Transamerica Funds
Transamerica Funds
Prospectus March 1,
2023

Fund | Ticker
Class R4
Ticker
Class R
Ticker
Class I3
Ticker
Transamerica Asset Allocation Intermediate Horizon
TAAFX
TAARX
-
Transamerica Asset Allocation Long Horizon
TALFX
TALRX
-
Transamerica Asset Allocation Short Horizon
TSHFX
TSHRX
-
Transamerica Balanced II
TBLFX
TBLRX
TBLTX
Transamerica Bond
-
TAADX
-
Transamerica Capital Growth
-
TAAEX
-
Transamerica Core Bond (formerly, Transamerica Intermediate Bond)
TMBFX
TMBRX
TMBTX
Transamerica Emerging Markets Opportunities
TEOPX
TEORX
-
Transamerica Government Money Market1
TFGXX
-
TGTXX
Transamerica High Yield Bond
TAHFX
TAHRX
TAHTX
Transamerica High Yield ESG
TAYNX
TANKX
-
Transamerica Inflation-Protected Securities
TPRFX
TPRRX
TPRTX
Transamerica International Equity
TRWFX
TRWRX
TRWTX
Transamerica International Focus
TIGFX
TIGSX
-
Transamerica Large Core ESG (formerly, Transamerica Large Core)
TLAFX
TLARX
TLATX
Transamerica Large Growth
TGWFX
TGWRX
TGWTX
Transamerica Large Value Opportunities
TLOFX
TLORX
TLOTX
Transamerica Mid Cap Growth
TMIFX
TMIRX
TMITX
Transamerica Mid Cap Value Opportunities
TOTFX
TOTRX
TOTTX
Transamerica Multi-Managed Balanced
-
TAAHX
-
Transamerica Short-Term Bond
TAAUX
TAASX
TAAQX
Transamerica Small Cap Growth
TSPFX
TSPRX
TSPTX
Transamerica Small Cap Value
TSLFX
TRSLX
TSLTX
Transamerica Sustainable Bond
TAZOX
TAUKX
-


Each of the funds listed above is a series of Transamerica Funds. Each fund with “–” listed above indicates that share class is not currently offered.
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Class R2: TGRXX


Neither the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission nor U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
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Transamerica Asset Allocation Intermediate Horizon
Investment Objective: Seeks to achieve long-term returns from a combination of investment income and capital appreciation with slightly less than average volatility as compared to other balanced funds.
Fees and Expenses: This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Class:
R4
R
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as
a percentage of offering price)
None
None
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage
of purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
lower)
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Class:
R4
R
Management fees
0.12%
0.12%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees
0.25%
0.50%
Other expenses
0.01%
0.00%
Acquired fund fees and expenses1
0.58%
0.58%
Total annual fund operating expenses
0.96%
1.20%
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement2
0.03%
0.02%
Total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver
and/or expense reimbursement
0.93%
1.18%
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Acquired fund fees and expenses reflect the fund’s pro rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by investing in other investment companies. Acquired fund fees and expenses are not included in the calculation of the ratios of expenses to average net assets shown in the Financial Highlights section of the fund’s prospectus.
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Contractual arrangements have been made with the fund’s investment manager, Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (“TAM”), through March 1, 2024 to waive fees and/or reimburse fund expenses to the extent that total annual fund operating expenses exceed 0.35% for Class R4 shares and 0.60% for Class R shares, excluding, as applicable, acquired fund fees and expenses, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, dividend and interest expenses on securities sold short, extraordinary expenses and other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the fund’s business. These arrangements cannot be terminated prior to March 1, 2024 without the Board of Trustees’ consent. TAM is permitted to recapture amounts waived and/or reimbursed to a class during any of the 36 months from the date on which TAM waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses for the class if the class’ total annual fund operating expenses have fallen to a level below the limits described above. In no case will TAM recapture any amount that would result, on any particular business day of the fund, in the class’ total annual operating expenses exceeding the applicable limits described above or any other lower limit then in effect.
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 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. The Example reflects applicable waivers and/or reimbursements for the duration of such arrangement(s). 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 R4
$95
$303
$528
$1,175
Class R
$120
$379
$658
$1,453
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 portfolio turnover rate for the fund was 33% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies: Transamerica Asset Allocation Intermediate Horizon is a fund of funds that invests in a combination of Transamerica Funds (“underlying funds”). Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (the “Investment Manager”) selects the combination and amount of underlying funds to invest in based on the fund’s investment objective.
The following chart shows approximately how much of the assets of the fund are normally invested in underlying bond, stock and money market funds. These allocations reflect the Investment Manager’s present strategy for asset allocation during what it considers normal market conditions, and may be changed at any time without notice to shareholders and without shareholder approval. Actual asset allocations may vary, including due to short-term changes in cash flows caused by purchases and redemptions in the fund.
 
Normal Approximate Allocations
 
Bond Funds
Stock Funds
Money Market
Fund
Intermediate
Horizon
49.8%
50%
0.2%
The underlying bond funds normally invest principally in fixed-income securities, the underlying stock funds normally invest principally in equity securities, and the underlying money market fund, Transamerica Government Money Market, normally invests principally in U.S. government securities and/or repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities. In attempting to respond to adverse market or other conditions or to process a large purchase or redemption within the fund, the Investment Manager may allocate assets of the fund without limit to the underlying money market fund.
Each underlying fund has its own investment objective, principal investment strategies and investment risks. The sub-adviser for each underlying fund decides which securities to purchase and sell for that underlying fund. The fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective depends largely on the performance of the underlying funds in which it invests.
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It is not possible to predict the extent to which the fund will be invested in a particular underlying fund at any time. The fund may be a significant shareholder in certain underlying funds. The Investment Manager may change the underlying funds in which the fund invests from time to time at its discretion without notice or shareholder approval.
Principal Risks: Risk is inherent in all investing. Many factors and risks affect the fund's performance, including those described below. The value of your investment in the fund, as well as the amount of return you receive on your investment, may fluctuate significantly day to day and over time. You may lose part or all of your investment in the fund or your investment may not perform as well as other similar investments. The fund, through its investments in underlying funds, is subject to the risks of the underlying funds.
The following is a summary description of principal risks (in alphabetical order after certain key risks) of investing in the fund (either directly or through its investments in underlying funds). Each risk described below may not apply to each underlying fund and an underlying fund may be subject to additional or different risks than those described below. An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. You may lose money if you invest in this fund.
Market – The market prices of the fund’s securities or other assets may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, due to general market conditions, overall economic trends or events, inflation, changes in interest rates, governmental actions or interventions, actions taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve or foreign central banks, market disruptions caused by tariffs, trade disputes or other factors, political developments, armed conflicts, economic sanctions, cybersecurity events, investor sentiment, public health events such as the spread of infectious disease, and other factors that may or may not be related to the issuer of the security or other asset. If the market prices of the fund’s securities and assets fall, the value of your investment in the fund could go down.
Economies and financial markets throughout the world are increasingly interconnected. Events or circumstances in one or more countries or regions could be highly disruptive to, and have profound impacts on, global economies or markets. As a result, whether or not the fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to the countries directly affected, the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments may go down.
In recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic, the large expansion of government deficits and debt as a result of government actions to mitigate the effects of the pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the rise of inflation have resulted in extreme volatility in the global economy and in global financial markets. These events could be prolonged and could continue to adversely affect the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments, impair the fund’s ability to satisfy redemption requests, and negatively impact the fund’s performance.
Equity Securities – Equity securities generally have greater risk of loss than debt securities. Stock markets are volatile and the value of equity securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. The value of equity securities fluctuates based
on real or perceived changes in a company’s financial condition, factors affecting a particular industry or industries, and overall market, economic and political conditions. If the market prices of the equity securities owned by the fund fall, the value of your investment in the fund will decline. The fund may lose its entire investment in the equity securities of an issuer. A change in financial condition or other event affecting a single issuer may adversely impact securities markets as a whole.
Fixed-Income Securities – Risks of fixed-income securities include credit risk, interest rate risk, counterparty risk, prepayment risk, extension risk, valuation risk, and liquidity risk. The value of fixed-income securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, due to general market conditions, such as real or perceived adverse economic or political conditions, tariffs and trade disruptions, inflation, changes in interest rates, lack of liquidity in the bond markets or adverse investor sentiment. In addition, the value of a fixed-income security may decline if the issuer or other obligor of the security fails to pay principal and/or interest, otherwise defaults or has its credit rating downgraded or is perceived to be less creditworthy, or the credit quality or value of any underlying assets declines. If the value of fixed-income securities owned by the fund falls, the value of your investment will go down. The fund may lose its entire investment in the fixed-income securities of an issuer.
Foreign Investments – Investing in securities of foreign issuers or issuers with significant exposure to foreign markets involves additional risks. Foreign markets can be less liquid, less regulated, less transparent and more volatile than U.S. markets. The value of the fund’s foreign investments may decline, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, because of factors affecting the particular issuer as well as foreign markets and issuers generally, such as unfavorable government actions, including nationalization, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, reduction of government or central bank support, tariffs and trade disruptions, sanctions, political or financial instability, social unrest or other adverse economic or political developments. Foreign investments may also be subject to different accounting practices and different regulatory, legal, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping standards and practices, and may be more difficult to value than investments in U.S. issuers. Certain foreign clearance and settlement procedures may result in an inability to execute transactions or delays in settlement.
AllocationConflicts – The Investment Manager is subject to conflicts of interest in the selection and allocation of the fund’s assets among underlying funds. For example, the Investment Manager has an incentive to select an underlying Transamerica fund over an unaffiliated fund because it receives more revenue, even if the unaffiliated fund has better investment performance or lower total expenses. The Investment Manager also has an incentive to allocate the fund’s assets to those underlying funds paying the highest net management fees to the Investment Manager, to those which are sub-advised by an affiliate of the Investment Manager, and/or to subscale underlying funds to reduce amounts waived and/or reimbursed by the Investment Manager to maintain applicable expense caps.
Asset Allocation – The fund’s investment performance is significantly impacted by the fund’s asset allocation and reallocation from time to time. The Investment Manager's decisions whether and when to tactically overweight or underweight asset
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classes and select a mix of underlying funds may not produce the desired results. These actions may be unsuccessful in maximizing return and/or avoiding investment losses. The value of your investment may decrease if the Investment Manager's judgment about the attractiveness, value or market trends affecting a particular asset class, investment style, technique or strategy, underlying fund or other issuer is incorrect. The available underlying funds selected by the Investment Manager may underperform the market or similar funds.
Underlying Funds – Because the fund invests its assets in various underlying funds, its ability to achieve its investment objective depends largely on the performance of the underlying funds in which it invests. Investing in underlying funds subjects the fund to the risks of investing in the underlying securities or assets held by those underlying funds. Each of the underlying funds in which the fund may invest has its own investment risks, and those risks can affect the value of the underlying funds' shares and therefore the value of the fund's investments. There can be no assurance that the investment objective of any underlying fund will be achieved. To the extent that the fund invests more of its assets in one underlying fund than in another, the fund will have greater exposure to the risks of that underlying fund. In addition, the fund will bear a pro rata portion of the operating expenses of the underlying funds in which it invests. The “List and Description of Certain Underlying Funds” section of the fund’s prospectus identifies certain risks of each underlying fund.
Inflation – The value of assets or income from investment may be worth less in the future as inflation decreases the value of money. As inflation increases, the real value of the fund’s assets can decline as can the value of the fund’s distributions.
Management – The value of your investment may go down if the investment manager’s judgments and decisions are incorrect or otherwise do not produce the desired results, or if the investment strategy does not work as intended. You may also suffer losses if there are imperfections, errors or limitations in the quantitative, analytic or other tools, resources, information and data used, investment techniques applied, or the analyses employed or relied on, by the investment manager, if such tools, resources, information or data are used incorrectly or otherwise do not work as intended, or if the investment manager’s investment style is out of favor or otherwise fails to produce the desired results. Any of these things could cause the fund to lose value or its results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.
Active Trading – The fund may purchase and sell securities without regard to the length of time held. Active trading may be more pronounced during periods of market volatility, may have a negative impact on performance and may generate greater amounts of short-term capital gains.
Asset Class Variation – The underlying funds invest principally in the securities constituting their asset class (i.e., equity or fixed-income) or underlying index components. However, an underlying fund may vary the percentage of its assets in these securities (subject to any applicable regulatory requirements). Depending upon the percentage of securities in a particular asset class held by the underlying funds at any given time, and the percentage of the fund's assets invested in various underlying funds, the fund's
actual exposure to the securities in a particular asset class may vary substantially from its target allocation for that asset class, and this in turn may adversely affect the fund's performance.
Convertible Securities – Convertible securities are subject to risks associated with both fixed-income and equity securities. For example, if market interest rates rise, the value of a convertible security typically falls. In addition, a convertible security is subject to the risk that the issuer will not be able to pay interest or dividends when due, and the market value of the security may change based on the issuer’s actual or perceived creditworthiness. Since the convertible security derives a portion of its value from the underlying common stock, the security is also subject to the same types of market and issuer-specific risks that apply to the underlying common stock. Convertible securities generally offer lower interest or dividend yields than non-convertible securities of similar quality.
Counterparty – The fund could lose money if the counterparties to derivatives, repurchase agreements and/or other financial contracts entered into for the fund do not fulfill their contractual obligations. In addition, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against a counterparty.
Credit – If an issuer or other obligor (such as a party providing insurance or other credit enhancement) of a security held by the fund or a counterparty to a financial contract with the fund is unable or unwilling to meet its financial obligations, or is downgraded or perceived to be less creditworthy (whether by market participants or otherwise), or if the value of any underlying assets declines, the value of your investment will typically decline. A decline may be rapid and/or significant, particularly in certain market environments. In addition, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against an issuer, obligor or counterparty.
Currency – The value of a fund’s investments in securities denominated in foreign currencies increases or decreases as the rates of exchange between those currencies and the U.S. dollar change. U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers may also be affected by currency risk. Currency exchange rates can be volatile and may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency conversion costs and currency fluctuations could reduce or eliminate investment gains or add to investment losses. A fund may be unable or may choose not to hedge its foreign currency exposure or any hedge may not be effective.
Derivatives – The use of derivatives involves a variety of risks, which may be different from, or greater than, the risks associated with investing in traditional securities, such as stocks and bonds. Risks of derivatives include leverage risk, liquidity risk, valuation risk, market risk, counterparty risk, credit risk, operational risk and legal risk. Use of derivatives can increase fund losses, increase costs, reduce opportunities for gains, increase fund volatility, and not produce the result intended. Certain derivatives have the potential for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the initial investment. Even a small investment in derivatives can have a disproportionate impact on the fund. Derivatives may be difficult or impossible to sell, unwind or value, and the counterparty (including, if applicable, the fund’s clearing broker, the derivatives exchange or the clearinghouse) may default on its obligations to the fund. In certain cases, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against or closing out derivatives instruments
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with a counterparty, which may result in additional losses. Derivatives are also generally subject to the risks applicable to the assets, rates, indices or other indicators underlying the derivative, including market risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, management and valuation risk. Also, suitable derivative transactions may not be available in all circumstances or at reasonable prices. The value of a derivative may fluctuate more or less than, or otherwise not correlate well with, the underlying assets, rates, indices or other indicators to which it relates. The fund may segregate cash or other liquid assets to cover the funding of its obligations under derivatives contracts or make margin payments when it takes positions in derivatives involving obligations to third parties. New Rule 18f-4 under the 1940 Act provides a comprehensive regulatory framework for the use of derivatives by funds and imposes new requirements and restrictions on funds using derivatives. Rule 18f-4 could have an adverse impact on the fund’s performance and its ability to implement its investment strategies as it has historically and may increase costs related to the fund’s use of derivatives. It is not currently clear what impact, if any, the rule will have on the availability, liquidity or performance of derivatives. The rule may not be effective to limit the risk of loss from derivatives.
Emerging Markets – Investments in securities of issuers located or doing business in emerging markets are subject to heightened foreign investments risks and may experience rapid and extreme changes in value. Emerging market countries tend to have less developed and less stable economic, political and legal systems and regulatory and accounting standards, may have policies that restrict investment by foreigners or that prevent foreign investors such as the fund from withdrawing their money at will, and are more likely to experience nationalization, expropriation and confiscatory taxation. In addition, emerging market securities may have low trading volumes and may be or become illiquid.
Extension – When interest rates rise, payments of fixed-income securities, including asset- and mortgage-backed securities, may occur more slowly than anticipated, causing their market prices to decline.
Focused Investing – To the extent the fund invests in a limited number of countries, regions, sectors, industries or market segments, in a limited number of issuers, or in issuers in related businesses or that are subject to related operating risks, the fund will be more susceptible to negative events affecting those countries, regions, sectors, industries, segments or issuers, and the value of its shares may be more volatile than if it invested more widely.
Growth Stocks – Returns on growth stocks may not move in tandem with returns on other categories of stocks or the market as a whole. Growth stocks typically are particularly sensitive to market movements and may involve larger price swings because their market prices tend to reflect future expectations. When it appears those expectations may not be met, the prices of growth stocks typically fall. Growth stocks may also be more volatile because they often do not pay dividends. The values of growth stocks tend to go down when interest rates rise because the rise in interest rates reduces the current value of future cash flows. Growth stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “value” stocks.
High-Yield Debt Securities – High-yield debt securities, commonly referred to as “junk” bonds, are securities that are rated below “investment grade” or are of comparable quality. Changes in interest rates, the market’s perception of the issuers, the creditworthiness of the issuers and negative perceptions of the junk bond market generally may significantly affect the value of these bonds. Junk bonds are considered speculative, tend to be volatile, typically have a higher risk of default, tend to be less liquid and more difficult to value than higher grade securities, and may result in losses for the fund.
Interest Rate –The value of fixed-income securities generally goes down when interest rates rise. A rise in rates tends to have a greater impact on the prices of longer term or duration securities. Changes in interest rates also may affect the liquidity of the fund’s investments. A general rise in interest rates may cause investors to sell fixed-income securities on a large scale, which could adversely affect the price and liquidity of fixed-income securities generally and could also result in increased redemptions from the fund. Increased redemptions could cause the fund to sell securities at inopportune times or depressed prices and result in further losses.
Large Shareholder – A significant portion of the fund’s shares may be owned by other funds sponsored by Transamerica. Transactions by these funds may be disruptive to the management of the fund. For example, the fund may experience large redemptions and could be required to sell securities at a time when it may not otherwise desire to do so. Such transactions may increase the fund’s brokerage and/or other transaction costs. These transactions may also accelerate the realization of taxable income to shareholders if such sales of investments resulted in gains. In addition, sizeable redemptions could cause the fund’s total expenses to increase.
Leveraging – To the extent that the fund borrows or uses derivatives or other investments, such as ETFs, that have embedded leverage, your investment may be subject to heightened volatility, risk of loss and costs. Other risks also will be compounded because leverage generally magnifies the effect of a change in the value of an asset and creates a risk of loss of value on a larger pool of assets than the fund would otherwise have. Use of leverage may result in the loss of a substantial amount, and possibly all, of the fund’s assets. The fund also may have to sell assets at inopportune times to satisfy its obligations.
Liquidity – The fund may make investments that are illiquid or that become illiquid after purchase. Illiquid investments can be difficult to value, may trade at a discount from comparable, more liquid investments, and may be subject to wide fluctuations in value. Liquidity risk may be magnified in rising interest rate environments. If the fund is forced to sell an illiquid investment to meet redemption requests or other cash needs, the fund may be forced to sell at a substantial loss or may not be able to sell at all. Liquidity of particular investments, or even entire asset classes, including U.S. Treasury securities, can deteriorate rapidly, particularly during times of market turmoil, and those investments may be difficult or impossible for the fund to sell. This may prevent the fund from limiting losses.
Mortgage-Related and Asset-Backed Securities – The value of mortgage-related and asset-backed securities will be influenced by factors affecting the housing market and the assets underlying
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such securities. As a result, during periods of declining asset values, difficult or frozen credit markets, swings in interest rates, or deteriorating economic conditions, mortgage-related and asset-backed securities may decline in value, face valuation difficulties, become more volatile and/or become illiquid, which could negatively impact the fund. Mortgage-backed securities represent direct or indirect participations in, or are collateralized by and payable from, mortgage loans secured by real property. Asset-backed securities represent participations in, or are secured by and payable from, assets such as installment sales or loan contracts, leases, credit card receivables and other categories of receivables. The value of mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities may be affected by changes in credit quality or value of the mortgage loans or other assets that support the securities. Mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities are subject to prepayment or call and extension risks. Some of these securities may receive little or no collateral protection from the underlying assets.
Prepayment or Call – Many issuers have a right to prepay their fixed-income securities. If this happens, the fund will not benefit from the rise in the market price of the securities that normally accompanies a decline in interest rates and may be forced to reinvest the prepayment proceeds in securities with lower yields.
Small and Medium Capitalization Companies – The fund will be exposed to additional risks as a result of its investments in the securities of small or medium capitalization companies. Small or medium capitalization companies may be more at risk than large capitalization companies because, among other things, they may have limited product lines, operating history, market or financial resources, or because they may depend on a limited management group. Securities of small and medium capitalization companies may be more volatile than and may underperform large capitalization companies, may be harder to sell at times and at prices the portfolio managers believe appropriate and may offer greater potential for losses.
Structure Conflicts – Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (“TAM”), the fund’s investment manager, has established an investment program whereby a substantial portion of the fund’s assets are invested in underlying Transamerica funds. TAM does not consider unaffiliated funds as underlying investment options for these assets, even if unaffiliated funds have better investment performance or lower total expenses.
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations – Government agency obligations have different levels of credit support and, therefore, different degrees of credit risk. Securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities of the U.S. government that are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government generally present a lesser degree of credit risk than securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities sponsored by the U.S. government that are supported only by the issuer’s right to borrow from the U.S. Treasury and securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities sponsored by the U.S. government that are supported only by the credit of the issuing agencies. A security backed by the “full faith and credit” of the U.S. government is guaranteed only as to its stated interest rate and face value at maturity, not its current market price.
Valuation – The sales price the fund could receive for any particular portfolio investment may differ from the fund's valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or
volatile markets, that are priced based upon valuations provided by third party pricing services that use matrix or evaluated pricing systems, or that are valued using a fair value methodology. These differences may increase significantly and affect fund investments more broadly during periods of market volatility. Investors who purchase or redeem fund shares on days when the fund is holding fair-valued securities may receive fewer or more shares or lower or higher redemption proceeds than they would have received if the fund had not fair-valued securities or had used a different valuation methodology. The fund’s ability to value its investments may also be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third party service providers. Fair value pricing involves subjective judgment, which may prove to be incorrect.
Value Investing – The prices of securities the sub-adviser to an underlying fund believes are undervalued may not appreciate as anticipated or may go down. The value approach to investing involves the risk that stocks may remain undervalued, undervaluation may become more severe, or perceived undervaluation may actually represent intrinsic value. Value stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “growth” stocks.
Performance: The bar chart and the table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart shows how the fund’s performance has varied from year to year. The table shows how the fund’s average annual total returns for different periods compare to the returns of a broad measure of market performance, as well as comparison to one or more secondary indices.
The fund acquired the assets and assumed the liabilities of four Transamerica Partners asset allocation funds, including Transamerica Institutional Asset Allocation - Intermediate Horizon (the “predecessor fund”), on May 19, 2017, and the predecessor fund was the accounting and performance survivor of the reorganizations. This means that the predecessor fund's financial and performance history became the financial and performance history of the fund. In the reorganization of the predecessor fund, former shareholders of the predecessor fund received Class R4 shares of the fund. The performance of Class R4 shares includes the performance of the predecessor fund prior to the reorganizations, and has not been restated to reflect the annual operating expenses of Class R4 shares.
Absent any applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations, performance would have been lower.
As with all mutual funds, past performance (before and after taxes) is not a prediction of future results. Updated performance information is available on our website at www.transamerica.com/investments-fund-center or by calling 1-888-233-4339.
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Annual Total Returns (calendar years ended December 31) - Class R4
 
Quarter Ended
Return
Best Quarter:
6/30/2020
15.34%
Worst Quarter:
3/31/2020
-12.83%

Average Annual Total Returns (periods ended December 31, 2022)
 
1 Year
5 Years
10 Years
Since
Inception
Inception
Date
Class R4
 
 
 
 
9/11/2000
Return before taxes
-16.79%
3.43%
5.26%
 
 
Return after taxes on
distributions
-18.90%
1.13%
3.66%
 
 
Return after taxes on
distributions and sale
of fund shares
-8.78%
2.34%
3.80%
 
 
Class R (Return before
taxes only)
-17.00%
3.17%
N/A
3.93%
5/19/2017
S&P 500® Index (reflects
no deduction for fees,
expenses or taxes)
-18.11%
9.42%
12.56%
10.96%
 
Bloomberg US
Aggregate Bond Index
(reflects no deduction for
fees, expenses or taxes)
-13.01%
0.02%
1.06%
0.27%
 
Transamerica Asset
Allocation Intermediate
Horizon Blended
Benchmark (reflects no
deduction for fees,
expenses or taxes)
-13.97%
4.39%
6.07%
5.23%
 
The blended benchmark consists of the following: 38% Russell 3000® Index1, 24% Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index, 12% MSCI World Index ex-U.S., 10% Bloomberg US Treasury Inflation Protected Securities Index, 8% ICE BofAML 1-3 Year U.S. Treasury Index, 6% ICE BofAML High Yield Master II Index and 2% ICE BofAML U.S. 3 Month Treasury Bill Index.
1
“Russell®” and other service marks and trademarks related to the Russell indexes are trademarks of the London Stock Exchange Group companies.
The after-tax returns are calculated using the historic highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns may depend on the investor’s individual tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns may not be relevant if the investment is made through a tax-exempt or tax-deferred account, such as a 401(k) plan.

