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Series II shares | Invesco V.I. Global Core Equity Fund
Fund Summary - Invesco V.I. Global Core Equity Fund - Series II shares
Investment Objective
The Fund’s investment objective is long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities of issuers throughout the world, including U.S. issuers.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that are incurred, directly or indirectly, when a variable product owner buys, holds, or redeems interest in an insurance company separate account that invests in the Series II shares of the Fund but does not represent the effect of any fees or other expenses assessed in connection with your variable product, and if it did, expenses would be higher.
Shareholder Fees(fees paid directly from your investment)
Shareholder Fees -
Series II shares
Invesco V.I. Global Core Equity Fund
Class: Series II shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)   
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is less)   
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses -
Series II shares
Invesco V.I. Global Core Equity Fund
Class: Series II shares
Management Fees 0.67%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25%
Other Expenses 0.33%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses 0.01%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses [1] 1.26%
[1] The Adviser has contractually agreed, through June 30, 2012, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses of Series II shares to the extent necessary to limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below) of Series II shares to 1.19% of average daily net assets. In determining the Adviser's obligation to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into account, and could cause the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement to exceed the number reflected above: (i) interest; (ii) taxes; (iii) dividend expense on short sales; (iv) extraordinary or non-routine items, including litigation expenses; and (v) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are also excluded in determining such obligation. The expense limit will terminate on June 30, 2012.
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 does not represent the effect of any fees or other expenses assessed in connection with your variable product, and if it did, expenses would be higher.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. 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:

Expense Example - (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Series II shares Invesco V.I. Global Core Equity Fund Class: Series II shares
128 400 692 1,523
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. 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 Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 62% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies of the Fund
Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Fund’s net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) will be invested in equity securities issued by companies located in various countries around the world. In complying with the 80% investment requirement, the Fund may include synthetic securities that have economic characteristics similar to the Fund’s direct investments that are counted toward the 80% investment requirement.

Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser), the Fund’s investment adviser, seeks to maintain a diversified portfolio of global equity securities based on individual stock selection and emphasizes a bottom-up approach to investing that seeks to identify securities of issuers which it believes are undervalued.

The Fund seeks to invest primarily in common stocks (including depositary receipts) of companies of any size from a broad range of countries, which may include emerging market or developing countries. The Fund’s investments generally will be denominated in foreign currencies. The Fund invests in at least three separate countries. In selecting investments, the portfolio managers employ a bottom-up investment approach that is value driven and based on individual stock selection. The Adviser seeks to identify securities of issuers that it believes are undervalued relative to their market values and other measurements of intrinsic worth, with an emphasis on cash flow and company assets. Securities which appear undervalued according to these criteria are then subjected to in-depth fundamental analysis. The Adviser generally considers selling a portfolio security when it determines that the holding no longer satisfies some or all of its investment criteria.

The Fund may invest up to 10% of its net assets in real estate investment trusts (REITs).

Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund
As with any mutual fund investment, loss of money is a risk of investing. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other government agency. The risks associated with an investment in the Fund can increase during times of significant market volatility. The principal risks of investing in the Fund are:

Depositary Receipts Risk. Depositary receipts involve many of the same risks as those associated with direct investment in foreign securities. In addition, the underlying issuers of certain depositary receipts, particularly unsponsored or unregistered depositary receipts, are under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications to the holders of such receipts or to pass through to them any voting rights with respect to the deposited securities.

Equity Securities. In general, prices of equity securities are more volatile than those of fixed income securities. Investing in securities of small- and mid-sized companies involves greater risks than is customarily associated with investing in larger, more established companies.

Value Investing Risk. Value stocks can react differently to issuer, political, market and economic developments than the market as a whole and other types of stocks. Value stocks can continue to be undervalued for long periods of time and may not ever realize their full value.

Foreign and Emerging Markets Risks. Investing in the securities of foreign issuers, particularly those located in emerging market or developing countries, entails the risk that news and events unique to a country or region will affect those markets and their issuers. In addition, the Fund’s investments in foreign issuers generally will be denominated in foreign currencies. As a result, changes in the value of a country’s currency compared to the U.S. dollar may affect the value of the Fund’s investments.

Geographic Concentration Risk. Because the Fund has a significant level of investment issuers in the developed countries of Western Europe and Japan, the Fund’s performance is expected to be closely tied to social, political and economic conditions within countries in those regions and to be more volatile than the performance of more geographically diversified funds.

