497K 1 d401833d497k.htm ALL ASSET MODERATE GROWTH-ALT 15 All Asset Moderate Growth-Alt 15

EQ Advisors TrustSM

 

All Asset Moderate Growth – Alt 15 Portfolio – Class IB and K Shares

 

Summary Prospectus dated May 1, 2012 – As Revised August 29, 2012

 

 

Before you invest, you may want to review the Portfolio’s Prospectus, which contains more information about the Portfolio and its risks. The Portfolio’s current Prospectus dated May 1, 2012, as revised August 29, 2012 and Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”), dated May 1, 2012 are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus. You can find the Portfolio’s Prospectus, SAI and other information about the Portfolio online at www.axa-equitablefunds.com/allportfolios.aspx. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 1-877-222-2144 or by sending an e-mail request to service@axa-equitable.com. This Summary Prospectus is intended for use in connection with a variable contract as defined in Section 817(d) of the Internal Revenue Code (“Contracts”) and certain other eligible investors and is not intended for use by other investors.

 

 

Investment Objective: Seeks long-term capital appreciation and current income, with a greater emphasis on current income.

 

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE PORTFOLIO

 

The following table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Portfolio. The table below does not reflect any fees and expenses associated with variable life insurance contracts and variable annuity certificates and contracts (“Contracts”), which would increase overall fees and expenses. See the Contract prospectus for a description of those fees and expenses.

 

Shareholder Fees

(fees paid directly from your investment)

Not applicable          

 

Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of
your investment)
 
All Asset Moderate Growth — Alt 15 Portfolio   Class IB
Shares
    Class K
Shares
 

Management Fee

    0.10%        0.10%   

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

    0.25%        None   

Other Expenses†

    0.41%        0.41%   

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses†

    0.76%        0.76%   

Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses†

    1.52%        1.27%   

Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursements††

    –0.41%        –0.41%   

Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement†

    1.11%        0.86%   
  Based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
††   Pursuant to a contract, AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC (“FMG LLC”) has agreed to make payments or waive its management, administrative and other fees to limit the expenses of the Portfolio through April 30, 2013 (unless the Board of Trustees consents to an earlier revision or termination of this arrangement) (“Expense Limitation Arrangement”) so that the annual operating expenses of the Portfolio (exclusive of taxes, interest, brokerage commissions, dividend and interest expenses on securities sold short, capitalized expenses, fees and expenses of other investment companies in which the Portfolio invests and extraordinary expenses) do not exceed an annual rate of average daily net assets of 0.35% for Class IB shares and 0.10% for Class K shares of the Portfolio. The Expense Limitation Arrangement may be terminated by FMG LLC at any time after April 30, 2013.

 

Example

 

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Portfolio with the cost of investing in other portfolios. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Portfolio for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of these periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, that the Portfolio’s operating expenses remain the same and that the expense limitation arrangement is not renewed. This Example does not reflect any Contract-related fees and expenses including redemption fees (if any) at the Contract level. If such fees and expenses were reflected, the total expenses would be higher. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

     1 Year     3 Years  

Class IB Shares

  $ 113      $ 440   

Class K Shares

  $ 88      $ 362   

 

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER

 

The Portfolio 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 Portfolio’s performance.

 

INVESTMENTS, RISKS, AND PERFORMANCE

 

Principal Investment Strategy: The Portfolio pursues its investment objective by investing in other mutual funds (the “Underlying Portfolios”) managed by AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC (“FMG LLC” or “Manager”) and exchange traded securities of other investment companies or investment vehicles (“Underlying ETFs”). The Manager, under the oversight of the Trust’s Board of Trustees, has established an asset allocation target for the Portfolio. This target is the approximate percentage of the Portfolio’s assets that will be invested in equity, fixed income investments or alternative investments (referred to herein as “asset classes”) as represented by the holdings of the Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs in which the Portfolio invests. The Portfolio’s current asset allocation target is to invest approximately 45% of its assets in equity investments, 40% in fixed income investments and 15% of its assets in alternative investments through investments in Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs. Alternative investments may include, for example, exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) that invest in commodities and other instruments that derive their value from natural resources, the EQ/Natural Resources PLUS Portfolio, the EQ/Real Estate PLUS Portfolio and other instruments that derive their value from real estate and the EQ/GAMCO Mergers and Acquisitions Portfolio. This asset allocation target may be changed by the Manager and the Trust’s Board of Trustees without shareholder approval.