After-tax returns are presented for only one class, and returns for other classes are presented before taxes only and will vary.
Management:
Investment Manager: Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.
Portfolio Managers:
Christopher A.
Staples, CFA
Lead Portfolio Manager
since January 20161
Kane Cotton,
CFA
Associate Portfolio Manager
since January 20162
Rufat Garalov,
CFA
Associate Portfolio Manager
since June 2021
1 Lead Portfolio Manager of the predecessor fund since June 2007
2 Associate Portfolio Manager of the predecessor fund since October 2014
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares: Shares of the fund are available to individual and institutional investors through certain retirement plans. These plans include, but are not limited to, 401(k), 403(b) and 457 Plans, Money Purchase Plans, Profit Sharing Plans, Simplified Employee Pension Plans, Keogh Plans, defined benefit plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans and IRAs. Shares may be purchased by these investors through a plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary. If you are a participant in a plan, you should obtain the plan’s conditions for participation from your plan administrator. Shares of the fund are also available to other investors, including endowment funds and foundations, any state, county or city, or its instrumentality, department, authority or agency, and accounts registered to insurance companies, trust companies and bank trust departments. Such investors may purchase shares in the fund through the transfer agent directly. You may purchase shares of the fund on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for business. Requests to purchase shares for the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. Participants in retirement plans administered by Transamerica Retirement Solutions should contact Transamerica Retirement Solutions at 1-800-755-5801 for additional information. If you would like to purchase shares in a fund by a wire transfer, please call 1-888-233-4339 for wire transfer instructions. You buy and redeem shares at the fund’s next-determined net asset value (“NAV”) after receipt of your request in good order. There is no minimum investment for eligible retirement plans investing in Class R shares. The minimum initial investment for Class R4 shares is $5,000. There is no minimum for subsequent investments in Class R or R4 shares. A retirement plan may, however, impose minimum investment requirements. Plan participants or IRA holders should consult their plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary.
Redemption requests may be made by mail and, in certain circumstances, telephone. The proceeds of the redemption will be sent by mail or, if authorized on the Account Application, wire transfer. Requests to redeem shares of the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. You may redeem shares by telephone if you authorized telephone redemptions on your Account Application. The fund reserves the right to refuse a telephone redemption request if it is believed it is advisable to do so. The telephone redemption option may be suspended or terminated at any time without advance notice.
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Tax Information: Fund distributions may be taxable as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax-advantaged investment plan. In that case, you may be taxed when you take a distribution from such plan, depending on the type of plan, the circumstances of your distribution and other factors.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries: If you purchase the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the fund and/or its affiliates 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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Transamerica Asset Allocation Long Horizon
Investment Objective: Seeks to provide long-term returns from growth of capital and growth of income.
Fees and Expenses: This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Class:
R4
R
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as
a percentage of offering price)
None
None
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage
of purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
lower)
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Class:
R4
R
Management fees
0.12%
0.12%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees
0.25%
0.50%
Other expenses
0.01%
0.00%
Acquired fund fees and expenses1
0.68%
0.68%
Total annual fund operating expenses
1.06%
1.30%
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement2
0.03%
0.02%
Total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver
and/or expense reimbursement
1.03%
1.28%
1
Acquired fund fees and expenses reflect the fund’s pro rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by investing in other investment companies. Acquired fund fees and expenses are not included in the calculation of the ratios of expenses to average net assets shown in the Financial Highlights section of the fund’s prospectus.
2
Contractual arrangements have been made with the fund’s investment manager, Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (“TAM”), through March 1, 2024 to waive fees and/or reimburse fund expenses to the extent that total annual fund operating expenses exceed 0.35% for Class R4 shares and 0.60% for Class R shares, excluding, as applicable, acquired fund fees and expenses, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, dividend and interest expenses on securities sold short, extraordinary expenses and other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the fund’s business. These arrangements cannot be terminated prior to March 1, 2024 without the Board of Trustees’ consent. TAM is permitted to recapture amounts waived and/or reimbursed to a class during any of the 36 months from the date on which TAM waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses for the class if the class’ total annual fund operating expenses have fallen to a level below the limits described above. In no case will TAM recapture any amount that would result, on any particular business day of the fund, in the class’ total annual operating expenses exceeding the applicable limits described above or any other lower limit then in effect.
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 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. The Example reflects applicable waivers and/or reimbursements for the duration of such arrangement(s). 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 R4
$105
$334
$582
$1,291
Class R
$130
$410
$711
$1,566
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 portfolio turnover rate for the fund was 30% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies: Transamerica Asset Allocation Long Horizon is a fund of funds that invests in a combination of Transamerica Funds (“underlying funds”). Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (the “Investment Manager”) selects the combination and amount of underlying funds to invest in based on the fund’s investment objective.
The following chart shows approximately how much of the assets of the fund are normally invested in underlying bond, stock and money market funds. These allocations reflect the Investment Manager’s present strategy for asset allocation during what it considers normal market conditions, and may be changed at any time without notice to shareholders and without shareholder approval. Actual asset allocations may vary, including due to short-term changes in cash flows caused by purchases and redemptions in the fund.
 
Normal Approximate Allocations
 
Bond Funds
Stock Funds
Money Market
Fund
Long Horizon
9.8%
90%
0.2%
The underlying bond funds normally invest principally in fixed-income securities, the underlying stock funds normally invest principally in equity securities, and the underlying money market fund, Transamerica Government Money Market, normally invests principally in U.S. government securities and/or repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities. In attempting to respond to adverse market or other conditions or to process a large purchase or redemption within the fund, the Investment Manager may allocate assets of the fund without limit to the underlying money market fund.
Each underlying fund has its own investment objective, principal investment strategies and investment risks. The sub-adviser for each underlying fund decides which securities to purchase and sell for that underlying fund. The fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective depends largely on the performance of the underlying funds in which it invests.
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It is not possible to predict the extent to which the fund will be invested in a particular underlying fund at any time. The fund may be a significant shareholder in certain underlying funds. The Investment Manager may change the underlying funds in which the fund invests from time to time at its discretion without notice or shareholder approval.
Principal Risks: Risk is inherent in all investing. Many factors and risks affect the fund's performance, including those described below. The value of your investment in the fund, as well as the amount of return you receive on your investment, may fluctuate significantly day to day and over time. You may lose part or all of your investment in the fund or your investment may not perform as well as other similar investments. The fund, through its investments in underlying funds, is subject to the risks of the underlying funds.
The following is a summary description of principal risks (in alphabetical order after certain key risks) of investing in the fund (either directly or through its investments in underlying funds). Each risk described below may not apply to each underlying fund and an underlying fund may be subject to additional or different risks than those described below. An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. You may lose money if you invest in this fund.
Market – The market prices of the fund’s securities or other assets may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, due to general market conditions, overall economic trends or events, inflation, changes in interest rates, governmental actions or interventions, actions taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve or foreign central banks, market disruptions caused by tariffs, trade disputes or other factors, political developments, armed conflicts, economic sanctions, cybersecurity events, investor sentiment, public health events such as the spread of infectious disease, and other factors that may or may not be related to the issuer of the security or other asset. If the market prices of the fund’s securities and assets fall, the value of your investment in the fund could go down.
Economies and financial markets throughout the world are increasingly interconnected. Events or circumstances in one or more countries or regions could be highly disruptive to, and have profound impacts on, global economies or markets. As a result, whether or not the fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to the countries directly affected, the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments may go down.
In recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic, the large expansion of government deficits and debt as a result of government actions to mitigate the effects of the pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the rise of inflation have resulted in extreme volatility in the global economy and in global financial markets. These events could be prolonged and could continue to adversely affect the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments, impair the fund’s ability to satisfy redemption requests, and negatively impact the fund’s performance.
Equity Securities – Equity securities generally have greater risk of loss than debt securities. Stock markets are volatile and the value of equity securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. The value of equity securities fluctuates based
on real or perceived changes in a company’s financial condition, factors affecting a particular industry or industries, and overall market, economic and political conditions. If the market prices of the equity securities owned by the fund fall, the value of your investment in the fund will decline. The fund may lose its entire investment in the equity securities of an issuer. A change in financial condition or other event affecting a single issuer may adversely impact securities markets as a whole.
Foreign Investments – Investing in securities of foreign issuers or issuers with significant exposure to foreign markets involves additional risks. Foreign markets can be less liquid, less regulated, less transparent and more volatile than U.S. markets. The value of the fund’s foreign investments may decline, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, because of factors affecting the particular issuer as well as foreign markets and issuers generally, such as unfavorable government actions, including nationalization, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, reduction of government or central bank support, tariffs and trade disruptions, sanctions, political or financial instability, social unrest or other adverse economic or political developments. Foreign investments may also be subject to different accounting practices and different regulatory, legal, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping standards and practices, and may be more difficult to value than investments in U.S. issuers. Certain foreign clearance and settlement procedures may result in an inability to execute transactions or delays in settlement.
Fixed-Income Securities – Risks of fixed-income securities include credit risk, interest rate risk, counterparty risk, prepayment risk, extension risk, valuation risk, and liquidity risk. The value of fixed-income securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, due to general market conditions, such as real or perceived adverse economic or political conditions, tariffs and trade disruptions, inflation, changes in interest rates, lack of liquidity in the bond markets or adverse investor sentiment. In addition, the value of a fixed-income security may decline if the issuer or other obligor of the security fails to pay principal and/or interest, otherwise defaults or has its credit rating downgraded or is perceived to be less creditworthy, or the credit quality or value of any underlying assets declines. If the value of fixed-income securities owned by the fund falls, the value of your investment will go down. The fund may lose its entire investment in the fixed-income securities of an issuer.
AllocationConflicts – The Investment Manager is subject to conflicts of interest in the selection and allocation of the fund’s assets among underlying funds. For example, the Investment Manager has an incentive to select an underlying Transamerica fund over an unaffiliated fund because it receives more revenue, even if the unaffiliated fund has better investment performance or lower total expenses. The Investment Manager also has an incentive to allocate the fund’s assets to those underlying funds paying the highest net management fees to the Investment Manager, to those which are sub-advised by an affiliate of the Investment Manager, and/or to subscale underlying funds to reduce amounts waived and/or reimbursed by the Investment Manager to maintain applicable expense caps.
Asset Allocation – The fund’s investment performance is significantly impacted by the fund’s asset allocation and reallocation from time to time. The Investment Manager's decisions whether and when to tactically overweight or underweight asset
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classes and select a mix of underlying funds may not produce the desired results. These actions may be unsuccessful in maximizing return and/or avoiding investment losses. The value of your investment may decrease if the Investment Manager's judgment about the attractiveness, value or market trends affecting a particular asset class, investment style, technique or strategy, underlying fund or other issuer is incorrect. The available underlying funds selected by the Investment Manager may underperform the market or similar funds.
Underlying Funds – Because the fund invests its assets in various underlying funds, its ability to achieve its investment objective depends largely on the performance of the underlying funds in which it invests. Investing in underlying funds subjects the fund to the risks of investing in the underlying securities or assets held by those underlying funds. Each of the underlying funds in which the fund may invest has its own investment risks, and those risks can affect the value of the underlying funds' shares and therefore the value of the fund's investments. There can be no assurance that the investment objective of any underlying fund will be achieved. To the extent that the fund invests more of its assets in one underlying fund than in another, the fund will have greater exposure to the risks of that underlying fund. In addition, the fund will bear a pro rata portion of the operating expenses of the underlying funds in which it invests. The “List and Description of Certain Underlying Funds” section of the fund’s prospectus identifies certain risks of each underlying fund.
Management – The value of your investment may go down if the investment manager’s judgments and decisions are incorrect or otherwise do not produce the desired results, or if the investment strategy does not work as intended. You may also suffer losses if there are imperfections, errors or limitations in the quantitative, analytic or other tools, resources, information and data used, investment techniques applied, or the analyses employed or relied on, by the investment manager, if such tools, resources, information or data are used incorrectly or otherwise do not work as intended, or if the investment manager’s investment style is out of favor or otherwise fails to produce the desired results. Any of these things could cause the fund to lose value or its results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.
Active Trading – The fund may purchase and sell securities without regard to the length of time held. Active trading may be more pronounced during periods of market volatility, may have a negative impact on performance and may generate greater amounts of short-term capital gains.
Asset Class Variation – The underlying funds invest principally in the securities constituting their asset class (i.e., equity or fixed-income) or underlying index components. However, an underlying fund may vary the percentage of its assets in these securities (subject to any applicable regulatory requirements). Depending upon the percentage of securities in a particular asset class held by the underlying funds at any given time, and the percentage of the fund's assets invested in various underlying funds, the fund's actual exposure to the securities in a particular asset class may vary substantially from its target allocation for that asset class, and this in turn may adversely affect the fund's performance.
Convertible Securities – Convertible securities are subject to risks associated with both fixed-income and equity securities. For example, if market interest rates rise, the value of a convertible
security typically falls. In addition, a convertible security is subject to the risk that the issuer will not be able to pay interest or dividends when due, and the market value of the security may change based on the issuer’s actual or perceived creditworthiness. Since the convertible security derives a portion of its value from the underlying common stock, the security is also subject to the same types of market and issuer-specific risks that apply to the underlying common stock. Convertible securities generally offer lower interest or dividend yields than non-convertible securities of similar quality.
Counterparty – The fund could lose money if the counterparties to derivatives, repurchase agreements and/or other financial contracts entered into for the fund do not fulfill their contractual obligations. In addition, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against a counterparty.
Credit – If an issuer or other obligor (such as a party providing insurance or other credit enhancement) of a security held by the fund or a counterparty to a financial contract with the fund is unable or unwilling to meet its financial obligations, or is downgraded or perceived to be less creditworthy (whether by market participants or otherwise), or if the value of any underlying assets declines, the value of your investment will typically decline. A decline may be rapid and/or significant, particularly in certain market environments. In addition, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against an issuer, obligor or counterparty.
Currency – The value of a fund’s investments in securities denominated in foreign currencies increases or decreases as the rates of exchange between those currencies and the U.S. dollar change. U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers may also be affected by currency risk. Currency exchange rates can be volatile and may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency conversion costs and currency fluctuations could reduce or eliminate investment gains or add to investment losses. A fund may be unable or may choose not to hedge its foreign currency exposure or any hedge may not be effective.
Derivatives – The use of derivatives involves a variety of risks, which may be different from, or greater than, the risks associated with investing in traditional securities, such as stocks and bonds. Risks of derivatives include leverage risk, liquidity risk, valuation risk, market risk, counterparty risk, credit risk, operational risk and legal risk. Use of derivatives can increase fund losses, increase costs, reduce opportunities for gains, increase fund volatility, and not produce the result intended. Certain derivatives have the potential for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the initial investment. Even a small investment in derivatives can have a disproportionate impact on the fund. Derivatives may be difficult or impossible to sell, unwind or value, and the counterparty (including, if applicable, the fund’s clearing broker, the derivatives exchange or the clearinghouse) may default on its obligations to the fund. In certain cases, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against or closing out derivatives instruments with a counterparty, which may result in additional losses. Derivatives are also generally subject to the risks applicable to the assets, rates, indices or other indicators underlying the derivative, including market risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, management and valuation risk. Also, suitable derivative transactions may not be available in all circumstances or at reasonable prices. The value of a derivative may fluctuate more or less than, or otherwise not correlate well
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with, the underlying assets, rates, indices or other indicators to which it relates. The fund may segregate cash or other liquid assets to cover the funding of its obligations under derivatives contracts or make margin payments when it takes positions in derivatives involving obligations to third parties. New Rule 18f-4 under the 1940 Act provides a comprehensive regulatory framework for the use of derivatives by funds and imposes new requirements and restrictions on funds using derivatives. Rule 18f-4 could have an adverse impact on the fund’s performance and its ability to implement its investment strategies as it has historically and may increase costs related to the fund’s use of derivatives. It is not currently clear what impact, if any, the rule will have on the availability, liquidity or performance of derivatives. The rule may not be effective to limit the risk of loss from derivatives.
Emerging Markets – Investments in securities of issuers located or doing business in emerging markets are subject to heightened foreign investments risks and may experience rapid and extreme changes in value. Emerging market countries tend to have less developed and less stable economic, political and legal systems and regulatory and accounting standards, may have policies that restrict investment by foreigners or that prevent foreign investors such as the fund from withdrawing their money at will, and are more likely to experience nationalization, expropriation and confiscatory taxation. In addition, emerging market securities may have low trading volumes and may be or become illiquid.
Extension – When interest rates rise, payments of fixed-income securities, including asset- and mortgage-backed securities, may occur more slowly than anticipated, causing their market prices to decline.
Focused Investing – To the extent the fund invests in a limited number of countries, regions, sectors, industries or market segments, in a limited number of issuers, or in issuers in related businesses or that are subject to related operating risks, the fund will be more susceptible to negative events affecting those countries, regions, sectors, industries, segments or issuers, and the value of its shares may be more volatile than if it invested more widely.
Growth Stocks – Returns on growth stocks may not move in tandem with returns on other categories of stocks or the market as a whole. Growth stocks typically are particularly sensitive to market movements and may involve larger price swings because their market prices tend to reflect future expectations. When it appears those expectations may not be met, the prices of growth stocks typically fall. Growth stocks may also be more volatile because they often do not pay dividends. The values of growth stocks tend to go down when interest rates rise because the rise in interest rates reduces the current value of future cash flows. Growth stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “value” stocks.
High-Yield Debt Securities – High-yield debt securities, commonly referred to as “junk” bonds, are securities that are rated below “investment grade” or are of comparable quality. Changes in interest rates, the market’s perception of the issuers, the creditworthiness of the issuers and negative perceptions of the junk bond market generally may significantly affect the value of these bonds.
Junk bonds are considered speculative, tend to be volatile, typically have a higher risk of default, tend to be less liquid and more difficult to value than higher grade securities, and may result in losses for the fund.
Inflation – The value of assets or income from investment may be worth less in the future as inflation decreases the value of money. As inflation increases, the real value of the fund’s assets can decline as can the value of the fund’s distributions.
Interest Rate –The value of fixed-income securities generally goes down when interest rates rise. A rise in rates tends to have a greater impact on the prices of longer term or duration securities. Changes in interest rates also may affect the liquidity of the fund’s investments. A general rise in interest rates may cause investors to sell fixed-income securities on a large scale, which could adversely affect the price and liquidity of fixed-income securities generally and could also result in increased redemptions from the fund. Increased redemptions could cause the fund to sell securities at inopportune times or depressed prices and result in further losses.
Large Shareholder – A significant portion of the fund’s shares may be owned by other funds sponsored by Transamerica. Transactions by these funds may be disruptive to the management of the fund. For example, the fund may experience large redemptions and could be required to sell securities at a time when it may not otherwise desire to do so. Such transactions may increase the fund’s brokerage and/or other transaction costs. These transactions may also accelerate the realization of taxable income to shareholders if such sales of investments resulted in gains. In addition, sizeable redemptions could cause the fund’s total expenses to increase.
Leveraging – To the extent that the fund borrows or uses derivatives or other investments, such as ETFs, that have embedded leverage, your investment may be subject to heightened volatility, risk of loss and costs. Other risks also will be compounded because leverage generally magnifies the effect of a change in the value of an asset and creates a risk of loss of value on a larger pool of assets than the fund would otherwise have. Use of leverage may result in the loss of a substantial amount, and possibly all, of the fund’s assets. The fund also may have to sell assets at inopportune times to satisfy its obligations.
Liquidity – The fund may make investments that are illiquid or that become illiquid after purchase. Illiquid investments can be difficult to value, may trade at a discount from comparable, more liquid investments, and may be subject to wide fluctuations in value. Liquidity risk may be magnified in rising interest rate environments. If the fund is forced to sell an illiquid investment to meet redemption requests or other cash needs, the fund may be forced to sell at a substantial loss or may not be able to sell at all. Liquidity of particular investments, or even entire asset classes, including U.S. Treasury securities, can deteriorate rapidly, particularly during times of market turmoil, and those investments may be difficult or impossible for the fund to sell. This may prevent the fund from limiting losses.
Mortgage-Related and Asset-Backed Securities – The value of mortgage-related and asset-backed securities will be influenced by factors affecting the housing market and the assets underlying such securities. As a result, during periods of declining asset values,
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difficult or frozen credit markets, swings in interest rates, or deteriorating economic conditions, mortgage-related and asset-backed securities may decline in value, face valuation difficulties, become more volatile and/or become illiquid, which could negatively impact the fund. Mortgage-backed securities represent direct or indirect participations in, or are collateralized by and payable from, mortgage loans secured by real property. Asset-backed securities represent participations in, or are secured by and payable from, assets such as installment sales or loan contracts, leases, credit card receivables and other categories of receivables. The value of mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities may be affected by changes in credit quality or value of the mortgage loans or other assets that support the securities. Mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities are subject to prepayment or call and extension risks. Some of these securities may receive little or no collateral protection from the underlying assets.
Prepayment or Call – Many issuers have a right to prepay their fixed-income securities. If this happens, the fund will not benefit from the rise in the market price of the securities that normally accompanies a decline in interest rates and may be forced to reinvest the prepayment proceeds in securities with lower yields.
Small and Medium Capitalization Companies – The fund will be exposed to additional risks as a result of its investments in the securities of small or medium capitalization companies. Small or medium capitalization companies may be more at risk than large capitalization companies because, among other things, they may have limited product lines, operating history, market or financial resources, or because they may depend on a limited management group. Securities of small and medium capitalization companies may be more volatile than and may underperform large capitalization companies, may be harder to sell at times and at prices the portfolio managers believe appropriate and may offer greater potential for losses.
Structure Conflicts – Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (“TAM”), the fund’s investment manager, has established an investment program whereby a substantial portion of the fund’s assets are invested in underlying Transamerica funds. TAM does not consider unaffiliated funds as underlying investment options for these assets, even if unaffiliated funds have better investment performance or lower total expenses.
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations – Government agency obligations have different levels of credit support and, therefore, different degrees of credit risk. Securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities of the U.S. government that are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government generally present a lesser degree of credit risk than securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities sponsored by the U.S. government that are supported only by the issuer’s right to borrow from the U.S. Treasury and securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities sponsored by the U.S. government that are supported only by the credit of the issuing agencies. A security backed by the “full faith and credit” of the U.S. government is guaranteed only as to its stated interest rate and face value at maturity, not its current market price.
Valuation – The sales price the fund could receive for any particular portfolio investment may differ from the fund's valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets, that are priced based upon valuations provided
by third party pricing services that use matrix or evaluated pricing systems, or that are valued using a fair value methodology. These differences may increase significantly and affect fund investments more broadly during periods of market volatility. Investors who purchase or redeem fund shares on days when the fund is holding fair-valued securities may receive fewer or more shares or lower or higher redemption proceeds than they would have received if the fund had not fair-valued securities or had used a different valuation methodology. The fund’s ability to value its investments may also be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third party service providers. Fair value pricing involves subjective judgment, which may prove to be incorrect.
Value Investing – The prices of securities the sub-adviser to an underlying fund believes are undervalued may not appreciate as anticipated or may go down. The value approach to investing involves the risk that stocks may remain undervalued, undervaluation may become more severe, or perceived undervaluation may actually represent intrinsic value. Value stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “growth” stocks.
Performance: The bar chart and the table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart shows how the fund’s performance has varied from year to year. The table shows how the fund’s average annual total returns for different periods compare to the returns of a broad measure of market performance, as well as comparison to one or more secondary indices.
The fund acquired the assets and assumed the liabilities of four Transamerica Partners asset allocation funds, including Transamerica Institutional Asset Allocation - Long Horizon (the “predecessor fund”), on May 19, 2017, and the predecessor fund was the accounting and performance survivor of the reorganizations. This means that the predecessor fund's financial and performance history became the financial and performance history of the fund. In the reorganization of the predecessor fund, former shareholders of the predecessor fund received Class R4 shares of the fund. The performance of Class R4 shares includes the performance of the predecessor fund prior to the reorganizations, and has not been restated to reflect the annual operating expenses of Class R4 shares.
Absent any applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations, performance would have been lower.
As with all mutual funds, past performance (before and after taxes) is not a prediction of future results. Updated performance information is available on our website at www.transamerica.com/investments-fund-center or by calling 1-888-233-4339.
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Annual Total Returns (calendar years ended December 31) - Class R4
 
Quarter Ended
Return
Best Quarter:
6/30/2020
23.95%
Worst Quarter:
3/31/2020
-21.27%

Average Annual Total Returns (periods ended December 31, 2022)
 
1 Year
5 Years
10 Years
Since
Inception
Inception
Date
Class R4
 
 
 
 
9/11/2000
Return before taxes
-20.49%
4.91%
7.92%
 
 
Return after taxes on
distributions
-23.07%
1.83%
5.99%
 
 
Return after taxes on
distributions and sale
of fund shares
-10.40%
3.55%
6.10%
 
 
Class R (Return before
taxes only)
-20.76%
4.62%
N/A
5.94%
5/19/2017
S&P 500® Index (reflects
no deduction for fees,
expenses or taxes)
-18.11%
9.42%
12.56%
10.96%
 
Transamerica Asset
Allocation Long Horizon
Blended Benchmark
(reflects no deduction for
fees, expenses or taxes)
-16.85%
6.61%
9.47%
8.08%
 
The blended benchmark consists of the following: 66% Russell 3000® Index1, 24% MSCI World Index ex-U.S., 4% Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index, 2% Bloomberg US Treasury Inflation Protected Securities Index, 2% ICE BofAML High Yield Master II Index, and 2% ICE BofAML U.S. 3 Month Treasury Bill Index.
1
“Russell®” and other service marks and trademarks related to the Russell indexes are trademarks of the London Stock Exchange Group companies.
The after-tax returns are calculated using the historic highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns may depend on the investor’s individual tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns may not be relevant if the investment is made through a tax-exempt or tax-deferred account, such as a 401(k) plan.

