to track the performance of the Index, which is comprised of stocks of large U.S. companies. The Portfolio usually attempts to replicate the performance of the Index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in stocks that make up the Index. The replication method implies that the Portfolio holds each security found in its target index in approximately the same proportion as represented in the Index itself.

In seeking to track the performance of the Index, the Portfolio may become “non-diversified,” as defined in the 1940 Act, as a result of a change in relative market capitalizations or index weightings of one or more components of the Index. As a result, whether at any time the Portfolio will be considered “diversified” or “non-diversified” will depend largely on the make-up of the Index at the time.

Under certain circumstances, the Portfolio may not hold all of the same securities as the Index. The Portfolio may also invest in stock index futures and other derivatives as a substitute for the sale or purchase of securities in the Index and to provide equity exposure to the Portfolio's cash position.

In the event that the Portfolio's market value is $50 million or less, in order to replicate investment in stocks listed on the Index, the sub-adviser (“Sub-Adviser”) may invest the entire amount of the Portfolio's assets in index futures, in exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), or in a combination of index futures and ETFs, subject to any limitation on the Portfolio's investments in such securities.

The Portfolio may invest in other investment companies, including ETFs, to the extent permitted under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules, regulations, and exemptive orders thereunder (“1940 Act”).

The Sub-Adviser may sell securities for a variety of reasons, such as to secure gains, limit losses, or redeploy assets into opportunities believed to be more promising, among others.

The Portfolio may lend portfolio securities on a short-term or long-term basis, up to 33 1⁄3% of its total assets.
PRINCIPAL RISKS
You could lose money on an investment in the Portfolio. Any of the following risks, among others, could affect Portfolio performance or cause the Portfolio to lose money or to underperform market averages of other funds.

Company: The price of a company’s stock could decline or underperform for many reasons including, among others, poor management, financial problems, reduced demand for company goods or services, regulatory fines and judgments, or business challenges. If a company declares bankruptcy or becomes insolvent, its stock could become worthless.

Derivative Instruments: Derivative instruments are subject to a number of risks, including the risk of changes in the market price of the underlying securities, credit risk with respect to the counterparty, risk of loss due to changes in market interest rates and liquidity and volatility risk. The amounts required to purchase certain derivatives may be small relative to the magnitude of exposure assumed by the Portfolio. Therefore, the purchase of certain derivatives may have an economic leveraging effect on the Portfolio and exaggerate any increase or decrease in the net asset value. Derivatives may not perform as expected, so the Portfolio may not realize the intended benefits. When used for hedging purposes, the change in value of a derivative may not correlate as expected with the currency, security or other risk being hedged. When used as an alternative or substitute for direct cash investment, the return provided by the derivative may not provide the same return as direct cash investment. In addition, given their complexity, derivatives expose the Portfolio to the risk of improper valuation.

Index Strategy: The index selected may underperform the overall market. To the extent the Portfolio seeks to track the index’s performance, the Portfolio will not use defensive strategies or attempt to reduce its exposure to poor performing securities in the index. To the extent the Portfolio’s investments track its target index, such Portfolio may underperform other funds that invest more broadly. The correlation between the Portfolio’s performance and index performance may be affected by the Portfolio’s expenses and the timing of purchases and redemptions of the Portfolio’s shares. In addition, the Portfolio’s actual holdings might not match the index and the Portfolio’s effective exposure to index securities at any given time may not precisely correlate.

Liquidity: If a security is illiquid, the Portfolio might be unable to sell the security at a time when the Portfolio’s manager might wish to sell, or at all. Further, the lack of an established secondary market may make it more difficult to value illiquid securities, exposing the Portfolio to the risk that the price at which it sells illiquid securities will be less than the price at which they were valued when held by the Portfolio. The prices of illiquid securities may be more volatile than more liquid investments. The risks associated with illiquid securities may be greater in times of financial stress. The Portfolio could lose money if it cannot sell a security at the time and price that would be most beneficial to the Portfolio.

Market: Stock prices may be volatile or have reduced liquidity in response to real or perceived impacts of factors including, but not limited to, economic conditions, changes in market interest rates, and political events. Stock markets tend to be cyclical, with periods when stock prices generally rise and periods when stock prices generally decline. Any given stock market segment may remain out of favor with investors for a short or long period of time, and stocks as an asset class may underperform bonds or other asset classes during some periods. Additionally, legislative, regulatory or tax policies or developments in these areas may adversely impact the investment techniques available to a manager, add to costs and impair the ability of the Portfolio to achieve its investment objectives.

Market Capitalization: Stocks fall into three broad market capitalization categories - large, mid, and small. Investing primarily in one category carries the risk that, due to current market conditions, that category may be out of favor with investors. If valuations of large-capitalization companies appear to be greatly out of proportion to the valuations of mid- or small-capitalization companies, investors may migrate to the stocks of mid- and small-sized companies causing a fund that invests in these companies to increase in value more rapidly than a fund that invests in larger companies. Investing in mid- and small-capitalization companies may be subject to special risks associated with narrower product lines, more limited financial resources, smaller management groups, more limited publicly available information, and a more limited trading market for their stocks as compared with larger companies. As a result, stocks of mid- and small-capitalization companies may be more volatile and may decline significantly in market downturns.

