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UBS GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND (Prospectus Summary) | UBS GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND
UBS Global Allocation Fund Summary
Investment objective
The Fund seeks to maximize total return, consisting of capital appreciation and

current income.
Fees and expenses
These tables describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold

shares of the Fund. You may qualify for a sales charge waiver or discount if you

and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in

the Fund. More information about these and other discounts and waivers, as well

as eligibility requirements for each share class, is available from your

financial advisor and in "Managing your fund account" on page 35 of the Fund's

prospectus and in "Reduced sales charges, additional purchase, exchange and

redemption information and other services" on page 103 of the Fund's statement

of additional information ("SAI").
Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Shareholder Fees UBS GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND
CLASS A
CLASS B
CLASS C
CLASS Y
Maximum front-end sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a % of offering price)5.50% none none none
Maximum contingent deferred sales charge (load) (CDSC) (as a % of purchase or sales price, whichever is less) none 5.00%1.00% none
Redemption fee (as a % of amount redeemed within 90 days of purchase, if applicable)1.00%1.00%1.00%1.00%
Annual fund operating expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses UBS GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND
CLASS A
CLASS B
CLASS C
CLASS Y
Management fees0.75%0.75%0.75%0.75%
Distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees0.25%1.00%1.00% none
Other expenses0.21%0.32%0.24%0.17%
Acquired fund fees and expenses0.06%0.06%0.06%0.06%
Total annual fund operating expenses[1]1.27%2.13%2.05%0.98%
[1]Since the "Acquired fund fees and expenses" are not directly borne by the Fund, they are not reflected in the Fund's financial statements, and therefore the amounts listed in "Total annual fund operating expenses" will differ from those presented in the Financial highlights.
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 sell all of

your shares at the end of those periods unless otherwise stated. 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:
Expense Example UBS GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND (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
CLASS A
6729311,2092,000
CLASS B
7169671,3442,041
CLASS C
3086431,1032,379
CLASS Y
1003125421,201
Expense Example, No Redemption UBS GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND (USD $)
Expense Example, No Redemption, 1 Year
Expense Example, No Redemption, 3 Years
Expense Example, No Redemption, 5 Years
Expense Example, No Redemption, 10 Years
CLASS B
2166671,1442,041
CLASS C
2086431,1032,379
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 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 68%

of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal strategies
Principal investments



The Fund invests in equity and fixed income securities of issuers located within

and outside the United States. Under normal circumstances, the Fund allocates

its assets between fixed income securities and equity securities, including

securities of issuers in both developed (including the United States) and

emerging markets countries. Investments in fixed income securities may include,

but are not limited to, debt securities of governments throughout the world

(including the United States), their agencies and instrumentalities, debt

securities of corporations, mortgage-backed securities and asset-backed

securities. These securities will have an initial maturity of more than one year

and may be either investment grade or high yield (lower-rated) securities.

Investments in equity securities may include, but are not limited to, common

stock and preferred stock. The Fund may invest in other open-end investment

companies advised by the Advisor to gain exposure to certain asset classes.



The Fund may, but is not required to, use exchange-traded or over-the-counter

derivative instruments for risk management purposes or as part of the Fund's

investment strategies. The derivatives in which the Fund may invest include

index options, futures, forward agreements, swap agreements (specifically,

interest rate and credit default swaps), equity participation notes and equity

linked notes. All of these derivatives may be used for risk management purposes,

such as hedging against a specific security or currency (except with respect to

equity participation notes and equity linked notes), or to manage or adjust the

risk profile of the Fund. In addition, all of the derivative instruments listed

above may be used for investment (non-hedging) purposes to earn income; to

enhance returns; to replace more traditional direct investments; to obtain

exposure to certain markets; or to establish net short positions for individual

markets, currencies or securities. Futures on indices, forward agreements,

interest rate swaps and credit default swaps may also be used to adjust the

Fund's portfolio duration.



Management process



The Fund is a multi-asset fund. Asset allocation decisions are tactical, based

upon the Advisor's assessment of valuations and prevailing market conditions in

the United States and abroad. In determining the asset allocation of the Fund,

the Advisor may utilize fundamental valuation and market behavior indicators to

construct the Fund's portfolio.



With respect to the Advisor's selection of specific equity securities for

inclusion in the Fund's equity asset classes, the Advisor may utilize

fundamental valuation and growth-oriented strategies.



In selecting equity securities for the Fund using the fundamental valuation

process, the Advisor selects securities whose fundamental values (the Advisor's

assessment of what a security is worth) it believes are greater than what is

reflected in market prices. A stock with a market price below its assessed

fundamental value would be considered for inclusion in the Fund's portfolio.



Under certain circumstances the Advisor also may utilize a growth-oriented

strategy within its equity asset classes. In selecting growth equities, the

Advisor seeks to invest in companies that possess a dominant market position and

franchise, a major technological edge or a unique competitive advantage.



The Advisor's fixed income strategy combines judgments about the absolute value

of the fixed income universe and the relative value of issuer sectors, maturity

intervals, security durations, credit qualities and coupon segments, as well as

specific circumstances facing the issuers of fixed income securities.



