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Form 497K SUNAMERICA EQUITY FUNDS

January 29, 2018 5:32 PM EST

SUMMARY PROSPECTUS

JANUARY 29, 2018

 

AIG INTERNATIONAL DIVIDEND STRATEGY FUND

CLASS A, CLASS C, CLASS I AND CLASS W

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The Fund’s Statutory Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information dated January 29, 2018, and the most recent shareholder reports are incorporated into and made part of this Summary Prospectus by reference.

Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund’s Statutory Prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Statutory Prospectus and the above incorporated information online at http://aigfunds.onlineprospectus.net/AIGFunds/FundDocuments/index.html. You can also get this information at no cost by calling (800) 858-8850, by sending an email request to [email protected] or by writing to the Fund at AIG Fund Services, Inc., Mutual Fund Operations, Harborside 5, 185 Hudson Street, Suite 3300, Jersey City, NJ 07311.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or disapproved these securities, nor has it determined that this Prospectus is accurate or complete. It is a criminal offense to state otherwise.

 

 

Investment Goal

 

The investment goal of the AIG International Dividend Strategy Fund (the “International Dividend Strategy Fund” or the “Fund”) is total return (including capital appreciation and current income).

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

 

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the AIG fund complex. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the “Shareholder Account Information—Sales Charge Reductions and Waivers” section on page 13 of the Fund’s Prospectus, in the “Financial Intermediary—Specific Sales Charge Waiver Policies” section on page A-1 of the Fund’s Prospectus and in the “Additional Information Regarding Purchase of Shares” section on page 55 of the Fund’s statement of additional information (“SAI”). Class I shares are closed to new purchases.

 

     Class A     Class C     Class I      Class W  

Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your investment)

         

Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

     5.75     None       None        None  

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of the lesser of the amount redeemed or original purchase cost)(1)

     None       1.00     None        None  

Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Dividends

     None       None       None        None  

Maximum Account Fee

     None       None       None        None  

 

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AIG INTERNATIONAL DIVIDEND STRATEGY FUND

 

     Class A     Class C     Class I     Class W  

Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

        

Management Fees

     1.00     1.00     1.00     1.00

Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees

     0.35     1.00            

Other Expenses

     0.53     0.63     1.49     0.87

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses Before Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursement/(Recoupment)

     1.88     2.63     2.49     1.87

Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursement/(Recoupment)(2)(3)

     -0.02     0.08     0.69     0.17

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursement/(Recoupment)(2)(3)

     1.90     2.55     1.80     1.70

 

(1) Purchases of Class A shares of $1 million or more will be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) on redemptions made within two years of purchase. The CDSC on Class C shares applies only if shares are redeemed within twelve months of their purchase. See pages 13-15 of the Prospectus for more information about the CDSCs.
(2) Pursuant to an Expense Limitation Agreement, SunAmerica Asset Management, LLC (“SunAmerica” or the “Adviser”) is contractually obligated to waive its fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses exceed 1.90%, 2.55%, 1.80% and 1.70% for Class A, Class C, Class I and Class W shares, respectively. For purposes of the Expense Limitation Agreement, “Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses” shall not include extraordinary expenses (i.e., expenses that are unusual in nature and/or infrequent in occurrence, such as litigation), or acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage commissions and other transactional expenses relating to the purchase and sale of portfolio securities, interest, taxes and governmental fees, and other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business. This agreement will continue in effect indefinitely, unless terminated by the Board of Trustees, including a majority of the trustees of the Board who are not “interested persons” of SunAmerica Equity Funds as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(3) Any waivers and/or reimbursements made by SunAmerica pursuant to the Expense Limitation Agreement are subject to recoupment from the Fund within two years after the occurrence of the waiver and/or reimbursement, provided that the Fund is able to effect such payment to SunAmerica and remain in compliance with the expense cap in effect at the time the waivers and/or reimbursements occurred.

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 and the net expenses shown in the fee table, your costs would be:

 

     1 Year      3 Years      5 Years      10 Years  

AIG International Dividend Strategy Fund

           

Class A Shares

   $ 757      $ 1,138      $ 1,542      $ 2,669  

Class C Shares

     358        794        1,355        2,885  

Class I Shares

     183        566        975        2,116  

Class W Shares

     173        536        923        2,009  

 

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You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

 

           
     1 Year      3 Years      5 Years      10 Years  

AIG International Dividend Strategy Fund

           

Class A Shares

   $ 757      $ 1,138      $ 1,542      $ 2,669  

Class C Shares

     258        794        1,355        2,885  

Class I Shares

     183        566        975        2,116  

Class W Shares

     173        536        923        2,009  

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 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 22% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies and Techniques of the Fund

 

The Fund’s principal investment strategies are value and international investing. The value oriented philosophy to which the Fund partly subscribes is that of investing in securities believed to be undervalued in the market. The selection criteria are usually calculated to identify stocks of companies with solid financial strength that have attractive valuations (e.g., as measured by low price earnings ratios) and that may have been generally overlooked by the market. The strategy of international investing involves investing substantially all of the Fund’s assets in foreign (non-U.S.) securities (“foreign securities”).