Investing in European Union Risk. Many countries in the European Union are susceptible to high economic risks associated with high levels of debt, notably due to investments in sovereign debts of European countries such as Greece, Italy and Spain. One or more member states might exit the European Union, placing its currency and banking system in jeopardy. The European Union faces major issues involving its membership, structure, procedures and policies, including the adoption, abandonment or adjustment of the new constitutional treaty, the European Union’s enlargement to the south and east, and resolution of the European Union’s problematic fiscal and democratic accountability. Efforts of the member states to further unify their economic and monetary policies may increase the potential for the downward movement of one member state’s market to cause a similar effect on other member states’ markets. European countries that are part of the European Economic and Monetary Union may be significantly affected by the tight fiscal and monetary controls that the union seeks to impose on its members.

Market Risk. The prices of and the income generated by the Fund’s securities may decline in response to, among other things, investor sentiment; general economic and market conditions; regional or global instability; and currency and interest rate fluctuations.

Risks of Investing in Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). Investing in REITs makes the Fund more susceptible to risks associated with the ownership of real estate and with the real estate industry in general. In addition, REITs depend upon specialized management skills, may not be diversified, may have less trading volume, and may be subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements than the overall securities markets. REITs must comply with certain requirements of the federal income tax law to maintain their federal income tax status. Investments in REITs may involve duplication of management fees and certain other expenses.

Small- and Mid-Capitalization Risk. Stocks of small and mid sized companies tend to be more vulnerable to adverse developments in the above factors and may have little or no operating history or track record of success, and limited product lines, markets, management and financial resources. The securities of small and mid sized companies may be more volatile due to less market interest and less publicly available information about the issuer. They also may be illiquid or restricted as to resale, or may trade less frequently and in smaller volumes, all of which may cause difficulty when establishing or closing a position at a desirable price.

Synthetic Securities Risk. Fluctuations in the values of synthetic securities may not correlate perfectly with the instruments they are designed to replicate. Synthetic securities may be subject to interest rate changes, market price fluctuations, counterparty risk and liquidity risk.

Performance Information
The bar chart and performance table provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows changes in the performance of the Fund from year to year as of December 31. The performance table compares the Fund’s and Universal Institutional Funds, Inc. Global Value Equity Portfolio’s (the predecessor fund) performance to that of a broad-based securities market/style specific benchmark and a peer group benchmark with investment objectives and strategies similar to those of the Fund. The bar chart and performance table below do not reflect charges assessed in connection with your variable product; if they did, the performance shown would be lower. The Fund’s and the predecessor fund’s past performance is not necessarily an indication of its future performance.

The returns shown prior to June 1, 2010 are those of the Class I shares of the predecessor fund, which have been restated to reflect the Rule 12b-1 fees applicable to Series II shares and are not offered by the Fund. The predecessor fund was advised by Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. and sub-advised by Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited. The predecessor fund was reorganized into Series I shares of the Fund on June 1, 2010. Series II shares’ returns will be different from the predecessor fund as they have different expenses.

All performance shown assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains.

Series I shares are not offered by this prospectus. The Series I shares and Series II shares invest in the same portfolio of securities and will have substantially similar performance, except to the extent that the expenses borne by each share class differ. Series II shares have higher expenses (and therefore lower performance) resulting from its Rule 12b-1 plan, which provides for a maximum fee equal to an annual rate of 0.25% (expressed as a percentage of average daily net assets of the Fund).
Annual Total Returns
Bar Chart
Best Quarter (ended June 30, 2003): 20.68%
Worst Quarter (ended September 30, 2002): (21.10)%
Average Annual Total Returns (for the periods ended December 31, 2011)

Average Annual Total Returns - Series II shares Invesco V.I. Global Core Equity Fund
1 Year
5 Years
10 Years
Inception Date
Series II:
[1] (11.12%) (6.28%) 1.09% Jun. 01, 2010
MSCI World Index
(5.54%) (2.37%) 3.62%  
Lipper VUF Global Core Funds Index
(7.88%) (1.85%) 3.99%  
[1] Series II shares' performance shown prior to the inception date is that of the Class I shares of the predecessor fund, restated to reflect the higher 12b-1 fees applicable to Series II shares. Performance of the Class I shares of the predecessor fund reflects any applicable fee waivers or expense reimbursements. The inception date of the predecessor fund's Class I shares is January 2, 1997.