 

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Subject to the asset allocation target set forth above, the Manager also has established target investment percentages for each asset category in which the Portfolio invests. As used in this Prospectus, the term “asset category” refers to specific types of securities or other instruments within each asset class (e.g., large cap equity securities, small/mid cap equity securities, international/emerging markets securities, REITs, investment grade bonds and high yield bonds (also known as “junk bonds”)). Each target investment percentage is an approximate percentage of the Portfolio’s assets that is invested in a particular asset category through investments in Underlying Portfolios or Underlying ETFs whose individual holdings fall within such asset category. Under the Portfolio’s current target investment percentages, it generally will invest its assets in a combination of Underlying Portfolios or Underlying ETFs that would result in the Portfolio being invested in the following asset categories in the approximate percentages shown in the table below. The Manager may change these targets from time to time. Actual allocations can deviate from the amounts shown below by up to 15% for each asset class and asset category. The REITS, investment grade and high yield bond categories may include both U.S. and foreign issuers.

 

Asset Class

       

Range of Equity

    45%   

Large Cap Equity Securities

    15%   

Small/Mid Cap Equity Securities

    15%   

International/Emerging Markets Securities

    15%   

Range of Alternative Investments

    15%   

REITS

    5%   

Other Alternatives

    10%   

Range of Fixed Income

    40%   

Investment Grade Bonds

    36%   

High Yield Bonds

    4%   

 

The Manager selects the Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs in which to invest the Portfolio’s assets. The Manager may add new Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs or replace or eliminate existing Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs without shareholder approval. The Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs have been selected to represent a reasonable spectrum of investment options for the Portfolio. The Manager has based the asset allocation target and target investment percentages for the Portfolio on the degree to which it believes the Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs, in combination, appropriate for the Portfolio’s investment objective. The Manager may sell the Portfolio’s holdings for a variety of reasons, including to invest in an Underlying Portfolio or Underlying ETF believed to offer superior investment opportunities.

 

THE PRINCIPAL RISKS

 

An investment in the Portfolio is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. You may lose money by investing in the Portfolio. Performance may be affected by one or more of the following risks.

 

 

Affiliated Portfolio Risk. In managing a Portfolio that invests in Underlying Portfolios, the Manager will have the authority to select and substitute the Underlying Portfolios. The Manager may be subject to potential conflicts of interest in allocating the Portfolio’s assets among the various Underlying Portfolios because the fees payable to it by some of the Underlying Portfolios are higher than the fees payable by other Underlying Portfolios and because the Manager is also responsible for managing, administering, and with respect to certain Underlying Portfolios, its affiliates are responsible for sub-advising, the Underlying Portfolios.

 

 

Commodity Price Volatility Risk. Because the value of the shares of an Underlying ETF that is based on a particular commodity depends on the price of that commodity, the value of those shares is subject to fluctuations similar to those affecting the commodity.

 

 

Credit Risk. The risk that the issuer or the guarantor of a fixed income security, or the counterparty to a derivatives contract, repurchase agreement, loan of portfolio securities or other transaction, is unable or unwilling, or is perceived (whether by market participants, ratings agencies, pricing services or otherwise) as unable or unwilling, to make timely principal and/or interest payments, or otherwise honor its obligations. Securities are subject to varying degrees of credit risk, which are often reflected in their credit ratings.

 

 

Equity Risk. In general, stocks and other equity security values fluctuate, and sometimes widely fluctuate, in response to changes in a company’s financial condition as well as general market, economic and political conditions.

 

 

Exchange Traded Funds Risk. When a Portfolio invests in ETFs, it will indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by the ETF, in addition to the advisory and other fees paid directly by the Portfolio. A Portfolio’s investment in an ETF involves other considerations. For example, shares of ETFs are listed and traded on securities exchanges and in over-the-counter markets, and the purchase and sale of these shares involve transaction fees and commissions. Also, even though the market price of an ETF is derived from the securities it owns, such price at any given time may be at, below or above the ETF’s net asset value. In addition, many ETFs invest in securities included in, or representative of, underlying indexes regardless of investment merit or market trends and, therefore, these ETFs do not change their investment strategies to respond to changes in the economy, which means that an ETF may be particularly susceptible to a general decline in the market segment relating to the relevant index. There is also the risk that an ETF’s performance may not match that of the relevant index. In addition, it is also possible that an active trading market for an ETF may not develop or be maintained, in which case the liquidity and value of a Portfolio’s investment in the ETF could be substantially and adversely affected.