Market Disruption and Geopolitical: The Portfolio is subject to the risk that geopolitical events will disrupt securities markets and adversely affect global economies and markets. Due to the increasing interdependence among global economies and markets, conditions in one country, market, or region might adversely impact markets, issuers and/or foreign exchange rates in other countries, including the U.S. War, terrorism, global health crises and pandemics, and other geopolitical events have led, and in the future may lead, to increased market volatility and may have adverse short- or long-term effects on U.S. and world economies and markets generally. For example, the recent COVID-19 pandemic has resulted, and may continue to result, in significant market volatility, exchange trading suspensions and closures, declines in global financial markets, higher default rates, and a substantial economic downturn in economies throughout the world. Natural and environmental disasters and systemic market dislocations are also highly disruptive to economies and markets. Those events as well as other changes in non-U.S. and domestic economic, social, and political conditions also could adversely affect individual issuers or related groups of issuers, securities markets, interest rates, credit ratings, inflation, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting the value of the investments of the Portfolio and the Portfolio. Any of these occurrences could disrupt the operations of the Portfolio and of the Portfolio’s service providers.

Non-Diversification (Index): Depending on the composition of the Index, the Portfolio may at any time, with respect to 75% of the Portfolio’s total assets, invest more than 5% of the value of its total assets in the securities of any one issuer. As a result, the Portfolio would at that time be “non-diversified,” as defined in the 1940 Act. A “non-diversified” mutual fund may invest a greater percentage of its assets in the securities of a single issuer than may a “diversified” mutual fund. A “non-diversified” investment company is subject to the risks of focusing investments in a small number of issuers, industries or foreign currencies, including being more susceptible to risks associated with a single economic, political or regulatory occurrence than a more diversified portfolio might be. The Portfolio may significantly underperform other mutual funds or investments due to the poor performance of relatively few stocks, or even a single stock, and the Portfolio’s shares may experience significant fluctuations in value.

Other Investment Companies: The main risk of investing in other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), is the risk that the value of the securities underlying an investment company might decrease. Shares of investment companies that are listed on an exchange may trade at a discount or premium from their net asset value. You will pay a proportionate share of the expenses of those other investment companies (including management fees, administration fees, and custodial fees) in addition to the expenses of the Portfolio. The investment policies of the other investment companies may not be the same as those of the Portfolio; as a result, an investment in the other investment companies may be subject to additional or different risks than those to which the Portfolio is typically subject.

Securities Lending: Securities lending involves two primary risks: “investment risk” and “borrower default risk.” When lending securities, the Portfolio will receive cash or U.S. government securities as collateral. Investment risk is the risk that the Portfolio will lose money from the investment of the cash collateral received from the borrower. Borrower default risk is the risk that the Portfolio will lose money due to the failure of a borrower to return a borrowed security. Securities lending may result in leverage. The use of leverage may exaggerate any increase or decrease in the net asset value, causing the Portfolio to be more volatile. The use of leverage may increase expenses and increase the impact of the Portfolio’s other risks.

An investment in the Portfolio is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board or any other government agency.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
The following information is intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the Portfolio. The following bar chart shows the changes in the Portfolio's performance from year to year, and the table compares the Portfolio's performance to the performance of a broad-based securities market index/indices for the same period. The Portfolio's performance information reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the period presented. Absent such fee waivers/expense limitations, if any, performance would have been lower. The bar chart shows the performance of the Portfolio's Class ADV shares. Performance for other share classes would differ to the extent they have differences in their fees and expenses.

Performance shown in the bar chart and in the Average Annual Total Returns table does not include insurance-related charges imposed under a Variable Contract or expenses related to a Qualified Plan. If these charges or expenses were included, performance would be lower. Thus, you should not compare the Portfolio's performance directly with the performance information of other investment products without taking into account all insurance-related charges and expenses payable under your Variable Contract or Qualified Plan. The Portfolio's past performance is no guarantee of future results.
Calendar Year Total Returns Class ADV (as of December 31 of each year)
Bar Chart
[1] The Portfolio has selected a new class for the Calendar Year Total Returns bar chart to display the class with the highest Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses after Waivers and Reimbursements and with 10 years or more of calendar year total returns.
Best quarter: 1st 2019, 13.39% and Worst quarter: 3rd 2011, -14.06%
Average Annual Total Returns % (for the periods ended December 31, 2019)
Average Annual Total Returns - Class ADV, I, S, S2 Shares - Voya U.S. Stock Index Portfolio
1 Yr
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
Since Inception
Inception Date
Class ADV 30.43% 10.81% 12.66% May 28, 2009
Class ADV | S&P 500® Index [1] 31.49% 11.70% 13.56%  
Class I 31.12% 11.39% 13.25% May 03, 2004
Class I | S&P 500® Index [1] 31.49% 11.70% 13.56%  
Class S 30.77% 11.13% 12.99% Apr. 30, 2007
Class S | S&P 500® Index [1] 31.49% 11.70% 13.56%  
Class S2 30.60% 10.96% 12.80% Aug. 01, 2007
Class S2 | S&P 500® Index [1] 31.49% 11.70% 13.56%  
[1] The index returns do not reflect deductions for fees, expenses, or taxes.