After-tax returns are presented for only one class, and returns for other classes are presented before taxes only and will vary.
Management:
Investment Manager: Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.
Portfolio Managers:
Christopher A.
Staples, CFA
Lead Portfolio Manager
since January 20161
Kane Cotton,
CFA
Associate Portfolio Manager
since January 20162
Rufat Garalov,
CFA
Associate Portfolio Manager
since June 2021
1 Lead Portfolio Manager of the predecessor fund since June 2007
2 Associate Portfolio Manager of the predecessor fund since October 2014
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares: Shares of the fund are available to individual and institutional investors through certain retirement plans. These plans include, but are not limited to, 401(k), 403(b) and 457 Plans, Money Purchase Plans, Profit Sharing Plans, Simplified Employee Pension Plans, Keogh Plans, defined benefit plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans and IRAs. Shares may be purchased by these investors through a plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary. If you are a participant in a plan, you should obtain the plan’s conditions for participation from your plan administrator. Shares of the fund are also available to other investors, including endowment funds and foundations, any state, county or city, or its instrumentality, department, authority or agency, and accounts registered to insurance companies, trust companies and bank trust departments. Such investors may purchase shares in the fund through the transfer agent directly. You may purchase shares of the fund on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for business. Requests to purchase shares for the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. Participants in retirement plans administered by Transamerica Retirement Solutions should contact Transamerica Retirement Solutions at 1-800-755-5801 for additional information. If you would like to purchase shares in a fund by a wire transfer, please call 1-888-233-4339 for wire transfer instructions. You buy and redeem shares at the fund’s next-determined net asset value (“NAV”) after receipt of your request in good order. There is no minimum investment for eligible retirement plans investing in Class R shares. The minimum initial investment for Class R4 shares is $5,000. There is no minimum for subsequent investments in Class R or R4 shares. A retirement plan may, however, impose minimum investment requirements. Plan participants or IRA holders should consult their plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary.
Redemption requests may be made by mail and, in certain circumstances, telephone. The proceeds of the redemption will be sent by mail or, if authorized on the Account Application, wire transfer. Requests to redeem shares of the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. You may redeem shares by telephone if you authorized telephone redemptions on your Account Application. The fund reserves the right to refuse a telephone redemption request if it is believed it is advisable to do so. The telephone redemption option may be suspended or terminated at any time without advance notice.
Tax Information: Fund distributions may be taxable as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax-advantaged investment plan. In that case, you may be taxed when you take a distribution from such plan, depending on the type of plan, the circumstances of your distribution and other factors.
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Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries: If you purchase the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the fund and/or its affiliates 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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Transamerica Asset Allocation Short Horizon
Investment Objective: Seeks to provide a high level of income and preservation of capital.
Fees and Expenses: This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Class:
R4
R
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as
a percentage of offering price)
None
None
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage
of purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
lower)
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Class:
R4
R
Management fees
0.12%
0.12%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees
0.25%
0.50%
Other expenses
0.01%
0.00%
Acquired fund fees and expenses1
0.49%
0.49%
Total annual fund operating expenses
0.87%
1.11%
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement2
0.03%
0.02%
Total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver
and/or expense reimbursement
0.84%
1.09%
1
Acquired fund fees and expenses reflect the fund’s pro rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by investing in other investment companies. Acquired fund fees and expenses are not included in the calculation of the ratios of expenses to average net assets shown in the Financial Highlights section of the fund’s prospectus.
2
Contractual arrangements have been made with the fund’s investment manager, Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (“TAM”), through March 1, 2024 to waive fees and/or reimburse fund expenses to the extent that total annual fund operating expenses exceed 0.35% for Class R4 shares and 0.60% for Class R shares, excluding, as applicable, acquired fund fees and expenses, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, dividend and interest expenses on securities sold short, extraordinary expenses and other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the fund’s business. These arrangements cannot be terminated prior to March 1, 2024 without the Board of Trustees’ consent. TAM is permitted to recapture amounts waived and/or reimbursed to a class during any of the 36 months from the date on which TAM waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses for the class if the class’ total annual fund operating expenses have fallen to a level below the limits described above. In no case will TAM recapture any amount that would result, on any particular business day of the fund, in the class’ total annual operating expenses exceeding the applicable limits described above or any other lower limit then in effect.
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 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. The Example reflects applicable waivers and/or reimbursements for the duration of such arrangement(s). 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 R4
$86
$275
$479
$1,070
Class R
$111
$351
$610
$1,350
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 portfolio turnover rate for the fund was 29% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies: Transamerica Asset Allocation Short Horizon is a fund of funds that invests in a combination of Transamerica Funds (“underlying funds”). Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (the “Investment Manager”) selects the combination and amount of underlying funds to invest in based on the fund’s investment objective.
The following chart shows approximately how much of the assets of the fund are normally invested in underlying bond, stock and money market funds. These allocations reflect the Investment Manager’s present strategy for asset allocation during what it considers normal market conditions, and may be changed at any time without notice to shareholders and without shareholder approval. Actual asset allocations may vary, including due to short-term changes in cash flows caused by purchases and redemptions in the fund.
 
Normal Approximate Allocations
 
Bond Funds
Stock Funds
Money Market
Fund
Short Horizon
89.8%
10%
0.2%
The underlying bond funds normally invest principally in fixed-income securities, the underlying stock funds normally invest principally in equity securities, and the underlying money market fund, Transamerica Government Money Market, normally invests principally in U.S. government securities and/or repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities. In attempting to respond to adverse market or other conditions or to process a large purchase or redemption within the fund, the Investment Manager may allocate assets of the fund without limit to the underlying money market fund.
Each underlying fund has its own investment objective, principal investment strategies and investment risks. The sub-adviser for each underlying fund decides which securities to purchase and sell for that underlying fund. The fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective depends largely on the performance of the underlying funds in which it invests.
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It is not possible to predict the extent to which the fund will be invested in a particular underlying fund at any time. The fund may be a significant shareholder in certain underlying funds. The Investment Manager may change the underlying funds in which the fund invests from time to time at its discretion without notice or shareholder approval.
Principal Risks: Risk is inherent in all investing. Many factors and risks affect the fund's performance, including those described below. The value of your investment in the fund, as well as the amount of return you receive on your investment, may fluctuate significantly day to day and over time. You may lose part or all of your investment in the fund or your investment may not perform as well as other similar investments. The fund, through its investments in underlying funds, is subject to the risks of the underlying funds.
The following is a summary description of principal risks (in alphabetical order after certain key risks) of investing in the fund (either directly or through its investments in underlying funds). Each risk described below may not apply to each underlying fund and an underlying fund may be subject to additional or different risks than those described below. An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. You may lose money if you invest in this fund.
Market – The market prices of the fund’s securities or other assets may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, due to general market conditions, overall economic trends or events, inflation, changes in interest rates, governmental actions or interventions, actions taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve or foreign central banks, market disruptions caused by tariffs, trade disputes or other factors, political developments, armed conflicts, economic sanctions, cybersecurity events, investor sentiment, public health events such as the spread of infectious disease, and other factors that may or may not be related to the issuer of the security or other asset. If the market prices of the fund’s securities and assets fall, the value of your investment in the fund could go down.
Economies and financial markets throughout the world are increasingly interconnected. Events or circumstances in one or more countries or regions could be highly disruptive to, and have profound impacts on, global economies or markets. As a result, whether or not the fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to the countries directly affected, the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments may go down.
In recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic, the large expansion of government deficits and debt as a result of government actions to mitigate the effects of the pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the rise of inflation have resulted in extreme volatility in the global economy and in global financial markets. These events could be prolonged and could continue to adversely affect the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments, impair the fund’s ability to satisfy redemption requests, and negatively impact the fund’s performance.
Fixed-Income Securities – Risks of fixed-income securities include credit risk, interest rate risk, counterparty risk, prepayment risk, extension risk, valuation risk, and liquidity risk. The value of fixed-income securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly
and unpredictably, due to general market conditions, such as real or perceived adverse economic or political conditions, tariffs and trade disruptions, inflation, changes in interest rates, lack of liquidity in the bond markets or adverse investor sentiment. In addition, the value of a fixed-income security may decline if the issuer or other obligor of the security fails to pay principal and/or interest, otherwise defaults or has its credit rating downgraded or is perceived to be less creditworthy, or the credit quality or value of any underlying assets declines. If the value of fixed-income securities owned by the fund falls, the value of your investment will go down. The fund may lose its entire investment in the fixed-income securities of an issuer.
Equity Securities – Equity securities generally have greater risk of loss than debt securities. Stock markets are volatile and the value of equity securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. The value of equity securities fluctuates based on real or perceived changes in a company’s financial condition, factors affecting a particular industry or industries, and overall market, economic and political conditions. If the market prices of the equity securities owned by the fund fall, the value of your investment in the fund will decline. The fund may lose its entire investment in the equity securities of an issuer. A change in financial condition or other event affecting a single issuer may adversely impact securities markets as a whole.
Interest Rate –The value of fixed-income securities generally goes down when interest rates rise. A rise in rates tends to have a greater impact on the prices of longer term or duration securities. Changes in interest rates also may affect the liquidity of the fund’s investments. A general rise in interest rates may cause investors to sell fixed-income securities on a large scale, which could adversely affect the price and liquidity of fixed-income securities generally and could also result in increased redemptions from the fund. Increased redemptions could cause the fund to sell securities at inopportune times or depressed prices and result in further losses.
AllocationConflicts – The Investment Manager is subject to conflicts of interest in the selection and allocation of the fund’s assets among underlying funds. For example, the Investment Manager has an incentive to select an underlying Transamerica fund over an unaffiliated fund because it receives more revenue, even if the unaffiliated fund has better investment performance or lower total expenses. The Investment Manager also has an incentive to allocate the fund’s assets to those underlying funds paying the highest net management fees to the Investment Manager, to those which are sub-advised by an affiliate of the Investment Manager, and/or to subscale underlying funds to reduce amounts waived and/or reimbursed by the Investment Manager to maintain applicable expense caps.
Asset Allocation – The fund’s investment performance is significantly impacted by the fund’s asset allocation and reallocation from time to time. The Investment Manager's decisions whether and when to tactically overweight or underweight asset classes and select a mix of underlying funds may not produce the desired results. These actions may be unsuccessful in maximizing return and/or avoiding investment losses. The value of your investment may decrease if the Investment Manager's judgment about the attractiveness, value or market trends affecting a particular
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asset class, investment style, technique or strategy, underlying fund or other issuer is incorrect. The available underlying funds selected by the Investment Manager may underperform the market or similar funds.
Underlying Funds – Because the fund invests its assets in various underlying funds, its ability to achieve its investment objective depends largely on the performance of the underlying funds in which it invests. Investing in underlying funds subjects the fund to the risks of investing in the underlying securities or assets held by those underlying funds. Each of the underlying funds in which the fund may invest has its own investment risks, and those risks can affect the value of the underlying funds' shares and therefore the value of the fund's investments. There can be no assurance that the investment objective of any underlying fund will be achieved. To the extent that the fund invests more of its assets in one underlying fund than in another, the fund will have greater exposure to the risks of that underlying fund. In addition, the fund will bear a pro rata portion of the operating expenses of the underlying funds in which it invests. The “List and Description of Certain Underlying Funds” section of the fund’s prospectus identifies certain risks of each underlying fund.
Inflation – The value of assets or income from investment may be worth less in the future as inflation decreases the value of money. As inflation increases, the real value of the fund’s assets can decline as can the value of the fund’s distributions.
Management – The value of your investment may go down if the investment manager’s judgments and decisions are incorrect or otherwise do not produce the desired results, or if the investment strategy does not work as intended. You may also suffer losses if there are imperfections, errors or limitations in the quantitative, analytic or other tools, resources, information and data used, investment techniques applied, or the analyses employed or relied on, by the investment manager, if such tools, resources, information or data are used incorrectly or otherwise do not work as intended, or if the investment manager’s investment style is out of favor or otherwise fails to produce the desired results. Any of these things could cause the fund to lose value or its results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.
Active Trading – The fund may purchase and sell securities without regard to the length of time held. Active trading may be more pronounced during periods of market volatility, may have a negative impact on performance and may generate greater amounts of short-term capital gains.
Asset Class Variation – The underlying funds invest principally in the securities constituting their asset class (i.e., equity or fixed-income) or underlying index components. However, an underlying fund may vary the percentage of its assets in these securities (subject to any applicable regulatory requirements). Depending upon the percentage of securities in a particular asset class held by the underlying funds at any given time, and the percentage of the fund's assets invested in various underlying funds, the fund's actual exposure to the securities in a particular asset class may vary substantially from its target allocation for that asset class, and this in turn may adversely affect the fund's performance.
Convertible Securities – Convertible securities are subject to risks associated with both fixed-income and equity securities. For example, if market interest rates rise, the value of a convertible security typically falls. In addition, a convertible security is subject
to the risk that the issuer will not be able to pay interest or dividends when due, and the market value of the security may change based on the issuer’s actual or perceived creditworthiness. Since the convertible security derives a portion of its value from the underlying common stock, the security is also subject to the same types of market and issuer-specific risks that apply to the underlying common stock. Convertible securities generally offer lower interest or dividend yields than non-convertible securities of similar quality.
Counterparty – The fund could lose money if the counterparties to derivatives, repurchase agreements and/or other financial contracts entered into for the fund do not fulfill their contractual obligations. In addition, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against a counterparty.
Credit – If an issuer or other obligor (such as a party providing insurance or other credit enhancement) of a security held by the fund or a counterparty to a financial contract with the fund is unable or unwilling to meet its financial obligations, or is downgraded or perceived to be less creditworthy (whether by market participants or otherwise), or if the value of any underlying assets declines, the value of your investment will typically decline. A decline may be rapid and/or significant, particularly in certain market environments. In addition, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against an issuer, obligor or counterparty.
Currency – The value of a fund’s investments in securities denominated in foreign currencies increases or decreases as the rates of exchange between those currencies and the U.S. dollar change. U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers may also be affected by currency risk. Currency exchange rates can be volatile and may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency conversion costs and currency fluctuations could reduce or eliminate investment gains or add to investment losses. A fund may be unable or may choose not to hedge its foreign currency exposure or any hedge may not be effective.
Derivatives – The use of derivatives involves a variety of risks, which may be different from, or greater than, the risks associated with investing in traditional securities, such as stocks and bonds. Risks of derivatives include leverage risk, liquidity risk, valuation risk, market risk, counterparty risk, credit risk, operational risk and legal risk. Use of derivatives can increase fund losses, increase costs, reduce opportunities for gains, increase fund volatility, and not produce the result intended. Certain derivatives have the potential for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the initial investment. Even a small investment in derivatives can have a disproportionate impact on the fund. Derivatives may be difficult or impossible to sell, unwind or value, and the counterparty (including, if applicable, the fund’s clearing broker, the derivatives exchange or the clearinghouse) may default on its obligations to the fund. In certain cases, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against or closing out derivatives instruments with a counterparty, which may result in additional losses. Derivatives are also generally subject to the risks applicable to the assets, rates, indices or other indicators underlying the derivative, including market risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, management and valuation risk. Also, suitable derivative transactions may not be available in all circumstances or at reasonable prices. The value of a derivative may fluctuate more or less than, or otherwise not correlate well with, the underlying assets, rates, indices or other indicators to
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which it relates. The fund may segregate cash or other liquid assets to cover the funding of its obligations under derivatives contracts or make margin payments when it takes positions in derivatives involving obligations to third parties. New Rule 18f-4 under the 1940 Act provides a comprehensive regulatory framework for the use of derivatives by funds and imposes new requirements and restrictions on funds using derivatives. Rule 18f-4 could have an adverse impact on the fund’s performance and its ability to implement its investment strategies as it has historically and may increase costs related to the fund’s use of derivatives. It is not currently clear what impact, if any, the rule will have on the availability, liquidity or performance of derivatives. The rule may not be effective to limit the risk of loss from derivatives.
Emerging Markets – Investments in securities of issuers located or doing business in emerging markets are subject to heightened foreign investments risks and may experience rapid and extreme changes in value. Emerging market countries tend to have less developed and less stable economic, political and legal systems and regulatory and accounting standards, may have policies that restrict investment by foreigners or that prevent foreign investors such as the fund from withdrawing their money at will, and are more likely to experience nationalization, expropriation and confiscatory taxation. In addition, emerging market securities may have low trading volumes and may be or become illiquid.
Extension – When interest rates rise, payments of fixed-income securities, including asset- and mortgage-backed securities, may occur more slowly than anticipated, causing their market prices to decline.
Focused Investing – To the extent the fund invests in a limited number of countries, regions, sectors, industries or market segments, in a limited number of issuers, or in issuers in related businesses or that are subject to related operating risks, the fund will be more susceptible to negative events affecting those countries, regions, sectors, industries, segments or issuers, and the value of its shares may be more volatile than if it invested more widely.
Foreign Investments – Investing in securities of foreign issuers or issuers with significant exposure to foreign markets involves additional risks. Foreign markets can be less liquid, less regulated, less transparent and more volatile than U.S. markets. The value of the fund’s foreign investments may decline, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, because of factors affecting the particular issuer as well as foreign markets and issuers generally, such as unfavorable government actions, including nationalization, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, reduction of government or central bank support, tariffs and trade disruptions, sanctions, political or financial instability, social unrest or other adverse economic or political developments. Foreign investments may also be subject to different accounting practices and different regulatory, legal, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping standards and practices, and may be more difficult to value than investments in U.S. issuers. Certain foreign clearance and settlement procedures may result in an inability to execute transactions or delays in settlement.
Growth Stocks – Returns on growth stocks may not move in tandem with returns on other categories of stocks or the market as a whole. Growth stocks typically are particularly sensitive to market movements and may involve larger price swings because their market prices tend to reflect future expectations. When it appears those expectations may not be met, the prices of growth
stocks typically fall. Growth stocks may also be more volatile because they often do not pay dividends. The values of growth stocks tend to go down when interest rates rise because the rise in interest rates reduces the current value of future cash flows. Growth stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “value” stocks.
High-Yield Debt Securities – High-yield debt securities, commonly referred to as “junk” bonds, are securities that are rated below “investment grade” or are of comparable quality. Changes in interest rates, the market’s perception of the issuers, the creditworthiness of the issuers and negative perceptions of the junk bond market generally may significantly affect the value of these bonds. Junk bonds are considered speculative, tend to be volatile, typically have a higher risk of default, tend to be less liquid and more difficult to value than higher grade securities, and may result in losses for the fund.
Large Shareholder – A significant portion of the fund’s shares may be owned by other funds sponsored by Transamerica. Transactions by these funds may be disruptive to the management of the fund. For example, the fund may experience large redemptions and could be required to sell securities at a time when it may not otherwise desire to do so. Such transactions may increase the fund’s brokerage and/or other transaction costs. These transactions may also accelerate the realization of taxable income to shareholders if such sales of investments resulted in gains. In addition, sizeable redemptions could cause the fund’s total expenses to increase.
Leveraging – To the extent that the fund borrows or uses derivatives or other investments, such as ETFs, that have embedded leverage, your investment may be subject to heightened volatility, risk of loss and costs. Other risks also will be compounded because leverage generally magnifies the effect of a change in the value of an asset and creates a risk of loss of value on a larger pool of assets than the fund would otherwise have. Use of leverage may result in the loss of a substantial amount, and possibly all, of the fund’s assets. The fund also may have to sell assets at inopportune times to satisfy its obligations.
Liquidity – The fund may make investments that are illiquid or that become illiquid after purchase. Illiquid investments can be difficult to value, may trade at a discount from comparable, more liquid investments, and may be subject to wide fluctuations in value. Liquidity risk may be magnified in rising interest rate environments. If the fund is forced to sell an illiquid investment to meet redemption requests or other cash needs, the fund may be forced to sell at a substantial loss or may not be able to sell at all. Liquidity of particular investments, or even entire asset classes, including U.S. Treasury securities, can deteriorate rapidly, particularly during times of market turmoil, and those investments may be difficult or impossible for the fund to sell. This may prevent the fund from limiting losses.
Mortgage-Related and Asset-Backed Securities – The value of mortgage-related and asset-backed securities will be influenced by factors affecting the housing market and the assets underlying such securities. As a result, during periods of declining asset values, difficult or frozen credit markets, swings in interest rates, or deteriorating economic conditions, mortgage-related and asset-backed securities may decline in value, face valuation difficulties, become
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more volatile and/or become illiquid, which could negatively impact the fund. Mortgage-backed securities represent direct or indirect participations in, or are collateralized by and payable from, mortgage loans secured by real property. Asset-backed securities represent participations in, or are secured by and payable from, assets such as installment sales or loan contracts, leases, credit card receivables and other categories of receivables. The value of mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities may be affected by changes in credit quality or value of the mortgage loans or other assets that support the securities. Mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities are subject to prepayment or call and extension risks. Some of these securities may receive little or no collateral protection from the underlying assets.
Prepayment or Call – Many issuers have a right to prepay their fixed-income securities. If this happens, the fund will not benefit from the rise in the market price of the securities that normally accompanies a decline in interest rates and may be forced to reinvest the prepayment proceeds in securities with lower yields.
Small and Medium Capitalization Companies – The fund will be exposed to additional risks as a result of its investments in the securities of small or medium capitalization companies. Small or medium capitalization companies may be more at risk than large capitalization companies because, among other things, they may have limited product lines, operating history, market or financial resources, or because they may depend on a limited management group. Securities of small and medium capitalization companies may be more volatile than and may underperform large capitalization companies, may be harder to sell at times and at prices the portfolio managers believe appropriate and may offer greater potential for losses.
Structure Conflicts – Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (“TAM”), the fund’s investment manager, has established an investment program whereby a substantial portion of the fund’s assets are invested in underlying Transamerica funds. TAM does not consider unaffiliated funds as underlying investment options for these assets, even if unaffiliated funds have better investment performance or lower total expenses.
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations – Government agency obligations have different levels of credit support and, therefore, different degrees of credit risk. Securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities of the U.S. government that are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government generally present a lesser degree of credit risk than securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities sponsored by the U.S. government that are supported only by the issuer’s right to borrow from the U.S. Treasury and securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities sponsored by the U.S. government that are supported only by the credit of the issuing agencies. A security backed by the “full faith and credit” of the U.S. government is guaranteed only as to its stated interest rate and face value at maturity, not its current market price.
Valuation – The sales price the fund could receive for any particular portfolio investment may differ from the fund's valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets, that are priced based upon valuations provided by third party pricing services that use matrix or evaluated pricing systems, or that are valued using a fair value methodology. These differences may increase significantly and affect fund investments
more broadly during periods of market volatility. Investors who purchase or redeem fund shares on days when the fund is holding fair-valued securities may receive fewer or more shares or lower or higher redemption proceeds than they would have received if the fund had not fair-valued securities or had used a different valuation methodology. The fund’s ability to value its investments may also be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third party service providers. Fair value pricing involves subjective judgment, which may prove to be incorrect.
Value Investing – The prices of securities the sub-adviser to an underlying fund believes are undervalued may not appreciate as anticipated or may go down. The value approach to investing involves the risk that stocks may remain undervalued, undervaluation may become more severe, or perceived undervaluation may actually represent intrinsic value. Value stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “growth” stocks.
Performance: The bar chart and the table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart shows how the fund’s performance has varied from year to year. The table shows how the fund’s average annual total returns for different periods compare to the returns of a broad measure of market performance, as well as comparison to one or more secondary indices.
The fund acquired the assets and assumed the liabilities of two Transamerica Partners asset allocation funds, including Transamerica Institutional Asset Allocation - Short Horizon (the “predecessor fund”), on May 19, 2017, and the predecessor fund was the accounting and performance survivor of the reorganizations. This means that the predecessor fund's financial and performance history became the financial and performance history of the fund. In the reorganization of the predecessor fund, former shareholders of the predecessor fund received Class R4 shares of the fund. The performance of Class R4 shares includes the performance of the predecessor fund prior to the reorganizations, and has not been restated to reflect the annual operating expenses of Class R4 shares.
Absent any applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations, performance would have been lower.
As with all mutual funds, past performance (before and after taxes) is not a prediction of future results. Updated performance information is available on our website at www.transamerica.com/investments-fund-center or by calling 1-888-233-4339.
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Annual Total Returns (calendar years ended December 31) - Class R4
 
Quarter Ended
Return
Best Quarter:
6/30/2020
6.90%
Worst Quarter:
6/30/2022
-6.56%

Average Annual Total Returns (periods ended December 31, 2022)
 
1 Year
5 Years
10 Years
Since
Inception
Inception
Date
Class R4
 
 
 
 
9/11/2000
Return before taxes
-12.32%
1.04%
1.97%
 
 
Return after taxes on
distributions
-13.73%
-0.41%
0.70%
 
 
Return after taxes on
distributions and sale
of fund shares
-7.04%
0.36%
1.04%
 
 
Class R (Return before
taxes only)
-12.45%
0.81%
N/A
1.14%
5/19/2017
Bloomberg US
Aggregate Bond Index
(reflects no deduction for
fees, expenses or taxes)
-13.01%
0.02%
1.06%
0.27%
 
Transamerica Asset
Allocation Short Horizon
Blended Benchmark
(reflects no deduction for
fees, expenses or taxes)
-11.21%
1.60%
2.33%
1.88%
 
The blended benchmark consists of the following: 46% Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index, 17% ICE BofAML 1-3 Year U.S. Treasury Index, 15% Bloomberg US Treasury Inflation Protected Securities Index, 10% ICE BofAML High Yield Master II Index, 8% Russell 3000® Index1, 2% MSCI World Index ex-U.S. and 2% ICE BofAML U.S. 3 Month Treasury Bill Index.
1
“Russell®” and other service marks and trademarks related to the Russell indexes are trademarks of the London Stock Exchange Group companies.
The after-tax returns are calculated using the historic highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns may depend on the investor’s individual tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns may not be relevant if the investment is made through a tax-exempt or tax-deferred account, such as a 401(k) plan.