 

 

Foreign Securities Risk: Investments in foreign securities, including depositary receipts, involve risks not associated with investing in U.S. securities. Foreign markets may be less liquid, more volatile and subject to less government supervision than domestic markets. Security values also may be negatively affected by changes in the exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies. Differences between U.S. and foreign legal, political and economic systems, regulatory regimes and market practices also may impact security values and it may take more time to clear and settle trades involving foreign securities.

 

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Currency Risk. Investments in foreign currencies and in securities that trade in, or receive revenues in, foreign currencies are subject to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar. Any such decline may erode or reverse any potential gains from an investment in securities denominated in foreign currency or may widen existing loss. Currency rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time for a number of reasons, including changes in interest rates, intervention by governments, central banks or supranational entities, or by the imposition of currency controls or other political developments in the U.S. or abroad.

 

Depositary Receipts Risk. Investments in depositary receipts (including American Depositary Receipts, European Depositary Receipts and Global Depositary Receipts) are generally subject to the same risks of investing in the foreign securities that they evidence or into which they may be converted. In addition, issuers underlying unsponsored depositary receipts may not provide as much information as U.S. issuers and issuers underlying sponsored depositary receipts. Unsponsored depositary receipts also may not carry the same voting privileges as sponsored depositary receipts.

 

Emerging Markets Risk. There are greater risks involved in investing in emerging market countries and/or their securities markets. Investments in these countries and/or markets may present market, credit, currency, liquidity, legal, political, technical and other risks different from, or greater than, the risks of investing in developed countries. In addition, the risks associated with investing in a narrowly defined geographic area are generally more pronounced with respect to investments in emerging market countries.

 

 

Interest Rate Risk. The risk that fixed income securities will decline in value because of changes in interest rates. When interest rates decline, the value of a Portfolio’s debt securities generally rises. Conversely, when interest rates rise, the value of a Portfolio’s debt securities generally declines. A Portfolio with a longer average duration will be more sensitive to changes in interest rates than a Portfolio with a shorter average duration.

 

 

Investment Grade Securities Risk. Debt securities are rated by national bond ratings agencies. Securities rated BBB or higher by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”) or Fitch Ratings Ltd. (“Fitch”) or Baa or higher by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) are considered investment grade securities, but are somewhat riskier than higher rated obligations because they are regarded as having only an adequate capacity to pay principal and interest, and are considered to lack outstanding investment characteristics.

 

 

Junk Bonds or Lower Rated Securities Risk. Bonds rated below investment grade (i.e., BB by S&P or Fitch or Ba by Moody’s) are speculative in nature and are subject to additional risk factors such as increased possibility of default, illiquidity of the security, and changes in value based on changes in interest rates. “Junk bonds” are usually issued by companies without long track records of sales and earnings, or by those companies with questionable credit strength.

 

 

Large-Cap Company Risk. Larger more established companies may be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges such as changes in technology and consumer tastes. Many larger companies also may not be able to attain the high growth rate of successful smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansion.

 

 

Mid-Cap and Small-Cap Company Risk. A Portfolio’s investments in mid- and small-cap companies may involve greater risks than investments in larger, more established issuers because they generally are more vulnerable than larger companies to adverse business or economic developments. Such companies generally have narrower product lines, more limited financial resources and more limited markets for their stock as compared with larger companies. As a result, the value of such securities may be more volatile than the securities of larger companies, and the Portfolio may experience difficulty in purchasing or selling such securities at the desired time and price or in the desired amount. In general, these risks are greater for small-capitalization companies than for mid-capitalization companies.

