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Commodity Return Strategy Portfolio
Investment objective

The portfolio seeks total return.

Fees and portfolio expenses

The accompanying table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the portfolio. The fee table and the expense example do not reflect expenses or withdrawal charges incurred from investing through a variable contract or qualified plan and do not reflect variable annuity or life insurance contract charges. If they did, the overall fees and expenses would be higher than those shown. Detailed information about the cost of investing in the portfolio through a variable contract or qualified plan is presented in the contract prospectus through which the portfolio's shares are offered to you or in the plan documents or other informational materials supplied by plan sponsors.

Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
   

Class 1

 

Class 2

 

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases

   

N/A

     

N/A

   

Maximum deferred sales charge (load)

   

N/A

     

N/A

   

Maximum sales charge (load) on reinvested distributions

   

N/A

     

N/A

   

Redemption fees

   

N/A

     

N/A

   

Exchange fees

   

N/A

     

N/A

   
Annual portfolio operating expenses (expenses that you pay as a percentage of the value of your investment)
   

Class 1

 

Class 2

 

Management fee

   

0.59

%

   

0.59

%

 

Distribution and service (12b-1) fee

   

0.25

     

None

   

Other expenses1

   

0.22

     

0.22

   

Total annual portfolio operating expenses

   

1.06

     

0.81

   

Less: amount of fee limitations/expense reimbursements2

   

0.01

     

0.01

   
Total annual portfolio operating expenses after fee
limitations/expense reimbursements
   

1.05

     

0.80

   

1​  The portfolio invests in Credit Suisse Cayman Commodity Fund II, Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the portfolio organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the "Subsidiary"). "Other Expenses" include expenses of both the portfolio and the Subsidiary.

2​  Credit Suisse Trust (the "Trust") and UBS Asset Management (Americas) LLC ("UBS AM (Americas)") have entered into a written contract limiting operating expenses to 1.05% for Class 1 shares and 0.80% for Class 2 shares of the portfolio's average daily net assets at least through May 1, 2026. This limit excludes certain expenses, including interest charges on fund borrowings, taxes, brokerage commissions, dealer spreads and other transaction charges, expenditures that are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, acquired fund fees and expenses, short sale dividends, and extraordinary expenses (e.g., litigation and indemnification and any other costs and expenses that may be approved by the Trust's board of trustees (the "Board of Trustees")). The Trust is authorized to reimburse UBS AM (Americas) for management fees previously waived and/or for expenses previously paid by UBS AM (Americas), provided, however, that any reimbursement must be paid at a date not more than thirty-six months following the applicable month during which such fees were waived or expenses were paid by UBS AM (Americas) and the reimbursement does not cause the applicable class's aggregate expenses, on an annualized basis to exceed either (i) the applicable expense limited in effect at the time such fees were waived or such expenses were paid by UBS AM (Americas) or (ii) the applicable expense limitation in effect at the time of such reimbursement. This contract may not be terminated before May 1, 2026.

Example

This example may help you compare the cost of investing in shares of the portfolio with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example does not include expenses or withdrawal charges incurred from investing through a variable annuity or life insurance contract or qualified plan. If the example included these expenses, the figures shown would be higher.

Assume you invest $10,000, the portfolio returns 5% annually, expense ratios remain the same and you close your account at the end of each of the time periods shown. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your cost would be:

    One
year
  Three
years
  Five
years
  Ten
years
 

Class 1

 

$

107

   

$

336

   

$

584

   

$

1,293

   

Class 2

   

82

     

258

     

449

     

1,001

   
    One
year
  Three
years
  Five
years
  Ten
years
 

Class 1

 

$

107

   

$

336

   

$

584

   

$

1,293

   

Class 2

   

82

     

258

     

449

     

1,001

   
Portfolio turnover

The computation of the portfolio's portfolio turnover rate for regulatory purposes excludes trades of derivatives and instruments with a maturity of one year or less. However, the portfolio expects to engage in frequent trading of derivatives, which could have tax consequences that impact shareholders, such as the realization of taxable short-term capital gains. In addition, the portfolio could incur transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities and other instruments. Transaction costs, which are not reflected in annual portfolio operating expenses or in the example, affect the portfolio's performance. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, the portfolio's portfolio turnover rate was 43% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal investment strategies

The portfolio is designed to achieve positive total return relative to the performance of the Bloomberg Commodity Index Total Return (the "BCOM Index"). The portfolio intends to invest its assets in a combination of commodity-linked derivative instruments and fixed income securities. The portfolio intends to gain exposure to commodities markets by investing through the Subsidiary and in structured notes linked to the BCOM Index, other commodity indices, or the value of a particular commodity or commodity futures contract or subset of commodities or commodity futures contracts. The value of these investments will rise or fall in response to changes in the underlying index or commodity. The portfolio intends to engage in active and frequent trading.

The portfolio may invest up to 25% of its total assets in the Subsidiary, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the portfolio organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands. The portfolio will invest in the Subsidiary primarily to gain

exposure to the commodities markets within the limitations of the federal tax laws, rules and regulations that apply to regulated investment companies. Generally, the Subsidiary will invest in commodity-linked derivative instruments, but it will also invest in fixed income instruments, including U.S. government securities, U.S. government agency securities, corporate bonds, debentures and notes, mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities, event-linked bonds, loan participations, bank certificates of deposit, fixed time deposits, bankers' acceptances, commercial paper and other short-term fixed income securities. The primary purpose of the fixed income instruments held by the Subsidiary will be to serve as collateral for the Subsidiary's derivative positions; however, these instruments are also expected to earn income for the Subsidiary.

The portfolio invests in a portfolio of fixed income securities normally having an average duration of one year or less, and emphasizes investment-grade fixed income securities.

Performance

The accompanying bar chart and table provide an indication of the risks of investing in the portfolio. The bar chart shows you how performance of the portfolio's Class 1 shares (which was previously an undesignated share class of the portfolio), has varied from year to year for up to 10 years. The table compares the portfolio's performance to the BCOM Index, which is currently composed of futures contracts on 24 physical commodities. The bar chart and table do not reflect additional charges and expenses which are, or may be, imposed under the variable contracts or plans; such charges and expenses are described in the prospectus of the insurance company separate account or in the plan documents or other informational materials supplied by plan sponsors. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total return for the periods shown. As with all mutual funds, past performance is not a prediction of future performance.

The portfolio makes updated performance available at the portfolio's website (www.credit-suisse.com/us/funds) or by calling Credit Suisse Funds at 877-870-2874.

Year-by-year total returns

Best quarter: 25.39% (Q1 2022)
Worst quarter: (22.17)% (Q1 2020)
Inception date: 2/28/06

Average annual total returns

Period ended 12/31/24:

  One year
2024
  Five years
2020-2024
  Ten years
2015-2024
  Since
inception
 
Commodity Return
Strategy Portfolio—
Class 1 Shares
   

4.83

%

   

6.85

%

   

1.12

%

   

(1.04

)%

 
Commodity Return
Strategy Portfolio—
Class 2 Shares
   

5.12

     

     

     

13.951

   
Bloomberg Commodity
Index Total Return
(reflects no deductions
for fees or expenses)
   

5.38

     

6.77

     

1.28

     

   

1​  Return represents performance from May 1, 2020 (inception date) to December 31, 2024.