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PACE Small/Medium Co Growth Equity Investments (First Prospectus Summary) | PACE Small/Medium Co Growth Equity Investments
PACE Small/Medium Co Growth Equity Investments
Investment objective
Capital appreciation.
Fees and expenses of the fund
These tables describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold

shares of the fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts on purchases of

Class A shares if you or your family invest, or agree to invest in the future,

at least $50,000 in the UBS family of funds. More information about these and

other discounts and waivers, as well as eligibility requirements for each share

class, is available from your financial advisor and in "Managing your fund

account" on page 103 of the prospectus and in "Reduced sales charges, additional

purchase, exchange and redemption information and other services" on page 214 of

the fund's Statement of Additional Information.
Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Shareholder Fees PACE Small/Medium Co Growth Equity Investments (USD $)
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class Y
Maximum front-end sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a % of the offering price) 5.50% none none none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a % of the lesser of the offering price or the redemption price) none 5.00% 1.00% none
Redemption fee (as a % of the amount redeemed within 90 days of purchase, if applicable) 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00%
Exchange fee none none 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 PACE Small/Medium Co Growth Equity Investments
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class Y
Management fees 0.70% 0.70% 0.70% 0.70%
Distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees 0.25% 1.00% 1.00% none
Other expenses (includes administration fee of 0.10%) 0.33% 1.04% 0.35% 0.38%
Total annual fund operating expenses 1.28% 2.74% 2.05% 1.08%
Management fee waiver/expense reimbursements [1]    0.61%      
Total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursements [1] 1.28% 2.13% 2.05% 1.08%
[1] The fund and UBS Global Asset Management (Americas) Inc. ("UBS Global AM") have entered into a written fee waiver/expense reimbursement agreement pursuant to which UBS Global AM is contractually obligated to waive its management fees and/or reimburse expenses so that the fund's ordinary total operating expenses of each class through November 28, 2012 (excluding dividend expense, borrowing costs, and interest expense relating to short sales, and expenses attributable to investment in other investment companies, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and extraordinary expenses) would not exceed 1.38% for Class A, 2.13% for Class B, 2.13% for Class C and 1.13% for Class Y. The fund has agreed to repay UBS Global AM for any waived fees/reimbursed expenses to the extent that it can do so over the following three fiscal years without causing the fund's expenses in any of those three years to exceed these expense caps. The fee waiver/expense reimbursement agreement may be terminated by the fund's board at any time and also will terminate automatically upon the expiration or termination of the fund's advisory contract with UBS Global AM. Upon termination of the agreement, however, UBS Global AM's three year recoupment rights will survive.
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 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of

your shares at the end of those periods unless otherwise stated. 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:
[1]
Expense Example PACE Small/Medium Co Growth Equity Investments (USD $)
Expense Example, With Redemption, 1 Year
Expense Example, With Redemption, 3 Years
Expense Example, With Redemption, 5 Years
Expense Example, With Redemption, 10 Years
Class A
673 934 1,214 2,010
Class B
716 1,093 1,596 2,341 [1]
Class C
308 643 1,103 2,379
Class Y
110 343 595 1,317
[1] Reflects conversion to Class A shares after a maximum of 6 years.
Expense Example, No Redemption PACE Small/Medium Co Growth Equity Investments (USD $)
Expense Example, No Redemption, 1 Year
Expense Example, No Redemption, 3 Years
Expense Example, No Redemption, 5 Years
Expense Example, No Redemption, 10 Years
Class B
216 793 1,396 2,341 [1]
Class C
208 643 1,103 2,379
[1] Reflects conversion to Class A shares after a maximum of 6 years.
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 fund's portfolio turnover rate was 103%

of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal strategies
Principal investments



The fund invests primarily in stocks of "emerging growth" companies that are

believed to have potential for high future earnings growth relative to the

overall market. Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of its

net assets (plus the amount of any borrowing for investment purposes) in equity

securities issued by small/medium capitalization companies (that is, companies

with a total market capitalization of less than $6.0 billion at the time of

purchase). Dividend income is an incidental consideration in the investment

advisors' selection of stocks for the fund.