The principal investment technique of the Fund is to employ a “buy and hold” strategy with approximately 50 to 100 high dividend yielding equity securities selected annually from the Morgan Stanley Capital International All Country World Index ex-U.S. Index (“MSCI ACWI ex-U.S. Index”). At least 80% of the Fund’s net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, will be invested in dividend yielding equity securities.

The Fund expects to invest primarily in common stocks, and to a lesser extent, preferred stocks, and may invest in companies of any size. In addition, the Fund is not limited in the amount it may invest in any one country, and its investments may include securities of emerging markets.

The selection criteria used by the Fund’s portfolio managers to identify high dividend yielding equity securities from the MSCI ACWI ex-U.S. Index will generally include dividend yield as well as a combination of factors that relate to profitability and valuation. Certain stocks in the MSCI ACWI ex-U.S. Index may be excluded as a result of liquidity screens applied during the selection process. The number of securities selected each year for inclusion in the Fund’s portfolio will be determined at the discretion of the portfolio managers and will depend on, among other things, the impact that the number of securities held is expected to have on the potential for overall dividend yield in the portfolio, as well as market conditions. While the securities selection process will take place on an annual basis, the portfolio managers may, from time to time, substitute certain securities for those selected for the Fund or reduce the position size of a portfolio security in between the annual rebalancings under certain limited circumstances. These circumstances will generally include where a security held by the Fund no longer meets the dividend yield criteria, when the value of a security becomes a disproportionately large percentage of the Fund’s holdings, or when the size of the Fund’s position in the security has the potential to create market liquidity or other issues in connection with the annual rebalancing or efficient management of the Fund, each at the discretion of the portfolio managers.

 

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AIG INTERNATIONAL DIVIDEND STRATEGY FUND

 

The Fund will be evaluated and adjusted at the discretion of the portfolio managers on an annual basis. The next annual consideration of the securities that meet the selection criteria will take place on or about October 1, 2018. Immediately after the Fund buys and sells securities in connection with the Fund’s annual rebalancing, it will hold approximately an equal value of each of the 50 to 100 securities. For example, the Fund would invest about 1/50th of its assets in each of the securities that make up its portfolio if the Fund were to select 50 securities. Thereafter, when an investor purchases shares of the Fund, the Adviser will generally invest additional funds in the pre-selected securities based on each security’s respective percentage of the Fund’s assets at the time.

The Fund employs a strategy to hold securities between its annual rebalancing, even if there are adverse developments concerning a particular security, an industry, the economy or the stock market generally. Due to changes in the market value of the securities held by the Fund, it is likely that the weighting of the stocks in its portfolio will fluctuate throughout the course of the year.

The principal investment strategies and principal investment techniques of the Fund may be changed without shareholder approval. You will receive at least 60 days’ notice of any change to the 80% investment policy set forth above.

Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund

 

There can be no assurance that the Fund’s investment goal will be met or that the net return on an investment in the Fund will exceed what could have been obtained through other investment or savings vehicles. Shares of the Fund are not bank deposits and are not guaranteed or insured by any bank, government entity or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. As with any mutual fund, there is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to achieve its investment goals. If the value of the assets of the Fund goes down, you could lose money.

The following is a summary description of the principal risks of investing in the Fund.

Market Volatility and Securities Selection. The Fund invests significantly in equity securities. As with any equity fund, the value of your investment in the Fund may fluctuate in response to stock market movements. In addition, the performance of the Fund may be subject to greater fluctuation when a smaller number of securities are held by the Fund and thus, the Fund’s risk may increase when it holds closer to 50 securities rather than closer to 100 securities. You should be aware that the performance of “value” stocks and “growth” stocks may rise or decline under varying market conditions — for example, “value” stocks may perform well under circumstances in which “growth” stocks in general have fallen. When investing in value stocks which are believed to be undervalued in the market, there is a risk that the market may not recognize a security’s intrinsic value for a long period of time, or that a security judged to be undervalued may actually be appropriately priced. In addition, individual securities selected for the Fund may underperform the market generally.

International Investing. When investing internationally, the value of your investment may be affected by fluctuating currency values, changing local and regional economic, political and social conditions, and greater market volatility. In addition, foreign securities may not be as liquid as domestic securities and are subject to settlement practices and regulatory and financial reporting standards that differ from those in the U.S. Also, while the Fund seeks to invest in a wide range of countries, volatility in a single country or region in which the Fund invests a significant portion of its assets may affect performance. In addition, the markets of emerging market countries are typically more volatile and potentially less liquid than more developed markets. Emerging market countries may have relatively unstable governments and may present the risk of nationalization of businesses, expropriation, confiscatory taxation or, in certain instances, reversion to closed market, centrally planned economies.

 

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AIG INTERNATIONAL DIVIDEND STRATEGY FUND

 

Small- and Mid-Market Capitalization. Stocks of small-cap companies, and to a lesser extent, mid-cap companies, may be more volatile than, and not as readily marketable as, those of larger companies.

