497K 1 d378112d497k.htm BRIGHTHOUSE ASSET ALLOCATION 100 PORTFOLIO Brighthouse Asset Allocation 100 Portfolio

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   SUMMARY PROSPECTUS    May 1, 2017

 

Brighthouse Asset Allocation 100 Portfolio

(formerly, MetLife Asset Allocation 100 Portfolio)

Class A and Class B Shares

 

Before you invest, you may want to review the Portfolio’s Prospectus, which contains more information about the Portfolio and its risks. You can find the Portfolio’s Prospectus and other information about the Portfolio (including the documents listed below) online at www.brighthousefinancial.com/variablefunds. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 1-800-638-7732 or by sending an e-mail request to RCG@brighthousefinancial.com. The Portfolio’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, both dated May 1, 2017, as supplemented from time to time, and the Portfolio’s financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016, including the notes to the financial statements, the financial highlights and the report of the Portfolio’s independent registered public accounting firm, all of which are included in the Annual Report of the Portfolio, dated December 31, 2016, are all incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus. The summary prospectuses, prospectuses and statement of additional information for the Underlying Portfolios (as defined below) may be obtained in the same manner as you would obtain a copy of the Portfolio’s Prospectus. This Summary Prospectus is intended for individuals who have purchased Contracts (as defined below) from insurance companies, including insurance companies affiliated with Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC, and is not intended for use by other investors.

 

 

Investment Objective

 

Growth of capital.

 

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 and the Example below do not reflect the fees, expenses or withdrawal charges imposed by your variable life insurance policy or variable annuity contract (the “Contract”). If Contract expenses were reflected, the fees and expenses in the table and Example would be higher. See the Contract prospectus for a description of those fees, expenses and charges.

 

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)—None

 

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

 

     Class A    Class B

Management Fee

   0.07%    0.07%

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

   None    0.25%

Other Expenses

   0.01%    0.01%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses
(Underlying Portfolio Fees and Expenses)

   0.68%    0.68%
  

 

  

 

Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses

   0.76%    1.01%

 

Example

 

The following Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Portfolio with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. 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 those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Portfolio’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

 

     1 Year      3 Years      5 Years      10 Years  

Class A

   $ 78      $ 244      $ 424      $ 945  

Class B

   $ 104      $ 323      $ 560      $ 1,241  

 

Portfolio Turnover

 

The Portfolio, which operates as a fund of funds, does not pay transaction costs when it buys and sells shares of the investment companies in which the Portfolio invests (the “Underlying Portfolios”) (or “turns over” its portfolio). An Underlying Portfolio pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it turns over its portfolio, and a higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual portfolio operating expenses or in the Example, affect the performance of both the Underlying Portfolios and the Portfolio. During the most recent fiscal year, the Portfolio’s portfolio turnover rate was 11% of the average value of its portfolio. Some of the Underlying Portfolios, however, may have portfolio turnover rates as high as 100% or more.

 

Principal Investment Strategies

 

The Portfolio seeks to achieve its objective by investing substantially all of its assets in Class A shares of the Underlying Portfolios, which are portfolios of Brighthouse Funds Trust I (the “Trust”) and Brighthouse Funds Trust II (“Trust II”). The Portfolio has a target allocation between the broad asset classes of equity and fixed income. Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC (“BIA”), the adviser to the Portfolio, establishes specific target investment percentages for the asset classes and the various components of each asset category. BIA determines these target allocations based on a variety of factors, including its long-term outlook for the return and risk characteristics of the various asset classes and the relationship between those assets classes. BIA then selects the Underlying Portfolios in which the Portfolio invests based on, among other factors, the Underlying Portfolios’ investment objectives, policies, investment processes and portfolio analytical and management personnel.

 

 


Under normal circumstances, the Portfolio invests substantially all of its assets in Underlying Portfolios that may hold large cap, small cap, mid cap or foreign equity securities in accordance with target allocations of 100% to equity securities.

 

The following chart describes the target allocations, as of May 1, 2017, to equity securities. You should note that these percentages do not directly correspond to investment in the Underlying Portfolios because each Underlying Portfolio may contain one or more asset classes (e.g., equity and fixed income) and each Underlying Portfolio may contain various subsets of an asset class (e.g., small cap, mid cap and foreign securities). Although the Portfolio’s investments in the Underlying Portfolios will be made in an attempt to achieve the target allocations, the actual allocations may vary from the Portfolio’s target allocations in the chart below. Deviations from the asset class target allocations will affect the asset class subset target allocations. In addition, the Portfolio’s actual allocations could vary substantially from the target allocations due to market valuation changes.