After-tax returns are presented for only one class, and returns for other classes are presented before taxes only and will vary.
Management:
Investment Manager: Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.
Portfolio Managers:
Christopher A.
Staples, CFA
Lead Portfolio Manager
since January 20161
Kane Cotton,
CFA
Associate Portfolio Manager
since January 20162
Rufat Garalov,
CFA
Associate Portfolio Manager
since June 2021
1 Lead Portfolio Manager of the predecessor fund since June 2007
2 Associate Portfolio Manager of the predecessor fund since October 2014
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares: Shares of the fund are available to individual and institutional investors through certain retirement plans. These plans include, but are not limited to, 401(k), 403(b) and 457 Plans, Money Purchase Plans, Profit Sharing Plans, Simplified Employee Pension Plans, Keogh Plans, defined benefit plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans and IRAs. Shares may be purchased by these investors through a plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary. If you are a participant in a plan, you should obtain the plan’s conditions for participation from your plan administrator. Shares of the fund are also available to other investors, including endowment funds and foundations, any state, county or city, or its instrumentality, department, authority or agency, and accounts registered to insurance companies, trust companies and bank trust departments. Such investors may purchase shares in the fund through the transfer agent directly. You may purchase shares of the fund on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for business. Requests to purchase shares for the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. Participants in retirement plans administered by Transamerica Retirement Solutions should contact Transamerica Retirement Solutions at 1-800-755-5801 for additional information. If you would like to purchase shares in a fund by a wire transfer, please call 1-888-233-4339 for wire transfer instructions. You buy and redeem shares at the fund’s next-determined net asset value (“NAV”) after receipt of your request in good order. There is no minimum investment for eligible retirement plans investing in Class R shares. The minimum initial investment for Class R4 shares is $5,000. There is no minimum for subsequent investments in Class R or R4 shares. A retirement plan may, however, impose minimum investment requirements. Plan participants or IRA holders should consult their plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary.
Redemption requests may be made by mail and, in certain circumstances, telephone. The proceeds of the redemption will be sent by mail or, if authorized on the Account Application, wire transfer. Requests to redeem shares of the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. You may redeem shares by telephone if you authorized telephone redemptions on your Account Application. The fund reserves the right to refuse a telephone redemption request if it is believed it is advisable to do so. The telephone redemption option may be suspended or terminated at any time without advance notice.
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Tax Information: Fund distributions may be taxable as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax-advantaged investment plan. In that case, you may be taxed when you take a distribution from such plan, depending on the type of plan, the circumstances of your distribution and other factors.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries: If you purchase the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the fund and/or its affiliates 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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Transamerica Balanced II
Investment Objective: Seeks to provide a high total investment return.
Fees and Expenses: This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Class:
R
R4
I3
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on
purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
None
None
None
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a
percentage of purchase price or redemption
proceeds, whichever is lower)
None
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Class:
R
R4
I3
Management fees
0.48%
0.48%
0.48%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees
0.50%
0.25%
None
Other expenses
0.09%
0.10%1
0.10%
Total annual fund operating expenses
1.07%
0.83%
0.58%
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement2
0.00%
0.08%
0.00%
Total annual fund operating expenses after
fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement
1.07%
0.75%
0.58%
1
Other expenses are based on estimates for the current fiscal year.
2
Contractual arrangements have been made with the fund’s investment manager, Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (“TAM”), through March 1, 2024 to waive fees and/or reimburse fund expenses to the extent that total annual fund operating expenses exceed 1.10% for Class R shares, 0.75% for Class R4 shares and 0.63% for Class I3 shares, excluding, as applicable, acquired fund fees and expenses, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, dividend and interest expenses on securities sold short, extraordinary expenses and other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the fund’s business. These arrangements cannot be terminated prior to March 1, 2024 without the Board of Trustees’ consent. TAM is permitted to recapture amounts waived and/or reimbursed to a class during any of the 36 months from the date on which TAM waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses for the class if the class’ total annual fund operating expenses have fallen to a level below the limits described above. In no case will TAM recapture any amount that would result, on any particular business day of the fund, in the class’ total annual operating expenses exceeding the applicable limits described above or any other lower limit then in effect.
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 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. The Example reflects applicable waivers and/or reimbursements for the duration of such arrangement(s). 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 R
$109
$340
$590
$1,306
Class R4
$77
$257
$453
$1,018
Class I3
$59
$186
$324
$726
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 portfolio turnover rate for the fund was 35% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies:
Under normal circumstances, the fund invests approximately 60% of its net assets in equity securities and approximately 40% of its net assets in fixed-income securities (investing at least 25% of its net assets in fixed-income senior securities).The fund has two sub-advisers. J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. (the “equity sub-adviser”) manages the equity component of the fund and Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC (the “fixed-income sub-adviser”) manages the fixed-income component of the fund. Each sub-adviser varies the percentage of assets invested in any one type of security in accordance with its interpretation of economic and market conditions, fiscal and monetary policy, and underlying securities values. The fund’s investment manager, Transamerica Asset Management, Inc., monitors the allocation of the fund's assets between the equity sub-adviser and the fixed-income sub-adviser and rebalances the allocation periodically to maintain these approximate allocations.
●Equity component – The equity sub-adviser seeks to achieve the fund's objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the equity component’s net assets in equity securities of large- and medium- capitalization U.S. companies. The fund may invest in foreign companies. The equity sub-adviser will normally keep the equity component as fully invested in equity securities as practicable. Industry by industry, the fund's weightings are generally similar to those of the S&P 500® Index. The equity sub-adviser normally does not look to overweight or underweight industries. Holdings by industry sector will normally approximate those of the S&P 500® Index.
As part of its investment process, the equity sub-adviser seeks to assess the impact of environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) factors on many issuers in the universe in which the fund invests. The equity sub-adviser’s assessment is based on an analysis of key opportunities and risks across industries to seek to identify financially material issues with respect to the fund’s investments in securities and ascertain key issues that merit engagement with issuers. These assessments may not be conclusive and securities of issuers may be purchased and
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retained by the fund for reasons other than material ESG factors while the fund may divest or not invest in securities of issuers that may be positively impacted by such factors.
●Fixed-income component – Under normal circumstances, the fixed-income component of the fund is invested primarily in investment grade debt securities, which may include: investment grade corporate debt securities, U.S. government obligations, mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by U.S. government agencies and instrumentalities, and private residential mortgage-backed securities. Investment grade debt securities carry a rating of at least BBB from Standard & Poor’s or Fitch or Baa from Moody’s or are of comparable quality as determined by the fixed-income sub-adviser. The fixed-income component’s portfolio weighted average duration will typically range from 3 to 10 years.
The fixed-income sub-adviser may also invest the fund's assets in U.S. Treasury and agency securities, municipal bonds, asset-backed securities (including collateralized loan obligations (“CLO”s), collateralized bond obligations (“CBO”s) and collateralized debt obligations (“CDO”s)), commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”), high quality short-term debt obligations and repurchase agreements. The fixed-income sub-adviser’s investments for the fund may include debt securities of foreign issuers, including emerging market debt securities. The fixed-income sub-adviser may invest the fund's assets in securities that are denominated in U.S. dollars and in foreign currencies.
The fund may invest up to 10% of the fixed-income component’s net assets in emerging market debt securities and up to 10% of the fixed-income component’s net assets in high-yield debt securities (commonly referred to as “junk bonds”), but may invest no more than 15% of the fixed-income component’s net assets in emerging market debt securities and high-yield debt securities combined. The fixed-income sub-adviser considers emerging market countries as countries that major international financial institutions, such as the World Bank, generally consider to be less economically mature than developed nations. Junk bonds are high-risk debt securities rated below investment grade.
In managing the fund’s fixed-income component, the fixed-income sub-adviser uses a combination of a global “top-down” analysis of the macroeconomic and interest rate environment and proprietary “bottom-up” research of corporate and government debt, and other debt instruments. In the fixed-income sub-adviser’s “top-down” approach, the fixed-income sub-adviser analyzes various fundamental, technical, sentiment and valuation factors that affect the movement of markets and securities prices worldwide. In its proprietary “bottom-up” research, the fixed-income sub-adviser considers various fundamental and other factors, such as creditworthiness, capital structure, covenants, cash flows and, as applicable, collateral. The fixed-income sub-adviser uses this combined “top-down” and “bottom-up” approach to determine sector, security, yield curve positioning, and duration positions for the fixed-income component of the fund. The fixed-income sub-adviser’s research analysts also generally integrate ESG matters within their analytical process for investment grade corporate debt securities,
private residential mortgage-backed securities, certain asset-backed securities (including CLOs, CBOs and CDOs), certain cash equivalents (including corporate commercial paper), foreign issuers (including emerging markets debt securities) denominated in U.S. dollars and in foreign currencies and privately issued debt securities issued pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S alongside traditional credit metrics as a risk management tool and as a method to identify financially material ESG factors and arrive at an independent, comprehensive view of the investment. The fixed-income sub-adviser’s research analysts typically do not consider ESG factors when analyzing other investments, including, but not limited to, investments in U.S. government obligations, U.S. Treasury and agency securities, municipal bonds, repurchase agreements, derivatives, asset-backed commercial paper, cash, certain cash equivalent securities and money market instruments. Consideration of ESG matters is subjective and not determinative in the fixed-income sub-adviser’s investment process. The fixed-income sub-adviser may conclude that other attributes of an investment outweigh ESG considerations when making investment decisions. The fixed-income sub-adviser’s research analysts do not take ESG factors into consideration with respect to every investment in the fund.
The fund may, but is not required to, engage in certain investment strategies involving derivatives, such as options, futures, forward currency contracts and swaps, including, but not limited to, interest rate, total return and credit default swaps. These investment strategies may be employed as a hedging technique, as a means of altering investment characteristics of the fund's portfolio (such as shortening or lengthening duration), in an attempt to enhance returns or for other purposes.
The fund may purchase securities on a when-issued, delayed delivery or forward commitment basis.
The fund may invest in privately issued securities, including those that are normally purchased pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Principal Risks: Risk is inherent in all investing. Many factors and risks affect the fund's performance, including those described below. The value of your investment in the fund, as well as the amount of return you receive on your investment, may fluctuate significantly day to day and over time. You may lose part or all of your investment in the fund or your investment may not perform as well as other similar investments. The following is a summary description of principal risks (in alphabetical order after certain key risks) of investing in the fund. An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. You may lose money if you invest in this fund.
Market – The market prices of the fund’s securities or other assets may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, due to general market conditions, overall economic trends or events, inflation, changes in interest rates, governmental actions or interventions, actions taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve or foreign central banks, market disruptions caused by tariffs, trade disputes or other factors, political developments, armed conflicts, economic sanctions, cybersecurity events, investor sentiment, public health events such as the spread of infectious disease, and other factors
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that may or may not be related to the issuer of the security or other asset. If the market prices of the fund’s securities and assets fall, the value of your investment in the fund could go down.
Economies and financial markets throughout the world are increasingly interconnected. Events or circumstances in one or more countries or regions could be highly disruptive to, and have profound impacts on, global economies or markets. As a result, whether or not the fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to the countries directly affected, the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments may go down.
In recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic, the large expansion of government deficits and debt as a result of government actions to mitigate the effects of the pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the rise of inflation have resulted in extreme volatility in the global economy and in global financial markets. These events could be prolonged and could continue to adversely affect the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments, impair the fund’s ability to satisfy redemption requests, and negatively impact the fund’s performance.
Asset Class Allocation – The fund’s investment performance is significantly impacted by the fund’s asset class allocation and reallocation from time to time. These actions may be unsuccessful in maximizing return and/or avoiding investment losses. The value of your investment may decrease if the Investment Manager's judgment about the attractiveness, value or market trends affecting a particular asset class is incorrect. The fund’s balance between equity and debt securities limits its potential for capital appreciation relative to an all-stock fund and contributes to greater volatility relative to an all-bond fund.
Equity Securities – Equity securities generally have greater risk of loss than debt securities. Stock markets are volatile and the value of equity securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. The value of equity securities fluctuates based on real or perceived changes in a company’s financial condition, factors affecting a particular industry or industries, and overall market, economic and political conditions. If the market prices of the equity securities owned by the fund fall, the value of your investment in the fund will decline. The fund may lose its entire investment in the equity securities of an issuer. A change in financial condition or other event affecting a single issuer may adversely impact securities markets as a whole.
Fixed-Income Securities – Risks of fixed-income securities include credit risk, interest rate risk, counterparty risk, prepayment risk, extension risk, valuation risk, and liquidity risk. The value of fixed-income securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, due to general market conditions, such as real or perceived adverse economic or political conditions, tariffs and trade disruptions, inflation, changes in interest rates, lack of liquidity in the bond markets or adverse investor sentiment. In addition, the value of a fixed-income security may decline if the issuer or other obligor of the security fails to pay principal and/or interest, otherwise defaults or has its credit rating downgraded or is perceived to be less creditworthy, or the credit quality or value of any underlying assets declines. If the value of fixed-income securities owned by the fund falls, the value of your investment will go down. The fund may lose its entire investment in the fixed-income securities of an issuer.
Large Capitalization Companies – The fund’s investments in larger, more established companies may underperform other segments of the market because they may be less responsive to competitive challenges and opportunities and unable to attain high growth rates during periods of economic expansion.
Interest Rate –The value of fixed-income securities generally goes down when interest rates rise. A rise in rates tends to have a greater impact on the prices of longer term or duration securities. Changes in interest rates also may affect the liquidity of the fund’s investments. A general rise in interest rates may cause investors to sell fixed-income securities on a large scale, which could adversely affect the price and liquidity of fixed-income securities generally and could also result in increased redemptions from the fund. Increased redemptions could cause the fund to sell securities at inopportune times or depressed prices and result in further losses.
Credit – If an issuer or other obligor (such as a party providing insurance or other credit enhancement) of a security held by the fund or a counterparty to a financial contract with the fund is unable or unwilling to meet its financial obligations, or is downgraded or perceived to be less creditworthy (whether by market participants or otherwise), or if the value of any underlying assets declines, the value of your investment will typically decline. A decline may be rapid and/or significant, particularly in certain market environments. In addition, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against an issuer, obligor or counterparty.
Mortgage-Related and Asset-Backed Securities – The value of mortgage-related and asset-backed securities will be influenced by factors affecting the housing market and the assets underlying such securities. As a result, during periods of declining asset values, difficult or frozen credit markets, swings in interest rates, or deteriorating economic conditions, mortgage-related and asset-backed securities may decline in value, face valuation difficulties, become more volatile and/or become illiquid, which could negatively impact the fund. Mortgage-backed securities represent direct or indirect participations in, or are collateralized by and payable from, mortgage loans secured by real property. Asset-backed securities represent participations in, or are secured by and payable from, assets such as installment sales or loan contracts, leases, credit card receivables and other categories of receivables. The value of mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities may be affected by changes in credit quality or value of the mortgage loans or other assets that support the securities. Mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities are subject to prepayment or call and extension risks. Some of these securities may receive little or no collateral protection from the underlying assets.
Inflation – The value of assets or income from investment may be worth less in the future as inflation decreases the value of money. As inflation increases, the real value of the fund’s assets can decline as can the value of the fund’s distributions.
Liquidity – The fund may make investments that are illiquid or that become illiquid after purchase. Illiquid investments can be difficult to value, may trade at a discount from comparable, more liquid investments, and may be subject to wide fluctuations in value. Liquidity risk may be magnified in rising interest rate environments. If the fund is forced to sell an illiquid investment to meet redemption requests or other cash needs, the fund may be
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forced to sell at a substantial loss or may not be able to sell at all. Liquidity of particular investments, or even entire asset classes, including U.S. Treasury securities, can deteriorate rapidly, particularly during times of market turmoil, and those investments may be difficult or impossible for the fund to sell. This may prevent the fund from limiting losses.
Counterparty – The fund could lose money if the counterparties to derivatives, repurchase agreements and/or other financial contracts entered into for the fund do not fulfill their contractual obligations. In addition, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against a counterparty.
Extension – When interest rates rise, payments of fixed-income securities, including asset- and mortgage-backed securities, may occur more slowly than anticipated, causing their market prices to decline.
Prepayment or Call – Many issuers have a right to prepay their fixed-income securities. If this happens, the fund will not benefit from the rise in the market price of the securities that normally accompanies a decline in interest rates and may be forced to reinvest the prepayment proceeds in securities with lower yields.
Focused Investing – To the extent the fund invests in a limited number of countries, regions, sectors, industries or market segments, in a limited number of issuers, or in issuers in related businesses or that are subject to related operating risks, the fund will be more susceptible to negative events affecting those countries, regions, sectors, industries, segments or issuers, and the value of its shares may be more volatile than if it invested more widely.
Management – The value of your investment may go down if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's judgments and decisions are incorrect or otherwise do not produce the desired results, or if the investment strategy does not work as intended. You may also suffer losses if there are imperfections, errors or limitations in the quantitative, analytic or other tools, resources, information and data used, investment techniques applied, or the analyses employed or relied on, by the investment manageror sub-adviser, if such tools, resources, information or data are used incorrectly or otherwise do not work as intended, or if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's investment style is out of favor or otherwise fails to produce the desired results. Any of these things could cause the fund to lose value or its results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.
Active Trading – The fund may purchase and sell securities without regard to the length of time held. Active trading may be more pronounced during periods of market volatility, may have a negative impact on performance and may generate greater amounts of short-term capital gains.
Currency – The value of a fund’s investments in securities denominated in foreign currencies increases or decreases as the rates of exchange between those currencies and the U.S. dollar change. U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers may also be affected by currency risk. Currency exchange rates can be volatile and may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency conversion costs and currency fluctuations could reduce or eliminate investment gains or add to investment losses. A fund may be unable or may choose not to hedge its foreign currency exposure or any hedge may not be effective.
Currency Hedging – The fund may hedge its currency risk using currency futures, forwards or options. However, hedging strategies and/or these instruments may not always work as intended, and a fund may be worse off than if it had not used a hedging strategy or instrument. Certain countries may also impose restrictions on the exchange or export of currency or adverse currency exchange rates and may be characterized by a lack of available currency hedging instruments.
Derivatives – The use of derivatives involves a variety of risks, which may be different from, or greater than, the risks associated with investing in traditional securities, such as stocks and bonds. Risks of derivatives include leverage risk, liquidity risk, valuation risk, market risk, counterparty risk, credit risk, operational risk and legal risk. Use of derivatives can increase fund losses, increase costs, reduce opportunities for gains, increase fund volatility, and not produce the result intended. Certain derivatives have the potential for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the initial investment. Even a small investment in derivatives can have a disproportionate impact on the fund. Derivatives may be difficult or impossible to sell, unwind or value, and the counterparty (including, if applicable, the fund’s clearing broker, the derivatives exchange or the clearinghouse) may default on its obligations to the fund. In certain cases, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against or closing out derivatives instruments with a counterparty, which may result in additional losses. Derivatives are also generally subject to the risks applicable to the assets, rates, indices or other indicators underlying the derivative, including market risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, management and valuation risk. Also, suitable derivative transactions may not be available in all circumstances or at reasonable prices. The value of a derivative may fluctuate more or less than, or otherwise not correlate well with, the underlying assets, rates, indices or other indicators to which it relates. The fund may segregate cash or other liquid assets to cover the funding of its obligations under derivatives contracts or make margin payments when it takes positions in derivatives involving obligations to third parties. New Rule 18f-4 under the 1940 Act provides a comprehensive regulatory framework for the use of derivatives by funds and imposes new requirements and restrictions on funds using derivatives. Rule 18f-4 could have an adverse impact on the fund’s performance and its ability to implement its investment strategies as it has historically and may increase costs related to the fund’s use of derivatives. It is not currently clear what impact, if any, the rule will have on the availability, liquidity or performance of derivatives. The rule may not be effective to limit the risk of loss from derivatives.
Dollar Rolls – The use of dollar rolls is a speculative technique involving leverage, and can have an economic effect similar to borrowing money. Dollar roll transactions involve the risk that the market value of the securities the fund is required to purchase may decline below the agreed upon repurchase price of those securities. If the broker/dealer to whom the fund sells securities becomes insolvent, the fund’s ability to purchase or repurchase securities may be restricted.
Emerging Markets – Investments in securities of issuers located or doing business in emerging markets are subject to heightened foreign investments risks and may experience rapid and extreme changes in value. Emerging market countries tend to have less developed and less stable economic, political and legal systems
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and regulatory and accounting standards, may have policies that restrict investment by foreigners or that prevent foreign investors such as the fund from withdrawing their money at will, and are more likely to experience nationalization, expropriation and confiscatory taxation. In addition, emerging market securities may have low trading volumes and may be or become illiquid.
Foreign Investments – Investing in securities of foreign issuers or issuers with significant exposure to foreign markets involves additional risks. Foreign markets can be less liquid, less regulated, less transparent and more volatile than U.S. markets. The value of the fund’s foreign investments may decline, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, because of factors affecting the particular issuer as well as foreign markets and issuers generally, such as unfavorable government actions, including nationalization, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, reduction of government or central bank support, tariffs and trade disruptions, sanctions, political or financial instability, social unrest or other adverse economic or political developments. Foreign investments may also be subject to different accounting practices and different regulatory, legal, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping standards and practices, and may be more difficult to value than investments in U.S. issuers. Certain foreign clearance and settlement procedures may result in an inability to execute transactions or delays in settlement.
Growth Stocks – Returns on growth stocks may not move in tandem with returns on other categories of stocks or the market as a whole. Growth stocks typically are particularly sensitive to market movements and may involve larger price swings because their market prices tend to reflect future expectations. When it appears those expectations may not be met, the prices of growth stocks typically fall. Growth stocks may also be more volatile because they often do not pay dividends. The values of growth stocks tend to go down when interest rates rise because the rise in interest rates reduces the current value of future cash flows. Growth stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “value” stocks.
Hedging – The fund may buy and sell futures contracts, put and call options, forward contracts and other instruments as a hedge. The fund’s hedging strategies may not work as intended, and the fund may be in a less favorable position than if it had not used a hedging instrument.
High-Yield Debt Securities – High-yield debt securities, commonly referred to as “junk” bonds, are securities that are rated below “investment grade” or are of comparable quality. Changes in interest rates, the market’s perception of the issuers, the creditworthiness of the issuers and negative perceptions of the junk bond market generally may significantly affect the value of these bonds. Junk bonds are considered speculative, tend to be volatile, typically have a higher risk of default, tend to be less liquid and more difficult to value than higher grade securities, and may result in losses for the fund.
Inflation-Protected Securities – Inflation-protected debt securities may react differently from other types of debt securities and tend to react to changes in “real” interest rates, which represent nominal (stated) interest rates reduced by the expected impact of inflation. In general, the price of an inflation-protected debt security can fall when real interest rates rise, and can rise when real interest
rates fall. Interest payments on inflation-protected debt securities can be unpredictable and will vary as the principal and/or interest is adjusted for inflation.
Leveraging – To the extent that the fund borrows or uses derivatives or other investments, such as ETFs, that have embedded leverage, your investment may be subject to heightened volatility, risk of loss and costs. Other risks also will be compounded because leverage generally magnifies the effect of a change in the value of an asset and creates a risk of loss of value on a larger pool of assets than the fund would otherwise have. Use of leverage may result in the loss of a substantial amount, and possibly all, of the fund’s assets. The fund also may have to sell assets at inopportune times to satisfy its obligations.
LIBOR – Many financial instruments, financings or other transactions to which the fund may be a party use or may use a floating rate based on the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). The UK Financial Conduct Authority and LIBOR’s administrator announced that the use of LIBOR will be phased out; most LIBOR rates are no longer published as of the end of 2021 and a majority of U.S. dollar LIBOR rates will no longer be published after June 30, 2023. It is possible that a subset of LIBOR rates may be published after these dates on a “synthetic” basis, but any such publications would be considered non-representative of the underlying market. There remains uncertainty regarding the nature of any replacement rate and the impact of the transition from LIBOR on the fund, issuers of instruments in which the fund invests, and financial markets generally. As such, the potential effect of a transition away from LIBOR on the fund or the fund’s investments cannot yet be determined.
Loans – Loans are subject to the credit risk of nonpayment of principal or interest. Economic downturns or increases in interest rates may cause an increase in defaults, interest rate risk and liquidity risk. Loans may or may not be collateralized at the time of acquisition, and any collateral may be relatively illiquid or lose all or substantially all of its value subsequent to investment. The fund's investments in loans are also subject to prepayment or call risk.
Medium Capitalization Companies – The fund will be exposed to additional risks as a result of its investments in the securities of medium capitalization companies. Investing in medium capitalization companies involves greater risk than is customarily associated with more established companies. The prices of securities of medium capitalization companies generally are more volatile and are more likely to be adversely affected by changes in earnings results and investor expectations or poor economic or market conditions. Securities of medium capitalization companies may underperform larger capitalization companies, may be harder to sell at times and at prices the portfolio managers believe appropriate and may offer greater potential for losses.
Municipal Securities – The municipal bond market can be susceptible to unusual volatility, particularly for lower-rated and unrated securities. Liquidity can be reduced unpredictably in response to overall economic conditions or credit tightening. Municipal issuers may be adversely affected by rising health care costs, increasing unfunded pension liabilities, and by the phasing out of federal programs providing financial support. The value of municipal securities can also be adversely affected by changes in the financial condition of one or more individual municipal issuers
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or insurers of municipal issuers, regulatory and political developments, tax law changes or other legislative actions, and by uncertainties and public perceptions concerning these and other factors. To the extent the fund invests significantly in a single state or in securities the payments on which are dependent upon a single project or source of revenue, or that relate to a sector or industry, the fund will be more susceptible to associated risks and developments. Municipal issuers may be more susceptible to downgrades or defaults during recessions or similar periods of economic stress. A number of municipal issuers have defaulted on obligations, commenced insolvency proceedings, or suffered credit downgrading. Financial difficulties of municipal issuers may continue or worsen.
Investment in municipal securities of issuers in Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or other U.S. territories, may have more risks than tax-exempt securities issued by other issuers due to the political, social and/or economic conditions in the particular territory.
Preferred Stock – Preferred stock’s right to dividends and liquidation proceeds is junior to the rights of a company’s debt securities. The value of preferred stock may be subject to factors that affect fixed-income and equity securities. The value of preferred stock tends to vary more with fluctuations in the underlying common stock and less with fluctuations in interest rates and tends to exhibit greater volatility.
Privately Placed and Other Restricted Securities – Restricted securities, which include private placements of private and public companies, are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on their resale. Restricted securities may be difficult to sell at the time and price a fund prefers. Restricted securities may be difficult to value properly and may involve greater risks than securities that are not subject to restrictions on resale, both of which may result in substantial losses. An insufficient number of eligible buyers interested in purchasing restricted securities held by a fund could adversely affect the marketability of such securities and a fund might be unable to dispose of such securities promptly or at reasonable prices, adversely affecting a fund’s overall liquidity and performance. Restricted securities may not be listed on an exchange and may have no active trading market. A fund may incur additional expense when disposing of restricted securities. Restricted securities may involve a high degree of business and financial risk and may result in substantial losses to the fund.
Repurchase Agreements – In a repurchase agreement, the fund purchases securities from a broker-dealer or a bank, called the counterparty, upon the agreement of the counterparty to repurchase the securities from the fund at a later date, and at a specified price. The securities purchased serve as the fund's collateral for the obligation of the counterparty to repurchase the securities. If the counterparty does not repurchase the securities, the fund is entitled to sell the securities, but the fund may not be able to sell them for the price at which they were purchased, thus causing a loss. If the counterparty becomes insolvent, there is some risk that the fund will not have a right to the securities, or the immediate right to sell the securities.
Small and Medium Capitalization Companies – The fund will be exposed to additional risks as a result of its investments in the securities of small or medium capitalization companies. Small or medium capitalization companies may be more at risk
than large capitalization companies because, among other things, they may have limited product lines, operating history, market or financial resources, or because they may depend on a limited management group. Securities of small and medium capitalization companies may be more volatile than and may underperform large capitalization companies, may be harder to sell at times and at prices the portfolio managers believe appropriate and may offer greater potential for losses.
Sovereign Debt – Sovereign debt instruments are subject to the risk that the governmental entity may delay or fail to pay interest or repay principal on its sovereign debt. If a governmental entity defaults, it may ask for more time in which to pay or for further loans, or the debt may be restructured. There may be no established legal process for collecting sovereign debt that a government does not pay, nor are there bankruptcy proceedings through which all or part of the sovereign debt that a governmental entity has not repaid may be collected.
Sustainability and/or Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) Considerations – The sub-adviser considers sustainability and/or ESG factors that it deems relevant, along with other factors and analysis, when sub-advising the fund. This usage of sustainability and/or ESG factors or criteria is sometimes referred to as “ESG integration.” The sub-adviser may consider sustainability and/or ESG factors on a meaningful portion of the fund’s investments. The sub-adviser may give little or no weight to sustainability and/or ESG factors for certain investments, and not every sustainability and/or ESG factor may be identified or evaluated for every investment. Consideration of sustainability and/or ESG factors is not determinative in the sub-adviser’s investment process, and the sub-adviser may conclude that other attributes of an investment outweigh sustainability and/or ESG considerations when making investment decisions. Applying sustainability and/or ESG factors as part of the fund’s security selection process may impact the sub-adviser’s investment decisions. Sustainability and ESG factors are not uniformly defined and applying such factors involves subjective assessments. Sustainability and ESG ratings and assessments of issuers can vary across investment advisers (including sub-advisers) and third party data providers and may change over time. Sustainability and ESG factors can be difficult to apply consistently across issuers, regions, countries, industries and sectors. The application of these factors could negatively impact the fund’s performance. Sustainability and ESG information from issuers and from third party data providers may be incomplete, delayed, inaccurate or unavailable, which could lead to an incorrect assessment of a company’s sustainability or ESG characteristics. Regulation of sustainability and ESG investing in the U.S. and abroad is evolving. Regulatory changes with respect to ESG integration could impact the sub-adviser’s ability to consider sustainability and/or ESG criteria as part of its investment process.
To Be Announced (TBA) Transactions – Although the securities that are delivered in TBA transactions must meet certain standards, there is a risk that the actual securities received by the fund may be less favorable than what was anticipated when entering into the transaction. TBA transactions also involve the risk that a counterparty will fail to deliver the security, exposing the fund to further losses.
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U.S. Government and Agency Obligations – Government agency obligations have different levels of credit support and, therefore, different degrees of credit risk. Securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities of the U.S. government that are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government generally present a lesser degree of credit risk than securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities sponsored by the U.S. government that are supported only by the issuer’s right to borrow from the U.S. Treasury and securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities sponsored by the U.S. government that are supported only by the credit of the issuing agencies. A security backed by the “full faith and credit” of the U.S. government is guaranteed only as to its stated interest rate and face value at maturity, not its current market price.
Valuation – The sales price the fund could receive for any particular portfolio investment may differ from the fund's valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets, that are priced based upon valuations provided by third party pricing services that use matrix or evaluated pricing systems, or that are valued using a fair value methodology. These differences may increase significantly and affect fund investments more broadly during periods of market volatility. Investors who purchase or redeem fund shares on days when the fund is holding fair-valued securities may receive fewer or more shares or lower or higher redemption proceeds than they would have received if the fund had not fair-valued securities or had used a different valuation methodology. The fund’s ability to value its investments may also be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third party service providers. Fair value pricing involves subjective judgment, which may prove to be incorrect.
Value Investing – The prices of securities the sub-adviser believes are undervalued may not appreciate as anticipated or may go down. The value approach to investing involves the risk that stocks may remain undervalued, undervaluation may become more severe, or perceived undervaluation may actually represent intrinsic value. Value stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “growth” stocks.
Yield – The amount of income received by the fund will go up or down depending on day-to-day variations in short-term interest rates, and the fund’s expenses could absorb all or a significant portion of the fund’s income. If interest rates increase, the fund’s yield may not increase proportionately.
Performance: The bar chart and the table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart shows how the fund’s performance has varied from year to year. The table shows how the fund’s average annual total returns for different periods compare to the returns of a broad measure of market performance, as well as comparison to one or more secondary indices.
The fund acquired the assets and assumed the liabilities of two Transamerica Partners funds, including Transamerica Partners Balanced (the “predecessor fund”), on September 15, 2017, and the predecessor fund was the accounting and performance survivor of the reorganizations. This means that the predecessor fund's
financial and performance history became the financial and performance history of the fund. In the reorganization of the predecessor fund, former shareholders of the predecessor fund received Class R shares of the fund. The performance of Class R shares includes the performance of the predecessor fund prior to the reorganizations, and has not been restated to reflect the annual operating expenses of Class R shares.
Absent any applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations, performance would have been lower.
As with all mutual funds, past performance (before and after taxes) is not a prediction of future results. Updated performance information is available on our website at www.transamerica.com/investments-fund-center or by calling 1-888-233-4339.
Prior to May 1, 2014, the predecessor fund had a different fixed-income sub-adviser and used different investment strategies for the predecessor fund’s fixed-income component. The performance set forth prior to that date is partly attributable to that previous fixed-income sub-adviser.

