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Invesco V.I. Global Strategic Income Fund | Invesco V.I. Global Strategic Income Fund
Investment Objective(s)
The Fund’s investment objective is to seek total return.
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 I shares or 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. Fees and expenses of a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fund organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (Subsidiary), are included in this table.
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
 
Series I shares
Series II shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases
(as a percentage of offering price)
None
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a
percentage of original purchase price or redemption
proceeds, whichever is less)
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the
value of your investment)
 
Series I shares
Series II shares
Management Fees
0.70
%
0.70
%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees
None
0.25
Other Expenses1
0.22
0.22
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses
0.02
0.02
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
0.94
1.19
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement2
0.01
0.01
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver
and/or Expense Reimbursement
0.93
1.18
1
“Other Expenses” have been restated to reflect current fees.
2
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has contractually agreed to waive a portion of the Fund’s management fee in an amount equal to the net management fee that Invesco earns on the Fund’s investments in certain affiliated funds, which will have the effect of reducing the Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses. Unless Invesco continues the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on August 31, 2026. During its term, the fee waiver agreement cannot be terminated or amended to reduce the advisory fee waiver without approval of the Board of Trustees.
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.
This Example does not represent the effect of any fees or 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 equal to the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement in the first year and the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses thereafter.
Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:
 
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Series I shares
$95
$299
$519
$1,154
Series II shares
$120
$377
$653
$1,442
 
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Series I shares
$95
$299
$519
$1,154
Series II shares
$120
$377
$653
$1,442
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 354% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies of the Fund
The Fund invests mainly in debt securities, including foreign and U.S. government bonds and notes, mortgage-related securities, corporate debt obligations, including lower-grade, high-yield domestic and foreign corporate debt obligations, “structured” notes, participation interests in loans, investments in pooled investment entities (including those that invest in loans), asset-backed securities and “zero coupon” and “stripped” securities.
Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests a substantial portion of its assets in a number of different countries, including the U.S. The Fund is not required to allocate its investments in any set percentages in any particular countries. The Fund’s foreign investments may include debt securities of issuers in both developed and emerging markets. The Fund has no limitations regarding the range of maturities of the debt securities it can buy or the market capitalization of the issuers of those securities.
The Fund can invest in investment grade or lower-grade, high-yield debt securities. “Investment grade” debt securities are rated in one of the top four rating categories by nationally recognized statistical rating organizations such as Moody’s Investors Service or S&P Global Ratings (S&P). If two or more nationally recognized statistical rating organizations have assigned different ratings to a security, the investment adviser uses the highest rating assigned. The Fund may also invest in unrated securities, in which case the investment adviser may internally assign ratings to certain of those securities, after assessing their credit quality, in investment-grade or below-investment-grade categories similar to those of nationally recognized statistical rating organizations. There can be no assurance, nor is it intended, that the investment adviser‘s credit analysis is consistent or comparable with the credit analysis process used by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization. Although the Fund normally invests a substantial portion of its assets in lower-grade, high-yield debt securities, it can buy investment-grade debt securities without limit. The Fund may also invest in certain restricted securities and securities exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (Securities Act) including securities that are only eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act (referred to as Rule 144A Securities). The Fund may also invest in exchange-traded funds and other investment companies.
The Fund can enter into “forward roll” transactions (also referred to as “mortgage dollar rolls”) with respect to mortgage-related securities. A substantial portion of the Fund’s assets may be subject to forward roll transactions at any given time.
The Fund may also use derivatives for investment purposes or to manage investment risks, including options, futures, forward contracts, swaps and “structured” notes. The Fund actively manages foreign currency exposure, to seek to both reduce risk and enhance return. To do so, the Fund may invest in foreign exchange derivatives, including forwards and options that reference foreign currencies, including currencies of developing and emerging market countries.
The portfolio managers analyze the overall investment opportunities and risks across global fixed income markets in which the Fund invests and seek to moderate the special risks of investing in lower-grade, high-yield debt instruments and foreign securities by building a broadly diversified portfolio. The Fund’s diversification strategies are intended to help reduce share price volatility while seeking current income. The portfolio managers currently focus on securities that they believe offer a balance of income and
total return, securities whose market prices tend to move in different directions (to seek overall portfolio diversification), and relative values across global fixed income markets. These factors may vary in particular cases and may change over time. The Fund may sell securities that the portfolio managers believe are no longer favorable with regard to these factors.
The Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in a Cayman Islands exempted company that is wholly-owned and controlled by the Fund (the Subsidiary). The Subsidiary invests in Regulation S securities. Regulation S securities are securities of U.S. and non-U.S. issuers that are issued through private offerings without registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933. The Fund applies its investment restrictions and compliance policies and procedures, on a look-through basis, to the Subsidiary. Since the Fund may invest a substantial portion of its assets in the Subsidiary, which may hold certain of the investments described in this prospectus, the Fund may be considered to be investing indirectly in those investments through its Subsidiary. Therefore, references in this prospectus to investments by the Fund also may be deemed to include the Fund’s indirect investments through the Subsidiary.
In attempting to meet its investment objective or to manage subscription and redemption requests, the Fund may engage in active and frequent trading of portfolio securities.
Performance Information
The bar chart and performance table provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The Fund has adopted the performance of the Oppenheimer Global Strategic Income Fund/VA (the predecessor fund) as the result of a reorganization of the predecessor fund into the Fund, which was consummated after the close of business on May 24, 2019 (the “Reorganization”). Prior to the Reorganization, the Fund had not yet commenced operations. The bar chart shows changes in the performance of the Series I shares of the Fund and the Non-Service Shares of the predecessor fund from year to year as of December 31. The performance table compares the predecessor fund’s and the Fund’s performance to that of a broad measure of market performance. 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 how the Fund will perform in the future.
The returns shown for periods ending on or prior to May 24, 2019 are those of the Non-Service Shares and Service Shares of the predecessor
fund, and are not offered by the Fund. The Non-Service Shares of the predecessor fund were reorganized into Series I shares of the Fund and the Service Shares of the predecessor fund were reorganized into the Series II shares of the Fund after the close of business on May 24, 2019. Series I shares’ and Series II shares’ returns of the Fund will be different from the Non-Service Shares’ and the Service Shares’ returns of the predecessor fund as they have different expenses.
Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and expense reimbursements. Performance returns would be lower without applicable fee waivers and expense reimbursements.
All Fund performance shown assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains and the effect of the Fund’s expenses.
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).
Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.invesco.com/us.
Annual Total Returns
Series I
Period Ended
Returns
Best Quarter
June 30, 2020
13.98%
Worst Quarter
March 31, 2020
-16.50%
Average Annual Total Returns (for the periods ended December 31, 2024) 
 
Inception
Date
1
Year
5
Years
10
Years
Series I
5/3/1993
3.16
%
-0.14
%
1.53
%
Series II
3/19/2001
2.79
-0.43
1.28
Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index (reflects no
deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
-1.69
-1.96
0.15