The fund may from time to time invest a significant portion of its assets in the

stocks of companies in various economic sectors, such as healthcare or

technology. The fund may invest, to a limited extent, in stocks of companies

with larger total market capitalizations and other securities, including

securities convertible into stocks. The fund may invest up to 10% of its total

assets in non-US securities, which may trade either within or outside the US.



Management process



UBS Global Asset Management (Americas) Inc. ("UBS Global AM"), the fund's

manager, selects investment advisors for the fund, subject to approval of the

fund's board. Copper Rock Capital Partners, LLC ("Copper Rock"), Palisade

Capital Management, L.L.C. ("Palisade") and Riverbridge Partners, LLC

("Riverbridge") currently serve as the fund's investment advisors. The relative

value of each investment advisor's share of the fund's assets may change over

time.



Copper Rock employs a fundamental, bottom-up investment approach that focuses on

identifying emerging companies that exhibit the potential for strong and

sustainable revenue growth over each of the following two years. Copper Rock

believes that incremental margin expansion and proven management are key factors

that propel a company's growth. Copper Rock will typically hold 70 to 90 equity

positions that are diversified across sectors and industries. Copper Rock

utilizes a "pure" growth investment style that emphasizes growth and momentum

characteristics, and attempts to manage risk by diversifying and understanding

its holdings and employing a stringent sell discipline.



Palisade seeks fundamentally strong and dynamic small and mid cap companies that

are trading at a discount to their growth rates. Palisade's goal is to ascertain

a dynamic of change before it manifests in consensus estimates. Palisade

believes that the small and mid cap market is inherently less efficient than the

large cap market, and attempts to gain an informational advantage by committing

to the labor intensive process of conducting bottom-up fundamental research on

small and mid cap companies, as well as their customers, competitors and supply

chains. Palisade places heavy emphasis on the effectiveness of a small/mid cap

company's management team and seeks direct access to a variety of each company's

key decision-makers.



Riverbridge believes that earnings power determines the value of a franchise.

Riverbridge focuses on companies that are viewed as building their earnings

power and building the intrinsic value of the company over long periods of time.

Riverbridge looks to invest in high-quality growth companies that demonstrate

the ability to sustain strong secular earnings growth, regardless of overall

economic conditions.
Principal risks
All investments carry a certain amount of risk and the fund cannot guarantee

that it will achieve its investment objective. You may lose money by investing

in the fund. An investment in the fund is not a deposit of a bank and is not

insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other

government agency. The principal risks presented by an investment in the fund

are:



Equity risk: Stocks and other equity securities, and securities convertible into

stocks, generally fluctuate in

value more than bonds. The fund could lose all of its investment in a company's

stock.



Limited capitalization risk: The risk that securities of smaller capitalization

companies tend to be more volatile and less liquid than securities of larger

capitalization companies. This can have a disproportionate effect on the market

price of smaller capitalization companies and affect the fund's ability to

purchase or sell these securities. In general, smaller capitalization companies

are more vulnerable than larger companies to adverse business or economic

developments and they may have more limited resources.



Sector risk: Because the fund may invest a significant portion of its assets in

the stocks of companies in particular economic sectors, economic changes

adversely affecting such a sector may have more of an impact on the fund's

performance than another fund having a broader range of investments.



Market risk: The risk that the market value of the fund's investments may

fluctuate, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, as the stock and bond markets

fluctuate. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry, or sector of the

economy, or it may affect the market as a whole.