The Fund's risk is carefully monitored with consideration given to the risk

generated by individual position, sector, country and currency views.
Main 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 the bank and is not

insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other

government agency. Below are some of the specific risks of investing in the

Fund.



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.



Government securities risk: There are different types of US government

securities with different levels of credit risk, including risk of default,

depending on the nature of the particular government support for that security.

For example, a US government-sponsored entity, 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.



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.



High yield bond risk: The risk that the issuer of bonds with ratings of BB

(Standard & Poor's Ratings Group ("S&P")) or Ba (Moody's Investors Service, Inc.

("Moody's")) or below, or deemed of equivalent quality, will default or

otherwise be unable to honor a financial obligation. These securities are

considered to be predominately speculative with respect to an issuer's capacity

to pay interest and repay principal in accordance with the terms of the

obligations. Lower-quality bonds are more likely to be subject to an issuer's

default or downgrade than investment grade (higher-quality) bonds.



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.



Limited capitalization risk: The risk that securities of smaller capitalization

companies tend to be more volatile and less liquid than securities of larger

capitalization companies. This can have a disproportionate effect on the market

price of smaller capitalization companies and affect the Fund's ability to

purchase or sell these securities. In general, smaller capitalization companies

are more vulnerable than larger companies to adverse business or economic

developments and they may have more limited resources.



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.



Asset allocation risk: The risk that the Fund may allocate assets to an asset

category that performs poorly relative to other asset categories.



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. 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, 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.



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.



Investing in other funds risks: The Fund's investment performance is affected by

the investment performance of the underlying funds in which the Fund may invest.

Through its investment in the underlying funds, the Fund is subject to the risks

of the underlying funds' investments and subject to the underlying funds'

expenses.



Management risk: The risk that the investment strategies, techniques and risk

analyses employed by the 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

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 MSCI World Free Index (net) shows how the Fund's

performance compares to an index that is designed to measure the equity market

performance of developed markets. The Citigroup World Government Bond Index

shows how the Fund's performance compares to an index composed of straight

(i.e., not floating rate or index-linked) government bonds with a one-year

minimum maturity. The GSMI Mutual Fund Index shows how the Fund's performance

compares to an index compiled by the Advisor that is constructed as follows: 65%

MSCI All Country World Index (net), 15% Citigroup World Government Bond ex US

Index, 15% Citigroup US Government Bond Index, 2% J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets

Bond Index Global (EMBI Global) and 3% BofA Merrill Lynch US High Yield Cash Pay

Constrained Index. Life of class performance for the MSCI World Free Index (net)

and the GSMI Mutual Fund Index is as of the inception month end. Indices reflect

no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes, except for the MSCI World Free Index

(net) which reflects no deduction for fees and expenses. 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. After-tax returns for

other classes will vary from the Class Y shares' after-tax returns shown.
UBS Global Allocation Fund Annual Total Returns of Class Y Shares
Bar Chart
Total return January 1 - September 30, 2011: (10.82)%

Best quarter during calendar years shown-2Q 2009: 23.56%

Worst quarter during calendar years shown-4Q 2008: (21.44)%
Average annual total returns (for the periods ended December 31, 2010)
Average Annual Total Returns UBS GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND
Average Annual Returns, Label
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year
Average Annual Returns, 5 Years
Average Annual Returns, 10 Years
Average Annual Returns, Since Inception
Average Annual Returns, Inception Date
CLASS A
Class A Return before taxes5.73%1.69%5.20%5.12%Jun. 30, 1997
CLASS B
Class B Return before taxes5.82%1.71% 5.79%Dec. 13, 2001
CLASS C
Class C Return before taxes[1]9.89%2.03% 5.62%Nov. 22, 2001
CLASS Y
Class Y Return before taxes12.11%3.12%6.06%7.45%Aug. 31, 1992
CLASS Y After Taxes on Distributions
Class Y Return after taxes on distributions10.63%0.97%4.28%5.39%Aug. 31, 1992
CLASS Y After Taxes on Distributions and Sales
Class Y Return after taxes on distributions and sale of fund shares8.14%1.68%4.40%5.42%Aug. 31, 1992
Russell 3000 Index
Russell 3000 Index16.93%2.74%2.16% [2] 
MSCI World Free Index (net)
MSCI World Free Index (net)11.76%2.43%2.31% [2] 
Citigroup World Government Bond Index
Citigroup World Government Bond Index5.17%7.09%7.00% [2] 
GSMI Mutual Fund Index
GSMI Mutual Fund Index11.02%4.86%5.03% [2] 
[1]Prior to September 30, 2003, Class C shares were subject to a maximum front-end sales charge of 1.00%; this front-end sales charge is not reflected in the annual average returns presented for the Class C shares shown above.
[2]Average annual total returns for the life of each class were as follows: (1) Russell 3000 Index: Class A--4.97%; Class B--4.09%; Class C--3.96%; Class Y--8.61%; (2) MSCI World Free Index (net): Class A--4.00%; Class B--4.69%; Class C--4.71%; Class Y--6.93%; (3) Citigroup World Government Bond Index: Class A--6.15%; Class B--7.70%; Class C--7.69%; Class Y--6.32%; and (4) GSMI Mutual Fund Index: Class A--5.85%; Class B--6.52%; Class C--6.54%; Class Y--7.89%.