Annual Total Returns (calendar years ended December 31) - Class R
 
Quarter Ended
Return
Best Quarter:
6/30/2020
14.67%
Worst Quarter:
6/30/2022
-11.92%

Average Annual Total Returns (periods ended December 31, 2022)
 
1 Year
5 Years
10 Years
Since
Inception
Inception
Date
Class R
 
 
 
 
7/5/1994
Return before taxes
-16.51%
5.45%
7.55%
 
 
Return after taxes on
distributions
-17.61%
4.04%
6.24%
 
 
Return after taxes on
distributions and sale
of fund shares
-9.05%
4.17%
5.83%
 
 
Class I3 (Return before
taxes only)
-16.15%
5.97%
N/A
6.50%
9/15/2017
S&P 500® Index (reflects
no deduction for fees,
expenses or taxes)
-18.11%
9.42%
12.56%
10.41%
 
Bloomberg US
Aggregate Bond Index
(reflects no deduction for
fees, expenses or taxes)
-13.01%
0.02%
1.06%
0.05%
 
The after-tax returns are calculated using the historic highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns may depend on the investor’s individual tax situation and may differ from those
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shown. After-tax returns may not be relevant if the investment is made through a tax-exempt or tax-deferred account, such as a 401(k) plan.

After-tax returns are presented for only one class, and returns for other classes are presented before taxes only and will vary.
Management:
Investment Manager: Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Adviser: Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
Portfolio Managers:
Bradley D. Doyle, CFA
Portfolio Manager
since November 20161
Tyler A. Knight, CFA
Portfolio Manager
since November 20161
Brian W. Westhoff, CFA
Portfolio Manager
since November 20162
Sivakumar N. Rajan
Portfolio Manager
since May 2017
Sub-Adviser: J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.
Portfolio Managers:
Tim Snyder, CFA
Portfolio Manager
since September 20163
Raffaele Zingone, CFA
Portfolio Manager
since September 20164
1 Portfolio Manager of the predecessor fund since October 2015
2 Portfolio Manager of the predecessor fund since May 2014
3 Portfolio Manager of the predecessor fund since May 2013
4 Portfolio Manager of the predecessor fund since July 2010
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares: Shares of the fund are available to individual and institutional investors through certain retirement plans. These plans include, but are not limited to, 401(k), 403(b) and 457 Plans, Money Purchase Plans, Profit Sharing Plans, Simplified Employee Pension Plans, Keogh Plans, defined benefit plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans and IRAs. Shares may be purchased by these investors through a plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary. If you are a participant in a plan, you should obtain the plan’s conditions for participation from your plan administrator. Shares of the fund are also available to other investors, including endowment funds and foundations, any state, county or city, or its instrumentality, department, authority or agency, and accounts registered to insurance companies, trust companies and bank trust departments. Such investors may purchase shares in the fund through the transfer agent directly. You may purchase shares of the fund on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for business. Requests to purchase shares for the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. Participants in retirement plans administered by Transamerica Retirement Solutions should contact Transamerica Retirement Solutions at 1-800-755-5801 for additional information. If you would like to purchase shares in a fund by a wire transfer, please call 1-888-233-4339 for wire transfer instructions. You buy and redeem shares at the fund’s next-determined net asset value (“NAV”) after receipt of your request in good order. There is no minimum investment for eligible retirement plans investing in Class R shares. The minimum initial investment for Class R4 shares is $5,000. There is no minimum for subsequent investments in Class R or R4 shares. A retirement plan may, however, impose minimum investment requirements. Plan participants or IRA holders should consult their plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary.
Redemption requests may be made by mail and, in certain circumstances, telephone. The proceeds of the redemption will be sent by mail or, if authorized on the Account Application, wire transfer. Requests to redeem shares of the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. You may redeem shares by telephone if you authorized telephone redemptions on your Account Application. The fund reserves the right to refuse a telephone redemption request if it is believed it is advisable to do so. The telephone redemption option may be suspended or terminated at any time without advance notice.
Class R shares of the fund are available only to the shareholders of Transamerica Partners Balanced at the time of the reorganization into the fund. Class I3 shares of the fund are only available to shareholders of Transamerica Partners Balanced Portfolio at the time of the reorganization into the fund. Class R4 shares of the fund are not currently available for purchase.
Tax Information: Fund distributions may be taxable as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax-advantaged investment plan. In that case, you may be taxed when you take a distribution from such plan, depending on the type of plan, the circumstances of your distribution and other factors.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries: If you purchase the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the fund and/or its affiliates 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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Transamerica Bond
Investment Objective: Seeks to provide high total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses: This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Class:
R
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
None
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of
purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is lower)
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Management fees
0.39%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees
0.50%
Other expenses
0.31%
Total annual fund operating expenses
1.20%
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement1
0.02%
Total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or
expense reimbursement
1.18%
1
Contractual arrangements have been made with the fund’s investment manager, Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (“TAM”), through March 1, 2024 to waive fees and/or reimburse fund expenses to the extent that total annual fund operating expenses exceed 1.18% for Class R shares, excluding, as applicable, acquired fund fees and expenses, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, dividend and interest expenses on securities sold short, extraordinary expenses and other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the fund’s business. These arrangements cannot be terminated prior to March 1, 2024 without the Board of Trustees’ consent. TAM is permitted to recapture amounts waived and/or reimbursed to a class during any of the 36 months from the date on which TAM waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses for the class if the class’ total annual fund operating expenses have fallen to a level below the limits described above. In no case will TAM recapture any amount that would result, on any particular business day of the fund, in the class’ total annual operating expenses exceeding the applicable limits described above or any other lower limit then in effect.
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 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. The Example reflects applicable waivers and/or reimbursements for the duration of such arrangement(s). 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 R
$120
$379
$658
$1,453
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 portfolio turnover rate for the fund was 40% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies: The fund’s sub-adviser, Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC (the “sub-adviser”), invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the fund’s net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in fixed-income securities, which may include dollar rolls, U.S. government and foreign government bonds and notes (including emerging markets), mortgage-backed, commercial mortgage-backed, and asset-backed securities (including collateralized mortgage obligations), corporate bonds of issuers in the U.S. and foreign countries (including emerging markets), convertible bonds and other convertible securities, bank loans and loan participations, structured notes, and preferred securities. The sub-adviser considers emerging market countries as countries that major international financial institutions, such as the World Bank, generally consider to be less economically mature than developed nations.
Under normal circumstances, at least 50% of the fund’s net assets will be invested in (a) debt securities rated investment grade or higher (rated at least BBB by Standard & Poor’s or Fitch or Baa by Moody’s) by at least two rating agencies or, if unrated, are determined to be of comparable quality by the sub-adviser; (b) securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities; (c) commercial paper rated Prime, Prime-1 or Prime-2 by NCO/Moody’s Commercial Paper Division, or A-1 or A-2 by Standard & Poor’s; and/or (d) cash or cash equivalents. Up to 50% of the fund’s net assets may be invested in debt securities that do not meet the investment grade criteria referred to above (commonly known as “junk bonds”). Junk bonds are high-risk debt securities rated below investment grade (that is, securities rated below BBB by Standard & Poor’s or Fitch or below Baa by Moody’s or, if unrated, determined to be of comparable quality by the fund’s sub-adviser). The fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in equity securities, such as common stocks, rights, warrants or preferred stock. The fund may invest in securities of any maturity and does not have a target average duration.
The sub-adviser uses a combination of a global “top-down” analysis of the macroeconomic and interest rate environments and global asset classes and proprietary “bottom-up” research of sectors, industries, issuers and individual securities. In the sub-adviser’s “top-down” approach, the sub-adviser analyzes various fundamental, technical, sentiment and valuation factors that affect the movement and relative value of markets and securities prices worldwide. In its proprietary “bottom-up” research of corporate and sovereign debt and other fixed-income securities, the sub-adviser considers various fundamental and other factors, such as creditworthiness, capital structure, covenants, cash flows and, as
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applicable, collateral. The sub-adviser uses this combined “top-down” and “bottom-up” approach to determine asset class, sector, security, yield curve and duration positions for the fund. The sub-adviser’s research analysts also generally integrate environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) matters within their analytical process for foreign government bonds and notes (including emerging markets), private residential mortgage-backed securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities, certain asset-backed securities (including collateralized mortgage obligations), corporate bonds of issuers in the U.S. and foreign countries (including emerging markets), structured notes, certain preferred securities, certain cash equivalents (including corporate commercial paper) and privately issued debt securities issued pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S alongside traditional credit metrics as a risk management tool and as a method to identify financially material ESG factors and arrive at an independent, comprehensive view of the investment. The sub-adviser’s research analysts typically do not consider ESG factors when analyzing other investments, including, but not limited to, investments in dollar rolls, U.S. government bonds and notes, U.S. agency securities, convertible bonds, other convertible securities, certain bank loans and loan participations, asset-backed commercial paper, cash, certain cash equivalent securities, equity securities, common stocks, rights, warrants, derivatives, repurchase agreements and money market instruments. Consideration of ESG matters is subjective and not determinative in the sub-adviser’s investment process. The sub-adviser may conclude that other attributes of an investment outweigh ESG considerations when making investment decisions. The sub-adviser’s research analysts do not take ESG factors into consideration with respect to every investment in the fund.
The fund may, but is not required to, engage in certain investment strategies involving derivatives, such as options, futures, forward currency contracts and swaps, including, but not limited to, interest rate, total return and credit default swaps. These investment strategies may be employed as a hedging technique, as a means of altering investment characteristics of the fund’s portfolio (such as shortening or lengthening duration), in an attempt to enhance returns or for other purposes.
The fund may purchase securities on a when-issued, delayed delivery, to be announced or forward commitment basis.
The fund may invest in privately issued securities, including those that are normally purchased pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Principal Risks: Risk is inherent in all investing. Many factors and risks affect the fund's performance, including those described below. The value of your investment in the fund, as well as the amount of return you receive on your investment, may fluctuate significantly day to day and over time. You may lose part or all of your investment in the fund or your investment may not perform as well as other similar investments. The following is a summary description of principal risks (in alphabetical order after certain key risks) of investing in the fund. An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. You may lose money if you invest in this fund.
Market – The market prices of the fund’s securities or other assets may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, due to general market conditions, overall economic trends or events, inflation, changes in interest rates, governmental actions or interventions, actions taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve or foreign central banks, market disruptions caused by tariffs, trade disputes or other factors, political developments, armed conflicts, economic sanctions, cybersecurity events, investor sentiment, public health events such as the spread of infectious disease, and other factors that may or may not be related to the issuer of the security or other asset. If the market prices of the fund’s securities and assets fall, the value of your investment in the fund could go down.
Economies and financial markets throughout the world are increasingly interconnected. Events or circumstances in one or more countries or regions could be highly disruptive to, and have profound impacts on, global economies or markets. As a result, whether or not the fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to the countries directly affected, the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments may go down.
In recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic, the large expansion of government deficits and debt as a result of government actions to mitigate the effects of the pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the rise of inflation have resulted in extreme volatility in the global economy and in global financial markets. These events could be prolonged and could continue to adversely affect the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments, impair the fund’s ability to satisfy redemption requests, and negatively impact the fund’s performance.
Fixed-Income Securities – Risks of fixed-income securities include credit risk, interest rate risk, counterparty risk, prepayment risk, extension risk, valuation risk, and liquidity risk. The value of fixed-income securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, due to general market conditions, such as real or perceived adverse economic or political conditions, tariffs and trade disruptions, inflation, changes in interest rates, lack of liquidity in the bond markets or adverse investor sentiment. In addition, the value of a fixed-income security may decline if the issuer or other obligor of the security fails to pay principal and/or interest, otherwise defaults or has its credit rating downgraded or is perceived to be less creditworthy, or the credit quality or value of any underlying assets declines. If the value of fixed-income securities owned by the fund falls, the value of your investment will go down. The fund may lose its entire investment in the fixed-income securities of an issuer.
Credit – If an issuer or other obligor (such as a party providing insurance or other credit enhancement) of a security held by the fund or a counterparty to a financial contract with the fund is unable or unwilling to meet its financial obligations, or is downgraded or perceived to be less creditworthy (whether by market participants or otherwise), or if the value of any underlying assets declines, the value of your investment will typically decline. A decline may be rapid and/or significant, particularly in certain market environments. In addition, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against an issuer, obligor or counterparty.
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Interest Rate –The value of fixed-income securities generally goes down when interest rates rise. A rise in rates tends to have a greater impact on the prices of longer term or duration securities. Changes in interest rates also may affect the liquidity of the fund’s investments. A general rise in interest rates may cause investors to sell fixed-income securities on a large scale, which could adversely affect the price and liquidity of fixed-income securities generally and could also result in increased redemptions from the fund. Increased redemptions could cause the fund to sell securities at inopportune times or depressed prices and result in further losses.
Mortgage-Related and Asset-Backed Securities – The value of mortgage-related and asset-backed securities will be influenced by factors affecting the housing market and the assets underlying such securities. As a result, during periods of declining asset values, difficult or frozen credit markets, swings in interest rates, or deteriorating economic conditions, mortgage-related and asset-backed securities may decline in value, face valuation difficulties, become more volatile and/or become illiquid, which could negatively impact the fund. Mortgage-backed securities represent direct or indirect participations in, or are collateralized by and payable from, mortgage loans secured by real property. Asset-backed securities represent participations in, or are secured by and payable from, assets such as installment sales or loan contracts, leases, credit card receivables and other categories of receivables. The value of mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities may be affected by changes in credit quality or value of the mortgage loans or other assets that support the securities. Mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities are subject to prepayment or call and extension risks. Some of these securities may receive little or no collateral protection from the underlying assets.
High-Yield Debt Securities – High-yield debt securities, commonly referred to as “junk” bonds, are securities that are rated below “investment grade” or are of comparable quality. Changes in interest rates, the market’s perception of the issuers, the creditworthiness of the issuers and negative perceptions of the junk bond market generally may significantly affect the value of these bonds. Junk bonds are considered speculative, tend to be volatile, typically have a higher risk of default, tend to be less liquid and more difficult to value than higher grade securities, and may result in losses for the fund.
Inflation – The value of assets or income from investment may be worth less in the future as inflation decreases the value of money. As inflation increases, the real value of the fund’s assets can decline as can the value of the fund’s distributions.
Liquidity – The fund may make investments that are illiquid or that become illiquid after purchase. Illiquid investments can be difficult to value, may trade at a discount from comparable, more liquid investments, and may be subject to wide fluctuations in value. Liquidity risk may be magnified in rising interest rate environments. If the fund is forced to sell an illiquid investment to meet redemption requests or other cash needs, the fund may be forced to sell at a substantial loss or may not be able to sell at all. Liquidity of particular investments, or even entire asset classes, including U.S. Treasury securities, can deteriorate rapidly, particularly during times of market turmoil, and those investments may be difficult or impossible for the fund to sell. This may prevent the fund from limiting losses.
Counterparty – The fund could lose money if the counterparties to derivatives, repurchase agreements and/or other financial contracts entered into for the fund do not fulfill their contractual obligations. In addition, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against a counterparty.
Extension – When interest rates rise, payments of fixed-income securities, including asset- and mortgage-backed securities, may occur more slowly than anticipated, causing their market prices to decline.
Prepayment or Call – Many issuers have a right to prepay their fixed-income securities. If this happens, the fund will not benefit from the rise in the market price of the securities that normally accompanies a decline in interest rates and may be forced to reinvest the prepayment proceeds in securities with lower yields.
Bank Obligations – Banks are sensitive to changes in money market and general economic conditions. Banks are highly regulated. Decisions by regulators may limit the loans banks make, affect the interest rates and fees they charge and reduce bank profitability.
Management – The value of your investment may go down if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's judgments and decisions are incorrect or otherwise do not produce the desired results, or if the investment strategy does not work as intended. You may also suffer losses if there are imperfections, errors or limitations in the quantitative, analytic or other tools, resources, information and data used, investment techniques applied, or the analyses employed or relied on, by the investment manageror sub-adviser, if such tools, resources, information or data are used incorrectly or otherwise do not work as intended, or if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's investment style is out of favor or otherwise fails to produce the desired results. Any of these things could cause the fund to lose value or its results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.
Active Trading – The fund may purchase and sell securities without regard to the length of time held. Active trading may be more pronounced during periods of market volatility, may have a negative impact on performance and may generate greater amounts of short-term capital gains.
Convertible Securities – Convertible securities are subject to risks associated with both fixed-income and equity securities. For example, if market interest rates rise, the value of a convertible security typically falls. In addition, a convertible security is subject to the risk that the issuer will not be able to pay interest or dividends when due, and the market value of the security may change based on the issuer’s actual or perceived creditworthiness. Since the convertible security derives a portion of its value from the underlying common stock, the security is also subject to the same types of market and issuer-specific risks that apply to the underlying common stock. Convertible securities generally offer lower interest or dividend yields than non-convertible securities of similar quality.
Currency – The value of a fund’s investments in securities denominated in foreign currencies increases or decreases as the rates of exchange between those currencies and the U.S. dollar change. U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers may also be affected by currency risk. Currency exchange rates can be volatile and may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency conversion costs and currency fluctuations could reduce
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or eliminate investment gains or add to investment losses. A fund may be unable or may choose not to hedge its foreign currency exposure or any hedge may not be effective.
Currency Hedging – The fund may hedge its currency risk using currency futures, forwards or options. However, hedging strategies and/or these instruments may not always work as intended, and a fund may be worse off than if it had not used a hedging strategy or instrument. Certain countries may also impose restrictions on the exchange or export of currency or adverse currency exchange rates and may be characterized by a lack of available currency hedging instruments.
Derivatives – The use of derivatives involves a variety of risks, which may be different from, or greater than, the risks associated with investing in traditional securities, such as stocks and bonds. Risks of derivatives include leverage risk, liquidity risk, valuation risk, market risk, counterparty risk, credit risk, operational risk and legal risk. Use of derivatives can increase fund losses, increase costs, reduce opportunities for gains, increase fund volatility, and not produce the result intended. Certain derivatives have the potential for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the initial investment. Even a small investment in derivatives can have a disproportionate impact on the fund. Derivatives may be difficult or impossible to sell, unwind or value, and the counterparty (including, if applicable, the fund’s clearing broker, the derivatives exchange or the clearinghouse) may default on its obligations to the fund. In certain cases, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against or closing out derivatives instruments with a counterparty, which may result in additional losses. Derivatives are also generally subject to the risks applicable to the assets, rates, indices or other indicators underlying the derivative, including market risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, management and valuation risk. Also, suitable derivative transactions may not be available in all circumstances or at reasonable prices. The value of a derivative may fluctuate more or less than, or otherwise not correlate well with, the underlying assets, rates, indices or other indicators to which it relates. The fund may segregate cash or other liquid assets to cover the funding of its obligations under derivatives contracts or make margin payments when it takes positions in derivatives involving obligations to third parties. New Rule 18f-4 under the 1940 Act provides a comprehensive regulatory framework for the use of derivatives by funds and imposes new requirements and restrictions on funds using derivatives. Rule 18f-4 could have an adverse impact on the fund’s performance and its ability to implement its investment strategies as it has historically and may increase costs related to the fund’s use of derivatives. It is not currently clear what impact, if any, the rule will have on the availability, liquidity or performance of derivatives. The rule may not be effective to limit the risk of loss from derivatives.
Distressed or Defaulted Securities – Investments in defaulted securities and obligations of distressed issuers, including securities that are, or may be, involved in reorganizations or other financial restructurings, either out of court or in bankruptcy, involve substantial risks in addition to the risks of investing in high-yield debt securities. These securities are considered speculative. The fund may incur costs to protect its investment, and the fund could lose its entire investment. Distressed securities and any securities received in an exchange for such securities may be subject to restrictions on resale.
Dollar Rolls – The use of dollar rolls is a speculative technique involving leverage, and can have an economic effect similar to borrowing money. Dollar roll transactions involve the risk that the market value of the securities the fund is required to purchase may decline below the agreed upon repurchase price of those securities. If the broker/dealer to whom the fund sells securities becomes insolvent, the fund’s ability to purchase or repurchase securities may be restricted.
Emerging Markets – Investments in securities of issuers located or doing business in emerging markets are subject to heightened foreign investments risks and may experience rapid and extreme changes in value. Emerging market countries tend to have less developed and less stable economic, political and legal systems and regulatory and accounting standards, may have policies that restrict investment by foreigners or that prevent foreign investors such as the fund from withdrawing their money at will, and are more likely to experience nationalization, expropriation and confiscatory taxation. In addition, emerging market securities may have low trading volumes and may be or become illiquid.
Equity Securities – Equity securities generally have greater risk of loss than debt securities. Stock markets are volatile and the value of equity securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. The value of equity securities fluctuates based on real or perceived changes in a company’s financial condition, factors affecting a particular industry or industries, and overall market, economic and political conditions. If the market prices of the equity securities owned by the fund fall, the value of your investment in the fund will decline. The fund may lose its entire investment in the equity securities of an issuer. A change in financial condition or other event affecting a single issuer may adversely impact securities markets as a whole.
Floating Rate Loans – Floating rate loans are often made to borrowers whose financial condition is troubled or highly leveraged. These loans frequently are rated below investment grade and are therefore subject to “High-Yield Debt Securities” risk. There is no public market for floating rate loans and the loans may trade infrequently and be subject to wide bid/ask spreads. Many floating rate loans are subject to restrictions on resale. Floating rate loans may have trade settlement periods in excess of seven days, which may result in the fund not receiving proceeds from the sale of a loan for an extended period. As a result, the fund may be subject to greater “Liquidity” risk than a fund that does not invest in floating rate loans and the fund may be constrained in its ability to meet its obligations (including obligations to redeeming shareholders). The lack of an active trading market may also make it more difficult to value floating rate loans. Rising interest rates can lead to increased default rates as payment obligations increase.
Focused Investing – To the extent the fund invests in a limited number of countries, regions, sectors, industries or market segments, in a limited number of issuers, or in issuers in related businesses or that are subject to related operating risks, the fund will be more susceptible to negative events affecting those countries, regions, sectors, industries, segments or issuers, and the value of its shares may be more volatile than if it invested more widely.
Foreign Investments – Investing in securities of foreign issuers or issuers with significant exposure to foreign markets involves additional risks. Foreign markets can be less liquid, less regulated, less transparent and more volatile than U.S. markets. The value of
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the fund’s foreign investments may decline, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, because of factors affecting the particular issuer as well as foreign markets and issuers generally, such as unfavorable government actions, including nationalization, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, reduction of government or central bank support, tariffs and trade disruptions, sanctions, political or financial instability, social unrest or other adverse economic or political developments. Foreign investments may also be subject to different accounting practices and different regulatory, legal, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping standards and practices, and may be more difficult to value than investments in U.S. issuers. Certain foreign clearance and settlement procedures may result in an inability to execute transactions or delays in settlement.
Hedging – The fund may buy and sell futures contracts, put and call options, forward contracts and other instruments as a hedge. The fund’s hedging strategies may not work as intended, and the fund may be in a less favorable position than if it had not used a hedging instrument.
Inflation-Protected Securities – Inflation-protected debt securities may react differently from other types of debt securities and tend to react to changes in “real” interest rates, which represent nominal (stated) interest rates reduced by the expected impact of inflation. In general, the price of an inflation-protected debt security can fall when real interest rates rise, and can rise when real interest rates fall. Interest payments on inflation-protected debt securities can be unpredictable and will vary as the principal and/or interest is adjusted for inflation.
Large Shareholder – A significant portion of the fund’s shares may be owned by other funds sponsored by Transamerica. Transactions by these funds may be disruptive to the management of the fund. For example, the fund may experience large redemptions and could be required to sell securities at a time when it may not otherwise desire to do so. Such transactions may increase the fund’s brokerage and/or other transaction costs. These transactions may also accelerate the realization of taxable income to shareholders if such sales of investments resulted in gains. In addition, sizeable redemptions could cause the fund’s total expenses to increase.
Leveraging – To the extent that the fund borrows or uses derivatives or other investments, such as ETFs, that have embedded leverage, your investment may be subject to heightened volatility, risk of loss and costs. Other risks also will be compounded because leverage generally magnifies the effect of a change in the value of an asset and creates a risk of loss of value on a larger pool of assets than the fund would otherwise have. Use of leverage may result in the loss of a substantial amount, and possibly all, of the fund’s assets. The fund also may have to sell assets at inopportune times to satisfy its obligations.
LIBOR – Many financial instruments, financings or other transactions to which the fund may be a party use or may use a floating rate based on the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). The UK Financial Conduct Authority and LIBOR’s administrator announced that the use of LIBOR will be phased out; most LIBOR rates are no longer published as of the end of 2021 and a majority of U.S. dollar LIBOR rates will no longer be published after June 30, 2023. It is possible that a subset of LIBOR rates may be published after these dates on a “synthetic” basis, but any such
publications would be considered non-representative of the underlying market. There remains uncertainty regarding the nature of any replacement rate and the impact of the transition from LIBOR on the fund, issuers of instruments in which the fund invests, and financial markets generally. As such, the potential effect of a transition away from LIBOR on the fund or the fund’s investments cannot yet be determined.
Loans – Loans are subject to the credit risk of nonpayment of principal or interest. Economic downturns or increases in interest rates may cause an increase in defaults, interest rate risk and liquidity risk. Loans may or may not be collateralized at the time of acquisition, and any collateral may be relatively illiquid or lose all or substantially all of its value subsequent to investment. The fund's investments in loans are also subject to prepayment or call risk.
Municipal Securities – The municipal bond market can be susceptible to unusual volatility, particularly for lower-rated and unrated securities. Liquidity can be reduced unpredictably in response to overall economic conditions or credit tightening. Municipal issuers may be adversely affected by rising health care costs, increasing unfunded pension liabilities, and by the phasing out of federal programs providing financial support. The value of municipal securities can also be adversely affected by changes in the financial condition of one or more individual municipal issuers or insurers of municipal issuers, regulatory and political developments, tax law changes or other legislative actions, and by uncertainties and public perceptions concerning these and other factors. To the extent the fund invests significantly in a single state or in securities the payments on which are dependent upon a single project or source of revenue, or that relate to a sector or industry, the fund will be more susceptible to associated risks and developments. Municipal issuers may be more susceptible to downgrades or defaults during recessions or similar periods of economic stress. A number of municipal issuers have defaulted on obligations, commenced insolvency proceedings, or suffered credit downgrading. Financial difficulties of municipal issuers may continue or worsen.
Investment in municipal securities of issuers in Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or other U.S. territories, may have more risks than tax-exempt securities issued by other issuers due to the political, social and/or economic conditions in the particular territory.
Preferred Stock – Preferred stock’s right to dividends and liquidation proceeds is junior to the rights of a company’s debt securities. The value of preferred stock may be subject to factors that affect fixed-income and equity securities. The value of preferred stock tends to vary more with fluctuations in the underlying common stock and less with fluctuations in interest rates and tends to exhibit greater volatility.
Privately Placed and Other Restricted Securities – Restricted securities, which include private placements of private and public companies, are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on their resale. Restricted securities may be difficult to sell at the time and price a fund prefers. Restricted securities may be difficult to value properly and may involve greater risks than securities that are not subject to restrictions on resale, both of which may result in substantial losses. An insufficient number of eligible buyers interested in purchasing restricted securities held by a fund could adversely affect the marketability of such securities
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and a fund might be unable to dispose of such securities promptly or at reasonable prices, adversely affecting a fund’s overall liquidity and performance. Restricted securities may not be listed on an exchange and may have no active trading market. A fund may incur additional expense when disposing of restricted securities. Restricted securities may involve a high degree of business and financial risk and may result in substantial losses to the fund.
Repurchase Agreements – In a repurchase agreement, the fund purchases securities from a broker-dealer or a bank, called the counterparty, upon the agreement of the counterparty to repurchase the securities from the fund at a later date, and at a specified price. The securities purchased serve as the fund's collateral for the obligation of the counterparty to repurchase the securities. If the counterparty does not repurchase the securities, the fund is entitled to sell the securities, but the fund may not be able to sell them for the price at which they were purchased, thus causing a loss. If the counterparty becomes insolvent, there is some risk that the fund will not have a right to the securities, or the immediate right to sell the securities.
Sovereign Debt – Sovereign debt instruments are subject to the risk that the governmental entity may delay or fail to pay interest or repay principal on its sovereign debt. If a governmental entity defaults, it may ask for more time in which to pay or for further loans, or the debt may be restructured. There may be no established legal process for collecting sovereign debt that a government does not pay, nor are there bankruptcy proceedings through which all or part of the sovereign debt that a governmental entity has not repaid may be collected.
Structured Instruments – The fund may invest in, or have exposure to, various types of structured instruments, including securities that have demand, tender or put features, or interest rate reset features. Structured instruments are a type of derivative instrument and the payment and credit qualities of these instruments derive from the assets embedded in the structure from which they are issued. Structured instruments may be leveraged and may behave in ways not anticipated by the fund, or they may not receive tax, accounting or regulatory treatment anticipated by the fund. Structured instruments may also be less liquid and more difficult to value accurately than more traditional securities and instruments.
Sustainability and/or Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) Considerations – The sub-adviser considers sustainability and/or ESG factors that it deems relevant, along with other factors and analysis, when sub-advising the fund. This usage of sustainability and/or ESG factors or criteria is sometimes referred to as “ESG integration.” The sub-adviser may consider sustainability and/or ESG factors on a meaningful portion of the fund’s investments. The sub-adviser may give little or no weight to sustainability and/or ESG factors for certain investments, and not every sustainability and/or ESG factor may be identified or evaluated for every investment. Consideration of sustainability and/or ESG factors is not determinative in the sub-adviser’s investment process, and the sub-adviser may conclude that other attributes of an investment outweigh sustainability and/or ESG considerations when making investment decisions. Applying sustainability and/or ESG factors as part of the fund’s security selection process may impact the sub-adviser’s investment decisions. Sustainability and ESG factors are not uniformly defined and applying such factors involves
subjective assessments. Sustainability and ESG ratings and assessments of issuers can vary across investment advisers (including sub-advisers) and third party data providers and may change over time. Sustainability and ESG factors can be difficult to apply consistently across issuers, regions, countries, industries and sectors. The application of these factors could negatively impact the fund’s performance. Sustainability and ESG information from issuers and from third party data providers may be incomplete, delayed, inaccurate or unavailable, which could lead to an incorrect assessment of a company’s sustainability or ESG characteristics. Regulation of sustainability and ESG investing in the U.S. and abroad is evolving. Regulatory changes with respect to ESG integration could impact the sub-adviser’s ability to consider sustainability and/or ESG criteria as part of its investment process.
To Be Announced (TBA) Transactions – Although the securities that are delivered in TBA transactions must meet certain standards, there is a risk that the actual securities received by the fund may be less favorable than what was anticipated when entering into the transaction. TBA transactions also involve the risk that a counterparty will fail to deliver the security, exposing the fund to further losses.
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations – Government agency obligations have different levels of credit support and, therefore, different degrees of credit risk. Securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities of the U.S. government that are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government generally present a lesser degree of credit risk than securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities sponsored by the U.S. government that are supported only by the issuer’s right to borrow from the U.S. Treasury and securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities sponsored by the U.S. government that are supported only by the credit of the issuing agencies. A security backed by the “full faith and credit” of the U.S. government is guaranteed only as to its stated interest rate and face value at maturity, not its current market price.
Valuation – The sales price the fund could receive for any particular portfolio investment may differ from the fund's valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets, that are priced based upon valuations provided by third party pricing services that use matrix or evaluated pricing systems, or that are valued using a fair value methodology. These differences may increase significantly and affect fund investments more broadly during periods of market volatility. Investors who purchase or redeem fund shares on days when the fund is holding fair-valued securities may receive fewer or more shares or lower or higher redemption proceeds than they would have received if the fund had not fair-valued securities or had used a different valuation methodology. The fund’s ability to value its investments may also be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third party service providers. Fair value pricing involves subjective judgment, which may prove to be incorrect.
Warrants and Rights – Warrants and rights may be considered more speculative than certain other types of investments because they do not entitle a holder to the dividends or voting rights for the securities that may be purchased, and they do not represent any rights in the assets of the issuing company. If the
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warrant is not exercised before the expiration date, it generally expires without any value and the fund will lose any amount it paid for the warrant.
Yield – The amount of income received by the fund will go up or down depending on day-to-day variations in short-term interest rates, and the fund’s expenses could absorb all or a significant portion of the fund’s income. If interest rates increase, the fund’s yield may not increase proportionately.
Performance: The bar chart and the table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart shows how the fund’s performance has varied from year to year. The table shows how the fund’s average annual total returns for different periods compare to the returns of a broad measure of market performance.
The past performance information shown below is for Class A shares, which are offered in a separate prospectus. Although Class R shares would have similar annual returns to Class A shares because the classes are invested in the same portfolio of securities, the returns for Class A shares will vary from Class R shares because Class R shares have different expenses and are not subject to sales charges. Performance information for Class R shares will be included after the share class has been in operation for one complete calendar year.
The bar chart does not reflect the impact of sales charges, which, if reflected, would lower the returns. The table includes deduction of applicable sales charges.
Absent any applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations, performance would be lower.
As with all mutual funds, past performance (before and after taxes) is not a prediction of future results. Updated performance information is available on our website at www.transamerica.com/investments-fund-center or by calling 1-888-233-4339.