 

Asset Class    Target
Allocation
 

Equity

     100%     

U.S. Large Cap

        39%  

U.S. Mid Cap

        21%  

U.S. Small Cap

        8%  

Foreign Equity

        32%  

 

The “Foreign Equity” allocation shown above may be invested in foreign equity securities of any capitalization or country but primarily will be invested in larger capitalization companies of developed countries.

 

The Portfolio seeks to achieve capital growth through its investments in Underlying Portfolios that invest in equity securities. These investments include Underlying Portfolios that invest in stocks of large established U.S. companies, as well as, to a lesser extent, in stocks of foreign companies and small U.S. companies with above-average growth potential.

 

Periodically, BIA will evaluate the Portfolio’s allocation between equity and fixed income, inclusive of the exposure to various investment styles and asset sectors, relative to the Portfolio’s risk profile. It is anticipated that any changes to the targets for the broad asset classes will be, in any given year, within a range of plus or minus 10% from the current allocations. Concurrently, BIA will consider whether to make changes to the Portfolio’s investments in any of the Underlying Portfolios.

 

For additional information about the Portfolio’s investment strategies, the names of the Underlying Portfolios in which the Portfolio may invest and where to find more detailed information about the Portfolio’s investments in the Underlying Portfolios, please see “Additional Information about this Portfolio’s Investment Strategies” in the Prospectus.

 

Principal Risks

 

As with all mutual funds, there is no guarantee that the Portfolio will achieve its investment objective. You could lose money by investing in the Portfolio. An investment in the Portfolio through a Contract is not a deposit or obligation of, or guaranteed by, any bank, and is not federally insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board, or any other agency of the U.S. Government.

 

There are direct and indirect risks of investing in the Portfolio. The value of your investment in the Portfolio may be affected by one or more of the following risks, which are described in more detail in “Principal Risks of Investing in the Portfolio” in the Prospectus, any of which could cause the Portfolio’s return, the price of the Portfolio’s shares or the Portfolio’s yield to fluctuate.

 

Direct risks of investing in the Portfolio include:

 

Underlying Portfolio Risk.    The investment performance of a Portfolio that invests all or substantially all of its assets in Underlying Portfolios may be adversely affected if the Underlying Portfolios are unable to meet their investment objectives or the Portfolio allocates a significant portion of its assets to an Underlying Portfolio that performs poorly, including relative to other Underlying Portfolios. Any Underlying Portfolio may have multiple asset class exposures and such exposures may change over time. In addition, the Portfolio bears its pro-rata portion of the operating expenses of the Underlying Portfolios in which it invests.

 

Asset Allocation Risk.    The Portfolio’s ability to achieve its investment objective depends upon BIA’s analysis of various factors and BIA’s ability to select an appropriate mix of asset classes based on its analysis of such factors. The particular asset allocation selected for the Portfolio may not perform as well as other asset allocations that could have been selected for the Portfolio. The Portfolio may experience losses or poor relative performance if BIA allocates a significant portion of the Portfolio’s assets to an asset class that does not perform as BIA anticipated, including relative to other asset classes. The Portfolio may underperform funds that allocate their assets differently than the Portfolio.

 

Indirect risks of investing in the Portfolio (direct risks of investing in the Underlying Portfolios) include:

 

Market Risk.    An Underlying Portfolio’s share price can fall because of, among other things, a decline in the market as a whole, deterioration in the prospects for a particular industry or company, or changes in general economic conditions, such as prevailing interest rates or investor sentiment. Significant disruptions to the financial markets could adversely affect the liquidity and volatility of securities held by an Underlying Portfolio.

 

Foreign Investment Risk.    Investments in foreign securities, whether direct or indirect, tend to be more volatile and less liquid than investments in U.S. securities because, among other things, they involve risks relating to political, social and economic developments abroad, as well as risks resulting from differences between the regulations and reporting standards and practices to which U.S. and foreign issuers are subject. To the extent foreign

 

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securities are denominated in foreign currencies, their values may be adversely affected by changes in currency exchange rates. All of the risks of investing in foreign securities are typically increased by investing in emerging market countries. To the extent an Underlying Portfolio invests in foreign sovereign debt securities, it may be subject to additional risks.

