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PACE Strategic Fixed Income Investments (Prospectus Summary) | PACE Strategic Fixed Income Investments
PACE Strategic Fixed Income Investments
Investment objective
Total return consisting of income and 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.
Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Shareholder Fees
PACE Strategic Fixed Income Investments
Class P
Maximum front-end sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a % of the offering price) none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a % of the offering price) none
Redemption fee (as a % of the amount redeemed within 90 days of purchase, if applicable) 1.00%
Maximum annual account fee for PACE Select Advisors Program (as a % of average value of shares held on the last calendar day of the previous quarter) 2.00%
Annual fund operating expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
PACE Strategic Fixed Income Investments
Class P
Management fees 0.50%
Distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees none
Other expenses (includes administration fee of 0.10%) 0.32%
Total annual fund operating expenses 0.82%
Management fee waiver/expense reimbursements [1] 0.01%
Total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursements [1] 0.81%
[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 through November 30, 2013 (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 0.81%. 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 this expense cap. 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. 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 (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
PACE Strategic Fixed Income Investments Class P
284 873 1,488 3,147
Portfolio turnover
The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions or dealer spreads, 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 162% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal strategies
Principal investments

The fund invests in bonds of varying maturities, but normally limits its
portfolio "duration" to within two years (plus or minus) of the effective
duration of the fund's benchmark index, Barclays US Government/Credit Index,
as calculated by the investment advisor, which as of July 31, 2012 was 6.07
years. Duration is a measure of the fund's exposure to interest rate risk--a
longer duration means that changes in market interest rates are likely to
have a larger effect on the value of the fund's portfolio.
  
Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets
(plus the amount of any borrowing for investment purposes) in investment grade
fixed income securities. Such investments may include US government bonds, bonds
that are backed by mortgages and other assets, bonds (including convertible
bonds) of US and foreign private issuers, foreign government bonds (including
bonds issued by supranational and quasi-governmental entities), foreign currency
exchange-related securities, loan participations and assignments, repurchase
agreements, municipals, structured notes, and money market instruments
(including commercial paper and certificates of deposit). There are different
types of US government securities, including those issued or guaranteed by the
US government, its agencies and its instrumentalities, and they have different
types of government support. Some are supported by the full faith and credit of
the US, while others are supported by (1) the ability of the issuer to borrow
from the US Treasury; (2) the credit of the issuing agency, instrumentality or
government-sponsored entity; (3) pools of assets, such as mortgages; or (4) the
US government in some other way.

The fund also invests, to a limited extent, in bonds that are below investment
grade. Securities rated below investment grade (or unrated bonds of equivalent
quality) are commonly known as "junk bonds." The fund may invest in when-issued
or delayed delivery bonds to increase its return, giving rise to a form of
leverage. The fund may invest in preferred securities.

The fund may, but is not required to, use exchange-traded or over-the-counter
derivative instruments for risk management purposes or to attempt to increase
total returns. The derivatives in which the fund may invest include futures
(specifically, interest rate futures), currency forward agreements and swap
agreements (specifically, interest rate swaps). These derivatives may be used
for risk management purposes, such as hedging the fund's security, index,
currency, interest rate or other exposure, or otherwise managing the risk
profile of the fund. In addition, the derivative instruments listed above may be
used to enhance returns; in place of direct investments; to obtain or adjust
exposure to certain markets; or to establish net short positions in markets,
currencies or securities. Interest rate futures and swaps may also be used to
adjust the fund's portfolio duration.

Management process

The fund employs a "manager of managers" structure. UBS Global Asset Management
(Americas) Inc. ("UBS Global AM"), the fund's manager and primary provider of
investment advisory services, has the ultimate authority, subject to oversight
by the fund's board, to oversee the fund's investment advisor(s) and recom-mend
their hiring, termination and replacement. Pacific Investment Management Company
LLC ("PIMCO") currently serves as the fund's investment advisor. PIMCO seeks to
invest the fund's assets in those areas of the bond market that it considers
undervalued, based on such factors as quality, sector, coupon and maturity.
PIMCO establishes duration targets for the fund's portfolio based on its
expectations for changes in interest rates and then positions the fund to take
advantage of yield curve shifts. PIMCO decides to buy or sell specific bonds
based on an analysis of their values relative to other similar bonds. PIMCO
monitors the prepayment experience of the fund's mortgage-backed bonds and
will also buy and sell securities to adjust the fund's average portfolio
duration, credit quality, yield curve, sector and prepayment exposure, as
appropriate.
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:

Interest rate risk: An increase in prevailing interest rates typically causes
the value of fixed income securities to fall. Changes in interest rates will
likely affect the value of longer-duration fixed income securities more than
shorter-duration securities and higher quality securities more than lower
quality securities. When interest rates are falling, some fixed income
securities provide that the issuer may repay them earlier than the maturity
date, and if this occurs the fund may have to reinvest these repayments at lower
interest rates.