Annual Total Returns (calendar years ended December 31) - Class A
 
Quarter Ended
Return
Best Quarter:
6/30/2020
6.97%
Worst Quarter:
6/30/2022
-6.45%

Average Annual Total Returns (periods ended December 31, 2022)
 
1 Year
5 Years
10 Years
Inception
Date
Class A
 
 
 
6/29/1987
Return before taxes
-17.53%
-1.02%
1.18%
 
Return after taxes on distributions
-18.48%
-2.21%
-0.20%
 
Return after taxes on distributions
and sale of fund shares
-10.36%
-1.22%
0.32%
 
Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond
Index (reflects no deduction for fees,
expenses or taxes)
-13.01%
0.02%
1.06%
 
The after-tax returns are calculated using the historic highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns may depend on the investor’s individual tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns may not be relevant if the investment is made through a tax-exempt or tax-deferred account, such as a 401(k) plan.
Management:
Investment Manager: Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Adviser: Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
Portfolio Managers:
Bradley D. Doyle, CFA
Portfolio Manager
since October 2015
Tyler A. Knight, CFA
Portfolio Manager
since April 2021
Brian W. Westhoff, CFA
Portfolio Manager
since August 2005
Sivakumar N. Rajan
Portfolio Manager
since December 2022
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares: Shares of the fund are available to individual and institutional investors through certain retirement plans. These plans include, but are not limited to, 401(k), 403(b) and 457 Plans, Money Purchase Plans, Profit Sharing Plans, Simplified Employee Pension Plans, Keogh Plans, defined benefit plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans and IRAs. Shares may be purchased by these investors through a plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary. If you are a participant in a plan, you should obtain the plan’s conditions for participation from your plan administrator. Shares of the fund are also available to other investors, including endowment funds and foundations, any state, county or city, or its instrumentality, department, authority or agency, and accounts registered to insurance companies, trust companies and bank trust departments. Such investors may purchase shares in the fund through the transfer agent directly. You may purchase shares of the fund on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for business. Requests to purchase shares for the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. Participants in retirement plans administered by Transamerica Retirement Solutions should contact Transamerica Retirement Solutions at 1-800-755-5801 for additional information. If you would like to purchase shares in a fund by a wire transfer, please call 1-888-233-4339 for wire transfer instructions. You buy and redeem shares at the fund’s next-determined net asset value (“NAV”) after receipt of your request in good order. There is no minimum investment for eligible retirement plans investing in Class R shares. There is no minimum for subsequent investments in Class R shares.
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A retirement plan may, however, impose minimum investment requirements. Plan participants or IRA holders should consult their plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary.
Redemption requests may be made by mail and, in certain circumstances, telephone. The proceeds of the redemption will be sent by mail or, if authorized on the Account Application, wire transfer. Requests to redeem shares of the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. You may redeem shares by telephone if you authorized telephone redemptions on your Account Application. The fund reserves the right to refuse a telephone redemption request if it is believed it is advisable to do so. The telephone redemption option may be suspended or terminated at any time without advance notice.
Tax Information: Fund distributions may be taxable as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax-advantaged investment plan. In that case, you may be taxed when you take a distribution from such plan, depending on the type of plan, the circumstances of your distribution and other factors.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries: If you purchase the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the fund and/or its affiliates 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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Transamerica Capital Growth
Investment Objective: Seeks to maximize long-term growth.
Fees and Expenses: This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Class:
R
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
None
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of
purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is lower)
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Management fees
0.67%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees
0.50%
Other expenses
0.39%
Total annual fund operating expenses
1.56%
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement1
0.15%
Total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or
expense reimbursement
1.41%
1
Contractual arrangements have been made with the fund’s investment manager, Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (“TAM”), through March 1, 2024 to waive fees and/or reimburse fund expenses to the extent that total annual fund operating expenses exceed 1.41% for Class R shares, excluding, as applicable, acquired fund fees and expenses, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, dividend and interest expenses on securities sold short, extraordinary expenses and other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the fund’s business. These arrangements cannot be terminated prior to March 1, 2024 without the Board of Trustees’ consent. TAM is permitted to recapture amounts waived and/or reimbursed to a class during any of the 36 months from the date on which TAM waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses for the class if the class’ total annual fund operating expenses have fallen to a level below the limits described above. In no case will TAM recapture any amount that would result, on any particular business day of the fund, in the class’ total annual operating expenses exceeding the applicable limits described above or any other lower limit then in effect.
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 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. The Example reflects applicable waivers and/or reimbursements for the duration of such arrangement(s). 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 R
$144
$478
$836
$1,844
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 portfolio turnover rate for the fund was 46% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies: The fund’s sub-adviser, Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. (the “sub-adviser”), under normal circumstances, seeks long-term capital growth by investing primarily in established and emerging companies with capitalizations at the time of purchase within the range of companies included in the Russell 1000® Growth Index1, which as of December 31, 2022, was between $735.67 million and $2.07 trillion. The fund typically invests in a relatively small number of companies. Growth stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “value” stocks.
The fund may invest up to 25% of its net assets in securities of foreign issuers, including issuers located in emerging market or developing countries, securities classified as American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”), American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) or Global Depositary Shares (“GDSs”), foreign U.S. dollar denominated securities that are traded on a U.S. exchange and local shares of non-U.S. issuers. The sub-adviser considers an issuer to be from a particular country if (i) its principal securities trading market is in that country; (ii) alone or on a consolidated basis it derives 50% or more of its annual revenue from goods produced, sales made or services performed in that country; or (iii) it is organized under the laws of, or has a principal office in, that country. By applying these tests, it is possible that a particular company could be deemed to be from more than one country. The securities in which the fund may invest may be denominated in U.S. dollars or in currencies other than U.S. dollars. The fund may utilize foreign currency forward exchange contracts, which are derivatives, in connection with its investments in foreign securities. The fund’s equity investments may include common and preferred stocks, convertible securities and equity-linked securities, rights and warrants to purchase common stocks, depositary receipts, exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), and other specialty securities having equity features.
The sub-adviser emphasizes a “bottom-up” stock selection process, seeking attractive investments on an individual company basis. The sub-adviser integrates environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) factors into its investment process by using ESG factors as a lens for additional fundamental research, which can contribute to its investment decision-making. This analysis of ESG factors is subjective and not determinative in the sub-adviser's investment process. The sub-adviser may conclude that other attributes of an investment outweigh ESG factors when making investment decisions.
1 “Russell®” and other service marks and trademarks related to the Russell indexes are trademarks of the London Stock Exchange Group companies.
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Principal Risks: Risk is inherent in all investing. Many factors and risks affect the fund's performance, including those described below. The value of your investment in the fund, as well as the amount of return you receive on your investment, may fluctuate significantly day to day and over time. You may lose part or all of your investment in the fund or your investment may not perform as well as other similar investments. The following is a summary description of principal risks (in alphabetical order after certain key risks) of investing in the fund. An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. You may lose money if you invest in this fund.
Market – The market prices of the fund’s securities or other assets may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, due to general market conditions, overall economic trends or events, inflation, changes in interest rates, governmental actions or interventions, actions taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve or foreign central banks, market disruptions caused by tariffs, trade disputes or other factors, political developments, armed conflicts, economic sanctions, cybersecurity events, investor sentiment, public health events such as the spread of infectious disease, and other factors that may or may not be related to the issuer of the security or other asset. If the market prices of the fund’s securities and assets fall, the value of your investment in the fund could go down.
Economies and financial markets throughout the world are increasingly interconnected. Events or circumstances in one or more countries or regions could be highly disruptive to, and have profound impacts on, global economies or markets. As a result, whether or not the fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to the countries directly affected, the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments may go down.
In recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic, the large expansion of government deficits and debt as a result of government actions to mitigate the effects of the pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the rise of inflation have resulted in extreme volatility in the global economy and in global financial markets. These events could be prolonged and could continue to adversely affect the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments, impair the fund’s ability to satisfy redemption requests, and negatively impact the fund’s performance.
Growth Stocks – Returns on growth stocks may not move in tandem with returns on other categories of stocks or the market as a whole. Growth stocks typically are particularly sensitive to market movements and may involve larger price swings because their market prices tend to reflect future expectations. When it appears those expectations may not be met, the prices of growth stocks typically fall. Growth stocks may also be more volatile because they often do not pay dividends. The values of growth stocks tend to go down when interest rates rise because the rise in interest rates reduces the current value of future cash flows. Growth stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “value” stocks.
Foreign Investments – Investing in securities of foreign issuers or issuers with significant exposure to foreign markets involves additional risks. Foreign markets can be less liquid, less regulated, less transparent and more volatile than U.S. markets. The value of
the fund’s foreign investments may decline, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, because of factors affecting the particular issuer as well as foreign markets and issuers generally, such as unfavorable government actions, including nationalization, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, reduction of government or central bank support, tariffs and trade disruptions, sanctions, political or financial instability, social unrest or other adverse economic or political developments. Foreign investments may also be subject to different accounting practices and different regulatory, legal, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping standards and practices, and may be more difficult to value than investments in U.S. issuers. Certain foreign clearance and settlement procedures may result in an inability to execute transactions or delays in settlement.
Large Capitalization Companies – The fund’s investments in larger, more established companies may underperform other segments of the market because they may be less responsive to competitive challenges and opportunities and unable to attain high growth rates during periods of economic expansion.
Equity Securities – Equity securities generally have greater risk of loss than debt securities. Stock markets are volatile and the value of equity securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. The value of equity securities fluctuates based on real or perceived changes in a company’s financial condition, factors affecting a particular industry or industries, and overall market, economic and political conditions. If the market prices of the equity securities owned by the fund fall, the value of your investment in the fund will decline. The fund may lose its entire investment in the equity securities of an issuer. A change in financial condition or other event affecting a single issuer may adversely impact securities markets as a whole.
Management – The value of your investment may go down if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's judgments and decisions are incorrect or otherwise do not produce the desired results, or if the investment strategy does not work as intended. You may also suffer losses if there are imperfections, errors or limitations in the quantitative, analytic or other tools, resources, information and data used, investment techniques applied, or the analyses employed or relied on, by the investment manageror sub-adviser, if such tools, resources, information or data are used incorrectly or otherwise do not work as intended, or if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's investment style is out of favor or otherwise fails to produce the desired results. Any of these things could cause the fund to lose value or its results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.
Active Trading – The fund may purchase and sell securities without regard to the length of time held. Active trading may be more pronounced during periods of market volatility, may have a negative impact on performance and may generate greater amounts of short-term capital gains.
Convertible Securities – Convertible securities are subject to risks associated with both fixed-income and equity securities. For example, if market interest rates rise, the value of a convertible security typically falls. In addition, a convertible security is subject to the risk that the issuer will not be able to pay interest or dividends when due, and the market value of the security may change based on the issuer’s actual or perceived creditworthiness. Since the convertible security derives a portion of its value from the underlying common stock, the security is also subject to the same types
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of market and issuer-specific risks that apply to the underlying common stock. Convertible securities generally offer lower interest or dividend yields than non-convertible securities of similar quality.
Counterparty – The fund could lose money if the counterparties to derivatives, repurchase agreements and/or other financial contracts entered into for the fund do not fulfill their contractual obligations. In addition, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against a counterparty.
Currency – The value of a fund’s investments in securities denominated in foreign currencies increases or decreases as the rates of exchange between those currencies and the U.S. dollar change. U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers may also be affected by currency risk. Currency exchange rates can be volatile and may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency conversion costs and currency fluctuations could reduce or eliminate investment gains or add to investment losses. A fund may be unable or may choose not to hedge its foreign currency exposure or any hedge may not be effective.
Currency Hedging – The fund may hedge its currency risk using currency futures, forwards or options. However, hedging strategies and/or these instruments may not always work as intended, and a fund may be worse off than if it had not used a hedging strategy or instrument. Certain countries may also impose restrictions on the exchange or export of currency or adverse currency exchange rates and may be characterized by a lack of available currency hedging instruments.
Depositary Receipts – Depositary receipts are generally subject to the same risks as are the foreign securities that they evidence or into which they may be converted, and they may be less liquid than the underlying shares in their primary trading market. In addition, depositary receipts expose the fund to risk associated with the non-uniform terms that apply to depositary receipt programs, credit exposure to the depositary bank and to the sponsors and other parties with whom the depositary bank establishes the programs. Holders of depositary receipts may have limited voting rights, and investment restrictions in certain countries may adversely impact the value of depositary receipts because such restrictions may limit the ability to convert equity shares into depositary receipts and vice versa.
Derivatives – The use of derivatives involves a variety of risks, which may be different from, or greater than, the risks associated with investing in traditional securities, such as stocks and bonds. Risks of derivatives include leverage risk, liquidity risk, valuation risk, market risk, counterparty risk, credit risk, operational risk and legal risk. Use of derivatives can increase fund losses, increase costs, reduce opportunities for gains, increase fund volatility, and not produce the result intended. Certain derivatives have the potential for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the initial investment. Even a small investment in derivatives can have a disproportionate impact on the fund. Derivatives may be difficult or impossible to sell, unwind or value, and the counterparty (including, if applicable, the fund’s clearing broker, the derivatives exchange or the clearinghouse) may default on its obligations to the fund. In certain cases, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against or closing out derivatives instruments with a counterparty, which may result in additional losses. Derivatives are also generally subject to the risks applicable to the assets, rates, indices or other indicators underlying the derivative, including
market risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, management and valuation risk. Also, suitable derivative transactions may not be available in all circumstances or at reasonable prices. The value of a derivative may fluctuate more or less than, or otherwise not correlate well with, the underlying assets, rates, indices or other indicators to which it relates. The fund may segregate cash or other liquid assets to cover the funding of its obligations under derivatives contracts or make margin payments when it takes positions in derivatives involving obligations to third parties. New Rule 18f-4 under the 1940 Act provides a comprehensive regulatory framework for the use of derivatives by funds and imposes new requirements and restrictions on funds using derivatives. Rule 18f-4 could have an adverse impact on the fund’s performance and its ability to implement its investment strategies as it has historically and may increase costs related to the fund’s use of derivatives. It is not currently clear what impact, if any, the rule will have on the availability, liquidity or performance of derivatives. The rule may not be effective to limit the risk of loss from derivatives.
Emerging Markets – Investments in securities of issuers located or doing business in emerging markets are subject to heightened foreign investments risks and may experience rapid and extreme changes in value. Emerging market countries tend to have less developed and less stable economic, political and legal systems and regulatory and accounting standards, may have policies that restrict investment by foreigners or that prevent foreign investors such as the fund from withdrawing their money at will, and are more likely to experience nationalization, expropriation and confiscatory taxation. In addition, emerging market securities may have low trading volumes and may be or become illiquid.
Focused Investing – To the extent the fund invests in a limited number of countries, regions, sectors, industries or market segments, in a limited number of issuers, or in issuers in related businesses or that are subject to related operating risks, the fund will be more susceptible to negative events affecting those countries, regions, sectors, industries, segments or issuers, and the value of its shares may be more volatile than if it invested more widely.
Large Shareholder – A significant portion of the fund’s shares may be owned by other funds sponsored by Transamerica. Transactions by these funds may be disruptive to the management of the fund. For example, the fund may experience large redemptions and could be required to sell securities at a time when it may not otherwise desire to do so. Such transactions may increase the fund’s brokerage and/or other transaction costs. These transactions may also accelerate the realization of taxable income to shareholders if such sales of investments resulted in gains. In addition, sizeable redemptions could cause the fund’s total expenses to increase.
Leveraging – To the extent that the fund borrows or uses derivatives or other investments, such as ETFs, that have embedded leverage, your investment may be subject to heightened volatility, risk of loss and costs. Other risks also will be compounded because leverage generally magnifies the effect of a change in the value of an asset and creates a risk of loss of value on a larger pool of assets than the fund would otherwise have. Use of leverage may result in the loss of a substantial amount, and possibly all, of the fund’s assets. The fund also may have to sell assets at inopportune times to satisfy its obligations.
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Liquidity – The fund may make investments that are illiquid or that become illiquid after purchase. Illiquid investments can be difficult to value, may trade at a discount from comparable, more liquid investments, and may be subject to wide fluctuations in value. Liquidity risk may be magnified in rising interest rate environments. If the fund is forced to sell an illiquid investment to meet redemption requests or other cash needs, the fund may be forced to sell at a substantial loss or may not be able to sell at all. Liquidity of particular investments, or even entire asset classes, including U.S. Treasury securities, can deteriorate rapidly, particularly during times of market turmoil, and those investments may be difficult or impossible for the fund to sell. This may prevent the fund from limiting losses.
Preferred Stock – Preferred stock’s right to dividends and liquidation proceeds is junior to the rights of a company’s debt securities. The value of preferred stock may be subject to factors that affect fixed-income and equity securities. The value of preferred stock tends to vary more with fluctuations in the underlying common stock and less with fluctuations in interest rates and tends to exhibit greater volatility.
Small and Medium Capitalization Companies – The fund will be exposed to additional risks as a result of its investments in the securities of small or medium capitalization companies. Small or medium capitalization companies may be more at risk than large capitalization companies because, among other things, they may have limited product lines, operating history, market or financial resources, or because they may depend on a limited management group. Securities of small and medium capitalization companies may be more volatile than and may underperform large capitalization companies, may be harder to sell at times and at prices the portfolio managers believe appropriate and may offer greater potential for losses.
Sustainability and/or Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) Considerations – The sub-adviser considers sustainability and/or ESG factors that it deems relevant, along with other factors and analysis, when sub-advising the fund. This usage of sustainability and/or ESG factors or criteria is sometimes referred to as “ESG integration.” The sub-adviser may consider sustainability and/or ESG factors on a meaningful portion of the fund’s investments. The sub-adviser may give little or no weight to sustainability and/or ESG factors for certain investments, and not every sustainability and/or ESG factor may be identified or evaluated for every investment. Consideration of sustainability and/or ESG factors is not determinative in the sub-adviser’s investment process, and the sub-adviser may conclude that other attributes of an investment outweigh sustainability and/or ESG considerations when making investment decisions. Applying sustainability and/or ESG factors as part of the fund’s security selection process may impact the sub-adviser’s investment decisions. Sustainability and ESG factors are not uniformly defined and applying such factors involves subjective assessments. Sustainability and ESG ratings and assessments of issuers can vary across investment advisers (including sub-advisers) and third party data providers and may change over time. Sustainability and ESG factors can be difficult to apply consistently across issuers, regions, countries, industries and sectors. The application of these factors could negatively impact the fund’s performance. Sustainability and ESG information from issuers and from third party data providers may be incomplete, delayed,
inaccurate or unavailable, which could lead to an incorrect assessment of a company’s sustainability or ESG characteristics. Regulation of sustainability and ESG investing in the U.S. and abroad is evolving. Regulatory changes with respect to ESG integration could impact the sub-adviser’s ability to consider sustainability and/or ESG criteria as part of its investment process.
Underlying Exchange-Traded Funds – To the extent the fund invests its assets in underlying ETFs, its ability to achieve its investment objective will depend in part on the performance of the underlying ETFs in which it invests. Investing in underlying ETFs subjects the fund to the risks of investing in the underlying securities or assets held by those ETFs. Each of the underlying ETFs in which the fund may invest has its own investment risks, and those risks can affect the value of the underlying ETFs’ shares and therefore the value of the fund's investments. There can be no assurance that the investment objective of any underlying ETF will be achieved. To the extent that the fund invests more of its assets in one underlying ETF than in another, the fund will have greater exposure to the risks of that underlying ETF. In addition, the fund will bear a pro rata portion of the operating expenses of the underlying ETFs in which it invests.
Valuation – The sales price the fund could receive for any particular portfolio investment may differ from the fund's valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets, that are priced based upon valuations provided by third party pricing services that use matrix or evaluated pricing systems, or that are valued using a fair value methodology. These differences may increase significantly and affect fund investments more broadly during periods of market volatility. Investors who purchase or redeem fund shares on days when the fund is holding fair-valued securities may receive fewer or more shares or lower or higher redemption proceeds than they would have received if the fund had not fair-valued securities or had used a different valuation methodology. The fund’s ability to value its investments may also be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third party service providers. Fair value pricing involves subjective judgment, which may prove to be incorrect.
Warrants and Rights – Warrants and rights may be considered more speculative than certain other types of investments because they do not entitle a holder to the dividends or voting rights for the securities that may be purchased, and they do not represent any rights in the assets of the issuing company. If the warrant is not exercised before the expiration date, it generally expires without any value and the fund will lose any amount it paid for the warrant.
Performance: The bar chart and the table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart shows how the fund’s performance has varied from year to year. The table shows how the fund’s average annual total returns for different periods compare to the returns of a broad measure of market performance.
The past performance information shown below is for Class A shares, which are offered in a separate prospectus. Although Class R shares would have similar annual returns to Class A shares because the classes are invested in the same portfolio of securities, the returns for Class A shares will vary from Class R shares because
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Class R shares have different expenses and are not subject to sales charges. Performance information for Class R shares will be included after the share class has been in operation for one complete calendar year.
The bar chart does not reflect the impact of sales charges, which, if reflected, would lower the returns. The table includes deduction of applicable sales charges.
Absent any applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations, performance would be lower.
As with all mutual funds, past performance (before and after taxes) is not a prediction of future results. Updated performance information is available on our website at www.transamerica.com/investments-fund-center or by calling 1-888-233-4339.