Foreign investing risk: The value of the fund's investments in foreign

securities may fall due to adverse political, social and economic developments

abroad and due to decreases in foreign currency values relative to the US

dollar. Investments in foreign government bonds involve special risks because

the fund may have limited legal recourse in the event of default. Also, foreign

securities are sometimes less liquid and more difficult to sell and to value

than securities of US issuers. These risks are greater for investments in

emerging market issuers. In addition, investments in emerging market issuers may

decline in value because of unfavorable foreign government actions, greater

risks of political instability or the absence of accurate information about

emerging market issuers.



Portfolio turnover risk: The fund may engage in frequent trading, which can

result in high portfolio turnover. A high portfolio turnover rate involves

greater expenses to the fund, including transaction costs, and is likely to

generate more taxable short term gains for shareholders, which may have an

adverse impact on performance.



Management risk: The risk that the investment strategies, techniques and risk

analyses employed by an investment advisor may not produce the desired results.
Performance
Risk/return bar chart and table



The performance information that follows shows the fund's performance

information in a bar chart and an average annual total returns table. The bar

chart does not reflect the sales charges of the fund's Class C shares; if it

did, the total returns shown would be lower. The information provides some

indication of the risks of investing in the fund by showing changes in the

fund's performance from year to year and by showing how the fund's average

annual total returns compare with those of a broad measure of market

performance. The fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not

necessarily an indication of how the fund will perform in the future. This may

be particularly true given that other investment advisors were responsible for

managing portions of the fund's assets during previous periods. Riverbridge

assumed day-to-day management of a portion of the fund's assets on October 1,

2005. Copper Rock assumed responsibility for managing a separate portion of the

fund's assets on March 1, 2007. Palisade assumed day-to-day management of a

separate portion of the fund's assets on February 2, 2009. Updated performance

for the fund is available at http://globalam-us.ubs.com/corpweb/performance.do.



After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal

marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local

taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may

differ from those shown. In addition, the after-tax returns shown are not

relevant to investors who hold fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements,

such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. After-tax returns for

other classes will vary from the Class C shares' after-tax returns shown. Prior

to September 30, 2003, Class C shares were subject to a maximum front-end sales

charge of 1.00%; this front end sales charge is not reflected in the average

annual total returns table for Class C shares.
PACE Small/Medium Co Growth Equity Investments Annual Total Returns of Class C Shares
Bar Chart
Total return January 1 - September 30, 2011: (12.42)%

Best quarter during calendar years shown-4Q 2001: 26.48%

Worst quarter during calendar years shown-3Q 2001: (26.68)%
Average annual total returns (for the periods ended December 31, 2010)
Average Annual Total Returns PACE Small/Medium Co Growth Equity Investments
Average Annual Returns, Label
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year
Average Annual Returns, 5 Years
Average Annual Returns, 10 Years
Average Annual Returns, Since Inception
Average Annual Returns, Inception Date
Class A
Class A Return before taxes 21.42% 3.68% 2.52%    [1] Nov. 27, 2000
Class B
Class B Return before taxes 22.39% 3.68% 2.58%    [1] Nov. 27, 2000
Class C
Class C Return before taxes 26.40% 4.05% 2.30%    [1] Nov. 27, 2000
Class C After Taxes on Distributions
Class C Return after taxes on distributions 26.40% 3.26% 1.65%    [1] Nov. 27, 2000
Class C After Taxes on Distributions and Sales
Class C Return after taxes on distributions and sale of fund shares 17.16% 3.26% 1.81%    [1] Nov. 27, 2000
Class Y
Class Y Return before taxes 28.45% 5.20%    4.24% [1] Feb. 12, 2001
Russell 2500 Growth Index
Russell 2500 Growth Index (Index reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes.) 28.86% 5.63% 4.19% 4.22% [1],[2]  
[1] Life of class returns shown only for those share classes with less than ten calendar years of performance.
[2] Average annual total return for the Russell 2500 Growth Index for the life of Class Y shares.
[1] Except that the expenses reflect the effects of the fund's fee waiver/expense reimbursement agreement for the first year only.