Prepayment risk: The fund's mortgage- and asset-backed securities may be prepaid
more rapidly than expected, especially when interest rates are falling, and the
fund may have to reinvest those prepayments at lower interest rates. When
interest rates are rising, slower prepayments may extend the duration of the
securities and may reduce their value.

Credit risk: The risk that the fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor
of a fixed income security, or the counterparty to or guarantor of a derivative
contract, is unable or unwilling to meet its financial obligations. This risk is
likely greater for lower quality investments than for investments that are
higher quality.

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.

Leverage risk associated with financial instruments: The use of financial
instruments to increase potential returns, including derivatives used for
investment (non-hedging) purposes, may cause the fund to be more volatile
than if it had not been leveraged. The use of leverage may also accelerate
the velocity of losses and can result in losses to the fund that exceed the
amount originally invested.

Derivatives risk: The value of "derivatives"--so called because their value
"derives" from the value of an underlying asset, reference rate or index--may
rise or fall more rapidly than other investments. When using derivatives for
non-hedging purposes, it is possible for the fund to lose more than the amount
it invested in the derivative. When using derivatives for hedging purposes, the
fund's overall returns may be reduced if the hedged investment experiences a
favorable price movement. The risks of investing in derivative instruments also
include market and management risks. Derivatives relating to fixed income
markets are especially susceptible to interest rate risk and credit risk. In
addition, many types of swaps and other non-exchange traded derivatives may be
subject to liquidity risk, counterparty risk, credit risk and mispricing or
valuation complexity. These derivatives risks are different from, and may be
greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and
other instruments.

High yield securities ("junk bonds") risk: Lower-rated securities (the issuers
of which are typically in poor financial health) are subject to higher risks
than investment grade securities. For example, lower-rated securities may be (1)
subject to a greater risk of loss of principal and non-payment of interest
(including default by the issuer); (2) subject to greater price volatility; and
(3) less liquid than investment grade securities. The prices of such securities
may be more vulnerable to bad economic news, or even the expectation of bad
news, than higher rated fixed income securities.

Illiquidity risk: The risk that investments cannot be readily sold at the desired
time or price, and the fund may have to accept a lower price or may not be able
to sell the security at all. An inability to sell securities can adversely affect
the fund's value or prevent the fund from taking advantage of other investment
opportunities.

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. Moreover, changing market,
economic and political conditions in one country or geographic region could
adversely impact market, economic and political conditions in other countries or
regions.

US Government securities risk: There are different types of US government
securities with different levels of credit risk, including the risk of default,
depending on the nature of the particular government support for that security.
For example, a US government-sponsored entity, such as Federal National Mortgage
Association ("Fannie Mae") or Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("Freddie
Mac"), although chartered or sponsored by an Act of Congress, may issue
securities that are neither insured nor guaranteed by the US Treasury and are
therefore riskier than those that are.

Swap agreement risk: The fund may enter into various types of swap agreements.
Swap agreements can be less liquid and more difficult to value than other
investments. Because its cash flows are based in part on changes in the value of
the reference asset, a total return swap's market value will vary with changes
in that reference asset. In addition, the fund may experience delays in payment
or loss of income if the counterparty fails to perform under the contract.

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 the 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 maximum annual PACE Select Advisors
Program fee; 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. 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.
PACE Strategic Fixed Income Investments Annual Total Returns of Class P Shares
Bar Chart
Total return January 1 - September 30, 2012: 8.00%
Best quarter during calendar years shown--3Q 2009: 8.81%
Worst quarter during calendar years shown--3Q 2008: (3.38)%
Average annual total returns (for the periods ended December 31, 2011)
Average Annual Total Returns PACE Strategic Fixed Income Investments
Label
1 Year
5 Years
10 Years
Inception Date
Class P
Class P Return before taxes 7.58% 6.85% 5.06% Aug. 24, 1995
Class P After Taxes on Distributions
Class P Return after taxes on distributions 5.65% 4.44% 3.06% Aug. 24, 1995
Class P After Taxes on Distributions and Sales
Class P Return after taxes on distributions and sale of fund shares 5.14% 4.47% 3.16% Aug. 24, 1995
Barclays US Government/Credit Index
Barclays US Government/Credit Index (Index reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes.) 8.74% 6.55% 5.85%  
[1] Except that the expenses reflect the effects of the fund's fee waiver/expense reimbursement agreement for the first year only.