Annual Total Returns (calendar years ended December 31) - Class A
 
Quarter Ended
Return
Best Quarter:
6/30/2020
57.81%
Worst Quarter:
6/30/2022
-41.29%

Average Annual Total Returns (periods ended December 31, 2022)
 
1 Year
5 Years
10 Years
Inception
Date
Class A
 
 
 
11/13/2009
Return before taxes
-62.57%
0.36%
9.51%
 
Return after taxes on
distributions
-62.57%
-1.36%
7.37%
 
Return after taxes on
distributions and sale of fund
shares
-37.04%
1.51%
8.29%
 
Russell 1000® Growth Index1
(reflects no deduction for fees,
expenses or taxes)
-29.14%
10.96%
14.10%
 
1
“Russell®” and other service marks and trademarks related to the Russell indexes are trademarks of the London Stock Exchange Group companies.
The after-tax returns are calculated using the historic highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns may depend on the investor’s individual tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns may not be relevant if the investment is made through a tax-exempt or tax-deferred account, such as a 401(k) plan.
Management:
Investment Manager: Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Adviser: Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.
Portfolio Managers:
Dennis P. Lynch
Lead Portfolio Manager
since April 2011
Sam G. Chainani, CFA
Portfolio Manager
since April 2011
Jason C. Yeung, CFA
Portfolio Manager
since April 2011
David S. Cohen
Portfolio Manager
since April 2011
Armistead B. Nash
Portfolio Manager
since April 2011
Alexander T. Norton
Portfolio Manager
since April 2011
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares: Shares of the fund are available to individual and institutional investors through certain retirement plans. These plans include, but are not limited to, 401(k), 403(b) and 457 Plans, Money Purchase Plans, Profit Sharing Plans, Simplified Employee Pension Plans, Keogh Plans, defined benefit plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans and IRAs. Shares may be purchased by these investors through a plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary. If you are a participant in a plan, you should obtain the plan’s conditions for participation from your plan administrator. Shares of the fund are also available to other investors, including endowment funds and foundations, any state, county or city, or its instrumentality, department, authority or agency, and accounts registered to insurance companies, trust companies and bank trust departments. Such investors may purchase shares in the fund through the transfer agent directly. You may purchase shares of the fund on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for business. Requests to purchase shares for the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. Participants in retirement plans administered by Transamerica Retirement Solutions should contact Transamerica Retirement Solutions at 1-800-755-5801 for additional information. If you would like to purchase shares in a fund by a wire transfer, please call 1-888-233-4339 for wire transfer instructions. You buy and redeem shares at the fund’s next-determined net asset value (“NAV”) after receipt of your request in good order. There is no minimum investment for eligible retirement plans investing in Class R shares. There is no minimum for subsequent investments in Class R shares. A retirement plan may, however, impose minimum investment requirements. Plan participants or IRA holders should consult their plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary.
Redemption requests may be made by mail and, in certain circumstances, telephone. The proceeds of the redemption will be sent by mail or, if authorized on the Account Application, wire transfer. Requests to redeem shares of the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. You may redeem shares by telephone if you authorized telephone redemptions on your Account Application. The fund reserves the right to refuse a telephone redemption request if it is believed it is advisable to do so. The telephone redemption option may be suspended or terminated at any time without advance notice.
Tax Information: Fund distributions may be taxable as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax-advantaged
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investment plan. In that case, you may be taxed when you take a distribution from such plan, depending on the type of plan, the circumstances of your distribution and other factors.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries: If you purchase the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the fund and/or its affiliates 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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Transamerica Core Bond (formerly, Transamerica Intermediate Bond)
Investment Objective: Seeks to achieve maximum total return.
Fees and Expenses: This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Class:
R4
R
I3
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on
purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
None
None
None
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a
percentage of purchase price or redemption
proceeds, whichever is lower)
None
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Class:
R4
R
I3
Management fees
0.38%
0.38%
0.38%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees
0.25%
0.50%
None
Other expenses
0.04%
0.04%
0.04%
Total annual fund operating expenses
0.67%
0.92%
0.42%
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement1
0.02%
0.00%
0.00%
Total annual fund operating expenses after fee
waiver and/or expense reimbursement
0.65%
0.92%
0.42%
1
Contractual arrangements have been made with the fund’s investment manager, Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (“TAM”), through March 1, 2024 to waive fees and/or reimburse fund expenses to the extent that total annual fund operating expenses exceed 0.65% for Class R4 shares, 1.00% for Class R shares and 0.46% for Class I3 shares, excluding, as applicable, acquired fund fees and expenses, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, dividend and interest expenses on securities sold short, extraordinary expenses and other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the fund’s business. These arrangements cannot be terminated prior to March 1, 2024 without the Board of Trustees’ consent. TAM is permitted to recapture amounts waived and/or reimbursed to a class during any of the 36 months from the date on which TAM waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses for the class if the class’ total annual fund operating expenses have fallen to a level below the limits described above. In no case will TAM recapture any amount that would result, on any particular business day of the fund, in the class’ total annual operating expenses exceeding the applicable limits described above or any other lower limit then in effect.
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 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. The Example reflects applicable waivers and/or reimbursements for the duration of such arrangement(s). 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 R4
$66
$212
$371
$833
Class R
$94
$293
$509
$1,131
Class I3
$43
$135
$235
$530
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 portfolio turnover rate for the fund was 64% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies:
The fund’s sub-adviser, Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC (the “sub-adviser”), seeks to achieve the fund’s objective by investing, under normal circumstances, primarily in investment grade debt securities, which may include: investment grade corporate securities, U.S. government obligations, mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by U.S. government agencies and instrumentalities, and private residential mortgage-backed securities. Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in fixed-income securities. Investment grade debt securities carry a rating of at least BBB from Standard & Poor's or Fitch or Baa from Moody's or are of comparable quality as determined by the sub-adviser. The fund’s portfolio weighted average duration will typically range from 3 to 10 years. Duration is a measure used to determine the sensitivity of a security’s price to changes in interest rates. The longer a security’s duration, the more sensitive it will be to changes in interest rates. The fund may also invest in U.S. Treasury and agency securities, municipal bonds, asset-backed securities (including collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”), collateralized bond obligations (“CBOs”) and collateralized debt obligations (“CDOs”)), commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”), high quality short-term debt obligations, dollar rolls and repurchase agreements. The fund’s investments may include debt securities of foreign issuers, including emerging market debt securities. The fund may invest in securities that are denominated in U.S. dollars and in foreign currencies.
The fund may invest up to 10% of its net assets in emerging market debt securities and up to 10% of its net assets in high-yield debt securities (commonly referred to as “junk bonds”), but may invest no more than 15% of its net assets in emerging market debt securities and high-yield debt securities combined. The sub-adviser considers emerging market countries as countries that major international financial institutions, such as the World Bank, generally consider to be less economically mature than developed nations. Junk bonds are high-risk debt securities rated below investment grade (that is, securities rated below BBB by Standard & Poor’s or Fitch or below Baa by Moody’s or, if unrated, determined to be of comparable quality by the fund’s sub-adviser).
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The sub-adviser uses a combination of a global “top-down” analysis of the macroeconomic and interest rate environment and proprietary “bottom-up” research of corporate, government and agency debt, and other debt instruments. In the sub-adviser’s “top-down” approach, the sub-adviser analyzes various fundamental, technical, sentiment and valuation factors that affect the movements of markets and securities prices worldwide. In its proprietary “bottom-up” research, the sub-adviser considers various fundamental and other factors, such as creditworthiness, capital structure, covenants, cash flows and, as applicable, collateral. The sub-adviser uses this combined “top-down” and “bottom-up” approach to determine sector, security, yield curve, and duration positions for the fund. The sub-adviser’s research analysts also generally integrate environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) matters within their analytical process for investment grade corporate debt securities, foreign government bonds and notes (including emerging markets), private residential mortgage-backed securities, certain asset-backed securities (including CLOs, CBOs and CDOs), CMBS, certain cash equivalents (including corporate commercial paper) and privately issued debt securities issued pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S alongside traditional credit metrics as a risk management tool and as a method to identify financially material ESG factors and arrive at an independent, comprehensive view of the investment. The sub-adviser’s research analysts typically do not consider ESG factors when analyzing other investments, including, but not limited to, investments in U.S. government obligations, mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by U.S. government agencies and instrumentalities, U.S. Treasury and agency securities, municipal bonds, asset-backed commercial paper, dollar rolls, repurchase agreements, derivatives, cash, certain cash equivalent securities and money market instruments. Consideration of ESG matters is subjective and not determinative in the sub-adviser’s investment process. The sub-adviser may conclude that other attributes of an investment outweigh ESG considerations when making investment decisions. The sub-adviser’s research analysts do not take ESG factors into consideration with respect to every investment in the fund.
The fund may, but is not required to, engage in certain investment strategies involving derivatives, such as options, futures, forward currency contracts and swaps, including, but not limited to, interest rate, total return and credit default swaps. These investment strategies may be employed as a hedging technique, as a means of altering investment characteristics of the fund’s portfolio (such as shortening or lengthening duration), in an attempt to enhance returns or for other purposes.
The fund may purchase securities on a when-issued, delayed delivery, to be announced or forward commitment basis.
The fund may invest in privately issued securities, including those that are normally purchased pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Principal Risks: Risk is inherent in all investing. Many factors and risks affect the fund's performance, including those described below. The value of your investment in the fund, as well as the amount of return you receive on your investment, may fluctuate significantly day to day and over time. You may lose part or all of your investment in the fund or your investment may not perform
as well as other similar investments. The following is a summary description of principal risks (in alphabetical order after certain key risks) of investing in the fund. An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. You may lose money if you invest in this fund.
Market – The market prices of the fund’s securities or other assets may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, due to general market conditions, overall economic trends or events, inflation, changes in interest rates, governmental actions or interventions, actions taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve or foreign central banks, market disruptions caused by tariffs, trade disputes or other factors, political developments, armed conflicts, economic sanctions, cybersecurity events, investor sentiment, public health events such as the spread of infectious disease, and other factors that may or may not be related to the issuer of the security or other asset. If the market prices of the fund’s securities and assets fall, the value of your investment in the fund could go down.
Economies and financial markets throughout the world are increasingly interconnected. Events or circumstances in one or more countries or regions could be highly disruptive to, and have profound impacts on, global economies or markets. As a result, whether or not the fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to the countries directly affected, the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments may go down.
In recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic, the large expansion of government deficits and debt as a result of government actions to mitigate the effects of the pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the rise of inflation have resulted in extreme volatility in the global economy and in global financial markets. These events could be prolonged and could continue to adversely affect the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments, impair the fund’s ability to satisfy redemption requests, and negatively impact the fund’s performance.
Fixed-Income Securities – Risks of fixed-income securities include credit risk, interest rate risk, counterparty risk, prepayment risk, extension risk, valuation risk, and liquidity risk. The value of fixed-income securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, due to general market conditions, such as real or perceived adverse economic or political conditions, tariffs and trade disruptions, inflation, changes in interest rates, lack of liquidity in the bond markets or adverse investor sentiment. In addition, the value of a fixed-income security may decline if the issuer or other obligor of the security fails to pay principal and/or interest, otherwise defaults or has its credit rating downgraded or is perceived to be less creditworthy, or the credit quality or value of any underlying assets declines. If the value of fixed-income securities owned by the fund falls, the value of your investment will go down. The fund may lose its entire investment in the fixed-income securities of an issuer.
Interest Rate –The value of fixed-income securities generally goes down when interest rates rise. A rise in rates tends to have a greater impact on the prices of longer term or duration securities. Changes in interest rates also may affect the liquidity of the fund’s investments. A general rise in interest rates may cause investors to sell fixed-income securities on a large scale, which could adversely affect the price and liquidity of fixed-income securities
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generally and could also result in increased redemptions from the fund. Increased redemptions could cause the fund to sell securities at inopportune times or depressed prices and result in further losses.
Credit – If an issuer or other obligor (such as a party providing insurance or other credit enhancement) of a security held by the fund or a counterparty to a financial contract with the fund is unable or unwilling to meet its financial obligations, or is downgraded or perceived to be less creditworthy (whether by market participants or otherwise), or if the value of any underlying assets declines, the value of your investment will typically decline. A decline may be rapid and/or significant, particularly in certain market environments. In addition, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against an issuer, obligor or counterparty.
Mortgage-Related and Asset-Backed Securities – The value of mortgage-related and asset-backed securities will be influenced by factors affecting the housing market and the assets underlying such securities. As a result, during periods of declining asset values, difficult or frozen credit markets, swings in interest rates, or deteriorating economic conditions, mortgage-related and asset-backed securities may decline in value, face valuation difficulties, become more volatile and/or become illiquid, which could negatively impact the fund. Mortgage-backed securities represent direct or indirect participations in, or are collateralized by and payable from, mortgage loans secured by real property. Asset-backed securities represent participations in, or are secured by and payable from, assets such as installment sales or loan contracts, leases, credit card receivables and other categories of receivables. The value of mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities may be affected by changes in credit quality or value of the mortgage loans or other assets that support the securities. Mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities are subject to prepayment or call and extension risks. Some of these securities may receive little or no collateral protection from the underlying assets.
Inflation – The value of assets or income from investment may be worth less in the future as inflation decreases the value of money. As inflation increases, the real value of the fund’s assets can decline as can the value of the fund’s distributions.
Liquidity – The fund may make investments that are illiquid or that become illiquid after purchase. Illiquid investments can be difficult to value, may trade at a discount from comparable, more liquid investments, and may be subject to wide fluctuations in value. Liquidity risk may be magnified in rising interest rate environments. If the fund is forced to sell an illiquid investment to meet redemption requests or other cash needs, the fund may be forced to sell at a substantial loss or may not be able to sell at all. Liquidity of particular investments, or even entire asset classes, including U.S. Treasury securities, can deteriorate rapidly, particularly during times of market turmoil, and those investments may be difficult or impossible for the fund to sell. This may prevent the fund from limiting losses.
Counterparty – The fund could lose money if the counterparties to derivatives, repurchase agreements and/or other financial contracts entered into for the fund do not fulfill their contractual obligations. In addition, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against a counterparty.
Extension – When interest rates rise, payments of fixed-income securities, including asset- and mortgage-backed securities, may occur more slowly than anticipated, causing their market prices to decline.
Prepayment or Call – Many issuers have a right to prepay their fixed-income securities. If this happens, the fund will not benefit from the rise in the market price of the securities that normally accompanies a decline in interest rates and may be forced to reinvest the prepayment proceeds in securities with lower yields.
Focused Investing – To the extent the fund invests in a limited number of countries, regions, sectors, industries or market segments, in a limited number of issuers, or in issuers in related businesses or that are subject to related operating risks, the fund will be more susceptible to negative events affecting those countries, regions, sectors, industries, segments or issuers, and the value of its shares may be more volatile than if it invested more widely.
Management – The value of your investment may go down if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's judgments and decisions are incorrect or otherwise do not produce the desired results, or if the investment strategy does not work as intended. You may also suffer losses if there are imperfections, errors or limitations in the quantitative, analytic or other tools, resources, information and data used, investment techniques applied, or the analyses employed or relied on, by the investment manageror sub-adviser, if such tools, resources, information or data are used incorrectly or otherwise do not work as intended, or if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's investment style is out of favor or otherwise fails to produce the desired results. Any of these things could cause the fund to lose value or its results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.
Active Trading – The fund may purchase and sell securities without regard to the length of time held. Active trading may be more pronounced during periods of market volatility, may have a negative impact on performance and may generate greater amounts of short-term capital gains.
Currency – The value of a fund’s investments in securities denominated in foreign currencies increases or decreases as the rates of exchange between those currencies and the U.S. dollar change. U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers may also be affected by currency risk. Currency exchange rates can be volatile and may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency conversion costs and currency fluctuations could reduce or eliminate investment gains or add to investment losses. A fund may be unable or may choose not to hedge its foreign currency exposure or any hedge may not be effective.
Currency Hedging – The fund may hedge its currency risk using currency futures, forwards or options. However, hedging strategies and/or these instruments may not always work as intended, and a fund may be worse off than if it had not used a hedging strategy or instrument. Certain countries may also impose restrictions on the exchange or export of currency or adverse currency exchange rates and may be characterized by a lack of available currency hedging instruments.
Derivatives – The use of derivatives involves a variety of risks, which may be different from, or greater than, the risks associated with investing in traditional securities, such as stocks and bonds. Risks of derivatives include leverage risk, liquidity risk, valuation risk, market risk, counterparty risk, credit risk, operational risk
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and legal risk. Use of derivatives can increase fund losses, increase costs, reduce opportunities for gains, increase fund volatility, and not produce the result intended. Certain derivatives have the potential for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the initial investment. Even a small investment in derivatives can have a disproportionate impact on the fund. Derivatives may be difficult or impossible to sell, unwind or value, and the counterparty (including, if applicable, the fund’s clearing broker, the derivatives exchange or the clearinghouse) may default on its obligations to the fund. In certain cases, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against or closing out derivatives instruments with a counterparty, which may result in additional losses. Derivatives are also generally subject to the risks applicable to the assets, rates, indices or other indicators underlying the derivative, including market risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, management and valuation risk. Also, suitable derivative transactions may not be available in all circumstances or at reasonable prices. The value of a derivative may fluctuate more or less than, or otherwise not correlate well with, the underlying assets, rates, indices or other indicators to which it relates. The fund may segregate cash or other liquid assets to cover the funding of its obligations under derivatives contracts or make margin payments when it takes positions in derivatives involving obligations to third parties. New Rule 18f-4 under the 1940 Act provides a comprehensive regulatory framework for the use of derivatives by funds and imposes new requirements and restrictions on funds using derivatives. Rule 18f-4 could have an adverse impact on the fund’s performance and its ability to implement its investment strategies as it has historically and may increase costs related to the fund’s use of derivatives. It is not currently clear what impact, if any, the rule will have on the availability, liquidity or performance of derivatives. The rule may not be effective to limit the risk of loss from derivatives.
Dollar Rolls – The use of dollar rolls is a speculative technique involving leverage, and can have an economic effect similar to borrowing money. Dollar roll transactions involve the risk that the market value of the securities the fund is required to purchase may decline below the agreed upon repurchase price of those securities. If the broker/dealer to whom the fund sells securities becomes insolvent, the fund’s ability to purchase or repurchase securities may be restricted.
Emerging Markets – Investments in securities of issuers located or doing business in emerging markets are subject to heightened foreign investments risks and may experience rapid and extreme changes in value. Emerging market countries tend to have less developed and less stable economic, political and legal systems and regulatory and accounting standards, may have policies that restrict investment by foreigners or that prevent foreign investors such as the fund from withdrawing their money at will, and are more likely to experience nationalization, expropriation and confiscatory taxation. In addition, emerging market securities may have low trading volumes and may be or become illiquid.
Foreign Investments – Investing in securities of foreign issuers or issuers with significant exposure to foreign markets involves additional risks. Foreign markets can be less liquid, less regulated, less transparent and more volatile than U.S. markets. The value of the fund’s foreign investments may decline, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, because of factors affecting the particular issuer as well as foreign markets and issuers generally, such as unfavorable
government actions, including nationalization, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, reduction of government or central bank support, tariffs and trade disruptions, sanctions, political or financial instability, social unrest or other adverse economic or political developments. Foreign investments may also be subject to different accounting practices and different regulatory, legal, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping standards and practices, and may be more difficult to value than investments in U.S. issuers. Certain foreign clearance and settlement procedures may result in an inability to execute transactions or delays in settlement.
Hedging – The fund may buy and sell futures contracts, put and call options, forward contracts and other instruments as a hedge. The fund’s hedging strategies may not work as intended, and the fund may be in a less favorable position than if it had not used a hedging instrument.
High-Yield Debt Securities – High-yield debt securities, commonly referred to as “junk” bonds, are securities that are rated below “investment grade” or are of comparable quality. Changes in interest rates, the market’s perception of the issuers, the creditworthiness of the issuers and negative perceptions of the junk bond market generally may significantly affect the value of these bonds. Junk bonds are considered speculative, tend to be volatile, typically have a higher risk of default, tend to be less liquid and more difficult to value than higher grade securities, and may result in losses for the fund.
Inflation-Protected Securities – Inflation-protected debt securities may react differently from other types of debt securities and tend to react to changes in “real” interest rates, which represent nominal (stated) interest rates reduced by the expected impact of inflation. In general, the price of an inflation-protected debt security can fall when real interest rates rise, and can rise when real interest rates fall. Interest payments on inflation-protected debt securities can be unpredictable and will vary as the principal and/or interest is adjusted for inflation.
Large Shareholder – A significant portion of the fund’s shares may be owned by other funds sponsored by Transamerica. Transactions by these funds may be disruptive to the management of the fund. For example, the fund may experience large redemptions and could be required to sell securities at a time when it may not otherwise desire to do so. Such transactions may increase the fund’s brokerage and/or other transaction costs. These transactions may also accelerate the realization of taxable income to shareholders if such sales of investments resulted in gains. In addition, sizeable redemptions could cause the fund’s total expenses to increase.
Leveraging – To the extent that the fund borrows or uses derivatives or other investments, such as ETFs, that have embedded leverage, your investment may be subject to heightened volatility, risk of loss and costs. Other risks also will be compounded because leverage generally magnifies the effect of a change in the value of an asset and creates a risk of loss of value on a larger pool of assets than the fund would otherwise have. Use of leverage may result in the loss of a substantial amount, and possibly all, of the fund’s assets. The fund also may have to sell assets at inopportune times to satisfy its obligations.
LIBOR – Many financial instruments, financings or other transactions to which the fund may be a party use or may use a floating rate based on the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”).
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority and LIBOR’s administrator announced that the use of LIBOR will be phased out; most LIBOR rates are no longer published as of the end of 2021 and a majority of U.S. dollar LIBOR rates will no longer be published after June 30, 2023. It is possible that a subset of LIBOR rates may be published after these dates on a “synthetic” basis, but any such publications would be considered non-representative of the underlying market. There remains uncertainty regarding the nature of any replacement rate and the impact of the transition from LIBOR on the fund, issuers of instruments in which the fund invests, and financial markets generally. As such, the potential effect of a transition away from LIBOR on the fund or the fund’s investments cannot yet be determined.
Loans – Loans are subject to the credit risk of nonpayment of principal or interest. Economic downturns or increases in interest rates may cause an increase in defaults, interest rate risk and liquidity risk. Loans may or may not be collateralized at the time of acquisition, and any collateral may be relatively illiquid or lose all or substantially all of its value subsequent to investment. The fund's investments in loans are also subject to prepayment or call risk.
Municipal Securities – The municipal bond market can be susceptible to unusual volatility, particularly for lower-rated and unrated securities. Liquidity can be reduced unpredictably in response to overall economic conditions or credit tightening. Municipal issuers may be adversely affected by rising health care costs, increasing unfunded pension liabilities, and by the phasing out of federal programs providing financial support. The value of municipal securities can also be adversely affected by changes in the financial condition of one or more individual municipal issuers or insurers of municipal issuers, regulatory and political developments, tax law changes or other legislative actions, and by uncertainties and public perceptions concerning these and other factors. To the extent the fund invests significantly in a single state or in securities the payments on which are dependent upon a single project or source of revenue, or that relate to a sector or industry, the fund will be more susceptible to associated risks and developments. Municipal issuers may be more susceptible to downgrades or defaults during recessions or similar periods of economic stress. A number of municipal issuers have defaulted on obligations, commenced insolvency proceedings, or suffered credit downgrading. Financial difficulties of municipal issuers may continue or worsen.
Investment in municipal securities of issuers in Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or other U.S. territories, may have more risks than tax-exempt securities issued by other issuers due to the political, social and/or economic conditions in the particular territory.
Privately Placed and Other Restricted Securities – Restricted securities, which include private placements of private and public companies, are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on their resale. Restricted securities may be difficult to sell at the time and price a fund prefers. Restricted securities may be difficult to value properly and may involve greater risks than securities that are not subject to restrictions on resale, both of which may result in substantial losses. An insufficient number of eligible buyers interested in purchasing restricted securities held by a fund could adversely affect the marketability of such securities and a fund might be unable to dispose of such securities promptly
or at reasonable prices, adversely affecting a fund’s overall liquidity and performance. Restricted securities may not be listed on an exchange and may have no active trading market. A fund may incur additional expense when disposing of restricted securities. Restricted securities may involve a high degree of business and financial risk and may result in substantial losses to the fund.
Repurchase Agreements – In a repurchase agreement, the fund purchases securities from a broker-dealer or a bank, called the counterparty, upon the agreement of the counterparty to repurchase the securities from the fund at a later date, and at a specified price. The securities purchased serve as the fund's collateral for the obligation of the counterparty to repurchase the securities. If the counterparty does not repurchase the securities, the fund is entitled to sell the securities, but the fund may not be able to sell them for the price at which they were purchased, thus causing a loss. If the counterparty becomes insolvent, there is some risk that the fund will not have a right to the securities, or the immediate right to sell the securities.
Sovereign Debt – Sovereign debt instruments are subject to the risk that the governmental entity may delay or fail to pay interest or repay principal on its sovereign debt. If a governmental entity defaults, it may ask for more time in which to pay or for further loans, or the debt may be restructured. There may be no established legal process for collecting sovereign debt that a government does not pay, nor are there bankruptcy proceedings through which all or part of the sovereign debt that a governmental entity has not repaid may be collected.
Sustainability and/or Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) Considerations – The sub-adviser considers sustainability and/or ESG factors that it deems relevant, along with other factors and analysis, when sub-advising the fund. This usage of sustainability and/or ESG factors or criteria is sometimes referred to as “ESG integration.” The sub-adviser may consider sustainability and/or ESG factors on a meaningful portion of the fund’s investments. The sub-adviser may give little or no weight to sustainability and/or ESG factors for certain investments, and not every sustainability and/or ESG factor may be identified or evaluated for every investment. Consideration of sustainability and/or ESG factors is not determinative in the sub-adviser’s investment process, and the sub-adviser may conclude that other attributes of an investment outweigh sustainability and/or ESG considerations when making investment decisions. Applying sustainability and/or ESG factors as part of the fund’s security selection process may impact the sub-adviser’s investment decisions. Sustainability and ESG factors are not uniformly defined and applying such factors involves subjective assessments. Sustainability and ESG ratings and assessments of issuers can vary across investment advisers (including sub-advisers) and third party data providers and may change over time. Sustainability and ESG factors can be difficult to apply consistently across issuers, regions, countries, industries and sectors. The application of these factors could negatively impact the fund’s performance. Sustainability and ESG information from issuers and from third party data providers may be incomplete, delayed, inaccurate or unavailable, which could lead to an incorrect assessment of a company’s sustainability or ESG characteristics. Regulation of sustainability and ESG investing in the U.S. and abroad
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is evolving. Regulatory changes with respect to ESG integration could impact the sub-adviser’s ability to consider sustainability and/or ESG criteria as part of its investment process.
To Be Announced (TBA) Transactions – Although the securities that are delivered in TBA transactions must meet certain standards, there is a risk that the actual securities received by the fund may be less favorable than what was anticipated when entering into the transaction. TBA transactions also involve the risk that a counterparty will fail to deliver the security, exposing the fund to further losses.
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations – Government agency obligations have different levels of credit support and, therefore, different degrees of credit risk. Securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities of the U.S. government that are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government generally present a lesser degree of credit risk than securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities sponsored by the U.S. government that are supported only by the issuer’s right to borrow from the U.S. Treasury and securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities sponsored by the U.S. government that are supported only by the credit of the issuing agencies. A security backed by the “full faith and credit” of the U.S. government is guaranteed only as to its stated interest rate and face value at maturity, not its current market price.
Valuation – The sales price the fund could receive for any particular portfolio investment may differ from the fund's valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets, that are priced based upon valuations provided by third party pricing services that use matrix or evaluated pricing systems, or that are valued using a fair value methodology. These differences may increase significantly and affect fund investments more broadly during periods of market volatility. Investors who purchase or redeem fund shares on days when the fund is holding fair-valued securities may receive fewer or more shares or lower or higher redemption proceeds than they would have received if the fund had not fair-valued securities or had used a different valuation methodology. The fund’s ability to value its investments may also be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third party service providers. Fair value pricing involves subjective judgment, which may prove to be incorrect.
Yield – The amount of income received by the fund will go up or down depending on day-to-day variations in short-term interest rates, and the fund’s expenses could absorb all or a significant portion of the fund’s income. If interest rates increase, the fund’s yield may not increase proportionately.
Performance: The bar chart and the table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart shows how the fund’s performance has varied from year to year. The table shows how the fund’s average annual total returns for different periods compare to the returns of a broad measure of market performance.
The fund acquired the assets and assumed the liabilities of three Transamerica Partners funds, including Transamerica Partners Institutional Core Bond (the “predecessor fund”), on March 24, 2017, and the predecessor fund was the accounting and performance survivor of the reorganizations. This means that the predecessor
fund's financial and performance history became the financial and performance history of the fund. In the reorganization of the predecessor fund, former shareholders of the predecessor fund received Class R4 shares of the fund. The performance of Class R4 shares includes the performance of the predecessor fund prior to the reorganizations, and has not been restated to reflect the annual operating expenses of Class R4 shares.
Absent any applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations, performance would have been lower.
As with all mutual funds, past performance (before and after taxes) is not a prediction of future results. Updated performance information is available on our website at www.transamerica.com/investments-fund-center or by calling 1-888-233-4339.
Prior to May 1, 2014, the predecessor fund had a different sub-adviser. The performance set forth prior to that date is attributable to the previous sub-adviser.