 

Market Capitalization Risk.    Investing primarily in issuers in one market capitalization category (large, medium or small) carries the risk that due to current market conditions that category may be out of favor with investors. Larger, more established companies may be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges or attain the high growth rate of successful smaller companies. Stocks of medium and small capitalization companies may be more volatile than those of larger companies due to, among other things, narrower product lines, more limited financial resources and fewer experienced managers. In addition, there is typically less publicly available information about small capitalization companies, and their stocks may have a more limited trading market than stocks of larger companies.

 

Investment Style Risk.    Different investment styles such as growth or value tend to shift in and out of favor, depending on market and economic conditions as well as investor sentiment. An Underlying Portfolio may outperform or underperform other funds that employ a different investment style.

 

Real Estate Investment Risk.    Investments in real estate investment trusts and other real estate related securities may be adversely impacted by the performance of the real estate market generally or that of a particular sub-sector or geographic region.

 

Derivatives Risk.    An Underlying Portfolio may invest in derivatives to obtain investment exposure, enhance return or “hedge” or protect its assets from an unfavorable shift in the value or rate of a reference instrument. Derivatives can significantly increase an Underlying Portfolio’s exposure to market risk, credit and counterparty risk (the risk that an issuer or counterparty will default or become less creditworthy) and other risks. Derivatives may be illiquid and difficult to value. Because of their complex nature, some derivatives may not perform as intended. As a result, an Underlying Portfolio may not realize the anticipated benefits from a derivative it holds or it may realize losses. Certain derivatives have the potential for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the initial investment. Derivative transactions may create investment leverage, which increases an Underlying Portfolio’s volatility and may require the Underlying Portfolio to liquidate portfolio securities when it may not be advantageous to do so. Government regulation of derivative instruments may limit or prevent an Underlying Portfolio from using such instruments as part of its investment strategies, which could adversely affect the Underlying Portfolio.

 

Portfolio Turnover Risk.    The investment techniques and strategies utilized by the Underlying Portfolios might result in a high degree of portfolio turnover. High portfolio turnover rates will increase the Underlying Portfolios’ transaction costs, which can adversely affect the returns on the Portfolio’s investments in those Underlying Portfolios.

 

Past Performance

 

The information below provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Portfolio by showing changes in the Portfolio’s performance from year to year and how the Portfolio’s average annual returns over time compare with those of a broad-based securities market index. Note that the results in the bar chart and table do not include the effect of Contract charges. If these Contract charges had been included, performance would have been lower. As with all mutual funds, past returns are not a prediction of future returns.

 

Year-by-Year Total Return for Class B Shares as of December 31 of Each Year

 

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Highest Quarter

  2nd – 2009       20.18%

Lowest Quarter

  4th – 2008   -24.41%

 

Average Annual Total Return as of December 31, 2016  
     1 Year      5 Years      10 Years  

Class A

     9.19%        11.41%        4.42%  

Class B

     8.98%        11.15%        4.17%  

Dow Jones Aggressive Index
(reflects no deduction for mutual fund fees or expenses)

     10.98%        11.33%        5.67%  

 

Management

 

Adviser.    Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC, is the Portfolio’s investment adviser.

 

Portfolio Managers.    The Portfolio is managed by a committee led by Kristi Slavin. Other members of the committee are Victor Soto and Jesper Rindboel. Ms. Slavin has been a member since 2012. Mr. Soto has been a member since 2016. Mr. Rindboel has been a member since May 2017.

 

Purchase and Sale of Portfolio Shares

 

Shares of the Portfolio are only sold to separate accounts of insurance companies, including insurance companies affiliated with BIA, to fund Contracts. For information regarding the purchase and sale of the Portfolio’s shares, please see the prospectus for the relevant Contract.

 

Tax Information

 

For information regarding the tax consequences of Contract ownership, please see the prospectus for the relevant Contract.

 

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Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

 

The Portfolio is not sold directly to the general public but instead is offered as an underlying investment option for Contracts issued by insurance companies, including insurance companies that are affiliated with the Portfolio and BIA. The Portfolio and its related companies, including BIA, may make payments to the sponsoring insurance companies (or their affiliates) for distribution and/or other services, and the insurance companies may benefit more from offering the Portfolio as an investment option in the Contracts than offering other portfolios. The benefits to the insurance companies of offering the Portfolio over other portfolios and these payments may be factors that the insurance companies consider in including the Portfolio as an underlying investment option in the Contracts and may create a conflict of interest. The prospectus for your Contract contains additional information about these payments.

 

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