Disciplined Strategy. The Fund will not deviate from its strategy (except to the extent necessary to comply with federal tax laws or other applicable laws). If the Fund is committed to a strategy that is unsuccessful, the Fund will not meet its investment goal. Because the Fund generally will not use certain hedging techniques available to other mutual funds to reduce stock market exposure, the Fund may be more susceptible to general market declines than other mutual funds.

Preferred Stock. The value of preferred stock will fluctuate with changes in interest rates. Typically, a rise in interest rates causes a decline in the value of preferred stock. Preferred stock is also subject to credit risk, which is the possibility that an issuer of preferred stock will fail to make its dividend payments. Preferred stock is inherently more risky than the bonds and other debt instruments of the issuer, but typically less risky than its common stock. Preferred stock may be significantly less liquid than many other securities, such as U.S. Government securities, corporate debt and common stock.

Performance Information*

 

The following Risk/Return Bar Chart and Table illustrate the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s performance from calendar year to calendar year, and compare the Fund’s average annual returns to those of the MSCI ACWI ex-U.S. Index (Net), a broad measure of market performance. Sales charges are not reflected in the Bar Chart. If these amounts were reflected, returns would be less than those shown. However, the Table includes all applicable fees and sales charges. Past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated information on the Fund’s performance can be obtained by visiting www.aig.com/funds or can be obtained by phone at 800-858-8850, ext. 6003.

International Dividend Strategy Fund    (Class A)

 

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During the period shown in the Bar Chart, the highest return for a quarter was 26.57% (quarter ended June 30, 2009) and the lowest return for a quarter was –26.18% (quarter ended December 31, 2008).

 

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AIG INTERNATIONAL DIVIDEND STRATEGY FUND

 

Average Annual Total Returns (as of the periods ended December 31, 2017)

 

     Past One
Year
    Past Five
Years
    Past Ten
Years
    Class W Shares
(Since  Inception
01/29/15)
 

Class W

     17.97     N/A       N/A       2.16

Class I

     17.74     –0.35     –4.03     N/A  

Class C

     15.97     –1.13     –4.76     N/A  

Class A

     11.00     –1.65     –4.70     N/A  

Return After Taxes on Distributions (Class A)

     10.47     –2.07     –4.96     N/A  

Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares (Class A)1

     7.23     –1.03     –3.21     N/A  

MSCI ACWI ex-U.S. Index (Net)

     27.19     6.80     1.84     7.58

 

* Effective July 2, 2012, the name of the Fund was changed to the SunAmerica International Dividend Strategy Fund (n/k/a AIG International Dividend Strategy Fund) and certain corresponding changes were made to the Fund’s investment strategy and techniques. Prior to this date, the Fund was managed as an international equity fund and employed a different strategy. The performance shown prior to July 2, 2012, represents the performance of the Fund as an international equity fund. Accordingly, this performance information does not reflect the management of the Fund in accordance with its current investment strategy and techniques.
1 When the return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares is higher, it is because of realized losses. If realized losses occur upon the sale of Fund shares, the capital loss is recorded as a tax benefit, which increases the return.

The after-tax returns shown were calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates, and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. An investor’s actual after-tax returns depend on the investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown in the above table. The after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. After-tax returns are shown only for Class A. After-tax returns for other classes will vary.

Investment Adviser

 

The Fund’s investment adviser is SunAmerica.

Portfolio Managers

 

Name

  

Portfolio
Manager of the

Fund Since

    

Title

Timothy Pettee

   2013      Lead Portfolio Manager, Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Strategist at SunAmerica

Andrew Sheridan

   2013      Co-Portfolio Manager and Senior Vice President at SunAmerica

Timothy Campion

   2012      Co-Portfolio Manager and Senior Vice President at SunAmerica

 

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AIG INTERNATIONAL DIVIDEND STRATEGY FUND

 

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

 

The Fund’s initial investment minimums generally are as follows:

 

    

Class A and
Class C Shares

   Class I Shares    Class W Shares

Minimum Initial Investment

  

•  non-retirement account: $500

•  retirement account: $250

•  dollar cost averaging: $500 to open; you must invest at least $25 a month.

   Closed to
new
purchases.
   $50,000

Minimum Subsequent Investment

  

•  non-retirement account: $100

•  retirement account: $25

   N/A    N/A

You may purchase or sell shares of the Fund each day the New York Stock Exchange is open. Purchase and redemption requests are executed at the Fund’s next net asset value to be calculated after the Fund or its agents receive your request in good order. You should contact your broker, financial adviser or financial institution, or, if you hold your shares through the Fund, you should contact the Fund by phone at 800-858-8850, by regular mail (AIG Funds c/o DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc. (“DST”), PO Box 219186, Kansas City, MO 64121-9186), by express, certified and registered mail (AIG Funds c/o DST, 330 West 9th Street, Kansas City, MO 64105-1514), or via the Internet at www.aig.com/funds.

Tax Information

 

The Fund’s dividends and distributions are subject to federal income taxes and will be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are a tax-exempt investor or are investing through a retirement plan, in which case you may be subject to federal income tax upon withdrawal from such tax-deferred arrangements.

Payments to Broker/Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

 

If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.

 

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