 

 

Real Estate Investing Risk. Investing in REITs exposes investors to the risks of owning real estate directly, as well as to risks that relate specifically to the way in which REITs are organized and operated. Real estate is a cyclical business, highly sensitive to general and local economic developments and characterized by intense competition and periodic overbuilding. Real estate income and values also may be greatly affected by demographic trends, such as population shifts or changing tastes and values. Government actions, such as tax increases, zoning law changes or environmental regulations, also may have a major impact on real estate. Changing interest rates and credit quality requirements also will affect the cash flow of real estate companies and their ability to meet capital needs. REITs generally invest directly in real estate (equity REITs), in mortgages secured by interests in real estate (mortgage REITs) or in some combination of the two (hybrid REITs). Operating REITs requires specialized management skills, and a Portfolio or portion thereof indirectly bears REIT management and administration expenses along with the direct expenses of the Portfolio. Individual REITs may own a limited number of properties and may concentrate in a particular region or property type. REITs also must satisfy specific Internal Revenue Code requirements in order to qualify for the tax-free pass through of income and net realized gains.

 

 

Risks of Investing in Underlying Portfolios. A Portfolio that invests in Underlying Portfolios will indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by the Underlying Portfolios, in addition to the Portfolio’s direct fees and expenses. The cost of investing in the Portfolio, therefore, may be higher than the cost of investing in a mutual fund that invests directly in individual stocks and bonds. In addition, the Portfolio’s net asset value is subject to fluctuations in the net asset value of each Underlying Portfolio. The Portfolio is also subject to the risks associated with the securities in which the Underlying Portfolios invest. The Portfolio and the Underlying Portfolios are subject to certain general investment risks, including market risk, issuer-specific risk, investment style risk and portfolio management risk. In addition,

 

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to the extent a Portfolio invests in Underlying Portfolios that invest in equity securities, fixed income securities and/or foreign securities, the Portfolio is subject to the risks associated with investing in such securities. The Underlying Portfolios may change their investment objectives or policies without the approval of the Portfolio. If that were to occur, the Portfolio might be forced to withdraw its investment from the Underlying Portfolio at a time that is unfavorable to the Portfolio.

 

Risk/Return Bar Chart and Table

 

The Portfolio commenced operations on August 29, 2012. Performance information will be available in the Prospectus after the Portfolio has been in operation for one full calendar year.

 

WHO MANAGES THE PORTFOLIO

 

Investment Manager: FMG LLC

 

Portfolio Managers:

 

Name    Title    Date Began
Managing
the Portfolio

Kenneth T. Kozlowski, CFP®, CLU, ChFC

   Senior Vice President of FMG LLC    August 2012

Alwi Chan, CFA®

   Vice President of FMG LLC    August 2012

Xavier Poutas, CFA®

   Assistant Portfolio Manager of FMG LLC    August 2012

 

PURCHASE AND REDEMPTION OF PORTFOLIO SHARES

 

The Portfolio’s shares are currently sold only to insurance company separate accounts in connection with Contracts issued by AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company (“AXA Equitable”), AXA Life and Annuity Company, other affiliated or unaffiliated insurance companies and to The AXA Equitable 401(k) Plan (“AXA Equitable Plan”). Shares also may be sold to other tax-qualified retirement plans, and to other investors eligible under applicable tax regulations. Class K shares of the Portfolio are sold only to other Portfolios of the Trust, Portfolios of AXA Premier VIP Trust and certain group annuity and retirement plans.

 

The Portfolio does not have minimum initial or subsequent investment requirements. Shares of the Portfolio are redeemable on any business day upon receipt of a request. All redemption requests will be processed and payment with respect thereto will normally be made within seven days after tender. Please refer to your Contract prospectus for more information on purchasing and redeeming Portfolio shares.

 

TAX INFORMATION

 

The Portfolio currently only sells its shares to insurance company separate accounts, qualified plans and certain other investors eligible under applicable tax regulations. Accordingly, distributions the Portfolio makes of its net investment income and net realized gains — most or all of which it intends to distribute annually — and redemptions or exchanges of Portfolio shares generally will not be taxable to its shareholders (or to the holders of underlying Contracts or plan participants or beneficiaries). See the prospectus for your Contract for further tax information.

 

PAYMENTS TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES

 

This Portfolio is not sold directly to the general public but instead is offered as an underlying investment option for Contracts, retirement plans and other eligible investments. The Portfolio and its related companies may make payments to a sponsoring insurance company (or its affiliates) or other financial intermediary for distribution and/or other services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the insurance company or other financial intermediary and your financial adviser to recommend the Portfolio over another investment or by influencing an insurance company to include the Portfolio as an underlying investment option in the Contract. The prospectus (or other offering document) for your Contract may contain additional information about these payments.

 

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