Annual Total Returns (calendar years ended December 31) - Class R4
 
Quarter Ended
Return
Best Quarter:
6/30/2020
4.23%
Worst Quarter:
3/31/2022
-5.61%

Average Annual Total Returns (periods ended December 31, 2022)
 
1 Year
5 Years
10 Years
Since
Inception
Inception
Date
Class R4
 
 
 
 
9/11/2000
Return before taxes
-13.38%
-0.19%
1.10%
 
 
Return after taxes on
distributions
-14.26%
-1.38%
-0.18%
 
 
Return after taxes on
distributions and sale
of fund shares
-7.90%
-0.52%
0.35%
 
 
Class R (Return before
taxes only)
-13.61%
-0.46%
N/A
0.09%
3/24/2017
Class I3 (Return before
taxes only)
-13.15%
0.06%
N/A
0.60%
3/24/2017
Bloomberg US
Aggregate Bond Index
(reflects no deduction for
fees, expenses or taxes)
-13.01%
0.02%
1.06%
0.51%
 
The after-tax returns are calculated using the historic highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns may depend on the investor’s individual tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns may not be relevant if the investment is made through a tax-exempt or tax-deferred account, such as a 401(k) plan.
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After-tax returns are presented for only one class, and returns for other classes are presented before taxes only and will vary.
Management:
Investment Manager: Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Adviser: Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
Portfolio Managers:
Bradley D. Doyle, CFA
Portfolio Manager
since October 2015
Tyler A. Knight, CFA
Portfolio Manager
since October 2015
Brian W. Westhoff, CFA
Portfolio Manager
since March 2014
Sivakumar N. Rajan
Portfolio Manager
since May 2017
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares: Shares of the fund are available to individual and institutional investors through certain retirement plans. These plans include, but are not limited to, 401(k), 403(b) and 457 Plans, Money Purchase Plans, Profit Sharing Plans, Simplified Employee Pension Plans, Keogh Plans, defined benefit plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans and IRAs. Shares may be purchased by these investors through a plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary. If you are a participant in a plan, you should obtain the plan’s conditions for participation from your plan administrator. Shares of the fund are also available to other investors, including endowment funds and foundations, any state, county or city, or its instrumentality, department, authority or agency, and accounts registered to insurance companies, trust companies and bank trust departments. Such investors may purchase shares in the fund through the transfer agent directly. You may purchase shares of the fund on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for business. Requests to purchase shares for the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. Participants in retirement plans administered by Transamerica Retirement Solutions should contact Transamerica Retirement Solutions at 1-800-755-5801 for additional information. If you would like to purchase shares in a fund by a wire transfer, please call 1-888-233-4339 for wire transfer instructions. You buy and redeem shares at the fund’s next-determined net asset value (“NAV”) after receipt of your request in good order. There is no minimum investment for eligible retirement plans investing in Class R shares. The minimum initial investment for Class R4 shares is $5,000. There is no minimum for subsequent investments in Class R or R4 shares. A retirement plan may, however, impose minimum investment requirements. Plan participants or IRA holders should consult their plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary.
Redemption requests may be made by mail and, in certain circumstances, telephone. The proceeds of the redemption will be sent by mail or, if authorized on the Account Application, wire transfer. Requests to redeem shares of the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. You may redeem shares by telephone if you authorized telephone redemptions on your Account Application. The fund reserves the right to refuse a telephone redemption request if it is believed it is advisable to do so. The telephone redemption option may be suspended or terminated at any time without advance notice.
Class I3 shares are only available to certain funds of funds, registered and unregistered insurance company separate accounts and collective investment trusts. Class I3 shares do not have a minimum initial investment for those that qualify for the share class or a minimum subsequent investment amount.
Tax Information: Fund distributions may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax-advantaged investment plan. In that case, you may be taxed when you take a distribution from such plan, depending on the type of plan, the circumstances of your distribution and other factors.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries: If you purchase the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the fund and/or its affiliates 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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Transamerica Emerging Markets Opportunities
Investment Objective: Seeks long-term capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses: This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Class:
R4
R
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as
a percentage of offering price)
None
None
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage
of purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
lower)
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Class:
R4
R
Management fees
0.78%
0.78%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees
0.25%
0.50%
Other expenses1
0.09%
0.08%
Total annual fund operating expenses
1.12%
1.36%
1
Other expenses are based on estimates for the current fiscal year.
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 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 your costs would be:
 
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
Class R4
$114
$356
$617
$1,363
Class R
$138
$431
$745
$1,635
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 portfolio turnover rate for the fund was 66% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies: Under normal circumstances, the fund’s sub-adviser, Wellington Management Company LLP (the “sub-adviser”), will invest at least 80% of the fund’s net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in equity securities (including American Depository Receipts (“ADRs”), Global Depository Receipts (“GDRs”) and European Depository Receipts (“EDRs”)) of companies that are located and/or conduct substantial business activities in emerging markets,
including frontier markets. The sub-adviser considers emerging markets countries to be those countries (1) included in emerging market or equivalent classifications by the United Nations (and its agencies); (2) having per capita income in the low to middle ranges, as determined by the World Bank; or (3) designated by the fund’s benchmark index provider as emerging. The fund will normally invest primarily in emerging market companies which the sub-adviser believes have above-average potential for capital appreciation based on its “bottom-up” fundamental research and analysis.
Emerging market countries may be found in regions such as Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Many emerging market securities are denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar.
The sub-adviser seeks to develop a portfolio that is generally broadly diversified across issuers, countries, industries and styles. The fund’s portfolio may include stocks that are considered to be either growth stocks or value stocks. Because the sub-adviser’s process is driven primarily by individual stock selection, the overall portfolio’s yield, price-to-earnings ratio, price-to-book ratio, growth rate and other characteristics will vary over time and, at any given time, the fund may emphasize either growth stocks or value stocks, as the overall market may favor growth stocks, or value stocks, as a group for extended periods.
The fund may invest in securities of foreign issuers in the form of depositary receipts or other securities that are convertible into securities of foreign issuers. The sub-adviser will generally invest in mid and large capitalization companies. The sub-adviser considers such companies to be those with market capitalizations generally above $2 billion at the time of purchase. The market capitalization range of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index was $843.39 million to $1.88 trillion as of December 31, 2022, and is expected to change frequently.
The fund’s sub-adviser will not typically utilize derivatives with the exception of purchasing futures for cash equitization purposes or purchasing market access products to seek to achieve efficient investment exposure (e.g., instances where local markets may not be available for trading). Market access products can include warrants on equities, options on equities and equity swaps. The fund may also invest in exchange-traded funds for these purposes.
The fund may invest in China A-shares (equity securities of Chinese companies) listed and traded on stock exchanges such as the Shanghai Stock Exchange or the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.
Principal Risks: Risk is inherent in all investing. Many factors and risks affect the fund's performance, including those described below. The value of your investment in the fund, as well as the amount of return you receive on your investment, may fluctuate significantly day to day and over time. You may lose part or all of your investment in the fund or your investment may not perform as well as other similar investments. The following is a summary description of principal risks (in alphabetical order after certain key risks) of investing in the fund. An investment in the fund is
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not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. You may lose money if you invest in this fund.
Market – The market prices of the fund’s securities or other assets may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, due to general market conditions, overall economic trends or events, inflation, changes in interest rates, governmental actions or interventions, actions taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve or foreign central banks, market disruptions caused by tariffs, trade disputes or other factors, political developments, armed conflicts, economic sanctions, cybersecurity events, investor sentiment, public health events such as the spread of infectious disease, and other factors that may or may not be related to the issuer of the security or other asset. If the market prices of the fund’s securities and assets fall, the value of your investment in the fund could go down.
Economies and financial markets throughout the world are increasingly interconnected. Events or circumstances in one or more countries or regions could be highly disruptive to, and have profound impacts on, global economies or markets. As a result, whether or not the fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to the countries directly affected, the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments may go down.
In recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic, the large expansion of government deficits and debt as a result of government actions to mitigate the effects of the pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the rise of inflation have resulted in extreme volatility in the global economy and in global financial markets. These events could be prolonged and could continue to adversely affect the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments, impair the fund’s ability to satisfy redemption requests, and negatively impact the fund’s performance.
Emerging Markets – Investments in securities of issuers located or doing business in emerging markets are subject to heightened foreign investments risks and may experience rapid and extreme changes in value. Emerging market countries tend to have less developed and less stable economic, political and legal systems and regulatory and accounting standards, may have policies that restrict investment by foreigners or that prevent foreign investors such as the fund from withdrawing their money at will, and are more likely to experience nationalization, expropriation and confiscatory taxation. In addition, emerging market securities may have low trading volumes and may be or become illiquid.
Foreign Investments – Investing in securities of foreign issuers or issuers with significant exposure to foreign markets involves additional risks. Foreign markets can be less liquid, less regulated, less transparent and more volatile than U.S. markets. The value of the fund’s foreign investments may decline, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, because of factors affecting the particular issuer as well as foreign markets and issuers generally, such as unfavorable government actions, including nationalization, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, reduction of government or central bank support, tariffs and trade disruptions, sanctions, political or financial instability, social unrest or other adverse economic or political developments. Foreign investments may also be subject to different accounting practices and different regulatory, legal, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping standards and practices,
and may be more difficult to value than investments in U.S. issuers. Certain foreign clearance and settlement procedures may result in an inability to execute transactions or delays in settlement.
Currency – The value of a fund’s investments in securities denominated in foreign currencies increases or decreases as the rates of exchange between those currencies and the U.S. dollar change. U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers may also be affected by currency risk. Currency exchange rates can be volatile and may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency conversion costs and currency fluctuations could reduce or eliminate investment gains or add to investment losses. A fund may be unable or may choose not to hedge its foreign currency exposure or any hedge may not be effective.
Equity Securities – Equity securities generally have greater risk of loss than debt securities. Stock markets are volatile and the value of equity securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. The value of equity securities fluctuates based on real or perceived changes in a company’s financial condition, factors affecting a particular industry or industries, and overall market, economic and political conditions. If the market prices of the equity securities owned by the fund fall, the value of your investment in the fund will decline. The fund may lose its entire investment in the equity securities of an issuer. A change in financial condition or other event affecting a single issuer may adversely impact securities markets as a whole.
China A–Shares – The fund may invest in equity securities of certain Chinese companies, referred to as China A-shares, through the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect program or the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect program (collectively, the “Programs”). The Programs are subject to daily quota limitations, which may restrict the fund’s ability to invest in China A-shares through the Programs and to enter into or exit trades on a timely basis. The Shanghai and Shenzhen markets may be open at a time when the Programs are not trading, with the result that prices of China A-shares may fluctuate at times when the fund is unable to add to or exit its position. Only certain China A-shares are eligible to be accessed through the Programs. Such securities may lose their eligibility at any time, in which case they could be sold but could no longer be purchased through the Programs. Because the Programs are new, the actual effect on the market for trading China A-shares with the introduction of large numbers of foreign investors is currently unknown. Further, regulations or restrictions, such as limitations on redemptions, suspension of trading and limitations on profits, may adversely impact the Programs and/or the fund’s investments through the Programs. There is no guarantee that applicable exchanges in Hong Kong and mainland China will continue to support the Programs in the future.
Investments in China A-shares are subject to risks specific to the China market. Any significant change in mainland China’s political, social or economic policies may have a negative impact on investments in the China market.
In addition, uncertainties in mainland China tax legislation could result in unexpected tax liabilities for a fund and therefore could affect the amount of income which may be derived, and the amount of capital returned, from the investments in China A-shares by the fund.
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Focused Investing – To the extent the fund invests in a limited number of countries, regions, sectors, industries or market segments, in a limited number of issuers, or in issuers in related businesses or that are subject to related operating risks, the fund will be more susceptible to negative events affecting those countries, regions, sectors, industries, segments or issuers, and the value of its shares may be more volatile than if it invested more widely.
Liquidity – The fund may make investments that are illiquid or that become illiquid after purchase. Illiquid investments can be difficult to value, may trade at a discount from comparable, more liquid investments, and may be subject to wide fluctuations in value. Liquidity risk may be magnified in rising interest rate environments. If the fund is forced to sell an illiquid investment to meet redemption requests or other cash needs, the fund may be forced to sell at a substantial loss or may not be able to sell at all. Liquidity of particular investments, or even entire asset classes, including U.S. Treasury securities, can deteriorate rapidly, particularly during times of market turmoil, and those investments may be difficult or impossible for the fund to sell. This may prevent the fund from limiting losses.
Valuation – The sales price the fund could receive for any particular portfolio investment may differ from the fund's valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets, that are priced based upon valuations provided by third party pricing services that use matrix or evaluated pricing systems, or that are valued using a fair value methodology. These differences may increase significantly and affect fund investments more broadly during periods of market volatility. Investors who purchase or redeem fund shares on days when the fund is holding fair-valued securities may receive fewer or more shares or lower or higher redemption proceeds than they would have received if the fund had not fair-valued securities or had used a different valuation methodology. The fund’s ability to value its investments may also be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third party service providers. Fair value pricing involves subjective judgment, which may prove to be incorrect.
Management – The value of your investment may go down if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's judgments and decisions are incorrect or otherwise do not produce the desired results, or if the investment strategy does not work as intended. You may also suffer losses if there are imperfections, errors or limitations in the quantitative, analytic or other tools, resources, information and data used, investment techniques applied, or the analyses employed or relied on, by the investment manageror sub-adviser, if such tools, resources, information or data are used incorrectly or otherwise do not work as intended, or if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's investment style is out of favor or otherwise fails to produce the desired results. Any of these things could cause the fund to lose value or its results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.
Active Trading – The fund may purchase and sell securities without regard to the length of time held. Active trading may be more pronounced during periods of market volatility, may have a negative impact on performance and may generate greater amounts of short-term capital gains.
Convertible Securities – Convertible securities are subject to risks associated with both fixed-income and equity securities. For example, if market interest rates rise, the value of a convertible security typically falls. In addition, a convertible security is subject to the risk that the issuer will not be able to pay interest or dividends when due, and the market value of the security may change based on the issuer’s actual or perceived creditworthiness. Since the convertible security derives a portion of its value from the underlying common stock, the security is also subject to the same types of market and issuer-specific risks that apply to the underlying common stock. Convertible securities generally offer lower interest or dividend yields than non-convertible securities of similar quality.
Counterparty – The fund could lose money if the counterparties to derivatives, repurchase agreements and/or other financial contracts entered into for the fund do not fulfill their contractual obligations. In addition, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against a counterparty.
Credit – If an issuer or other obligor (such as a party providing insurance or other credit enhancement) of a security held by the fund or a counterparty to a financial contract with the fund is unable or unwilling to meet its financial obligations, or is downgraded or perceived to be less creditworthy (whether by market participants or otherwise), or if the value of any underlying assets declines, the value of your investment will typically decline. A decline may be rapid and/or significant, particularly in certain market environments. In addition, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against an issuer, obligor or counterparty.
Depositary Receipts – Depositary receipts are generally subject to the same risks as are the foreign securities that they evidence or into which they may be converted, and they may be less liquid than the underlying shares in their primary trading market. In addition, depositary receipts expose the fund to risk associated with the non-uniform terms that apply to depositary receipt programs, credit exposure to the depositary bank and to the sponsors and other parties with whom the depositary bank establishes the programs. Holders of depositary receipts may have limited voting rights, and investment restrictions in certain countries may adversely impact the value of depositary receipts because such restrictions may limit the ability to convert equity shares into depositary receipts and vice versa.
Derivatives – The use of derivatives involves a variety of risks, which may be different from, or greater than, the risks associated with investing in traditional securities, such as stocks and bonds. Risks of derivatives include leverage risk, liquidity risk, valuation risk, market risk, counterparty risk, credit risk, operational risk and legal risk. Use of derivatives can increase fund losses, increase costs, reduce opportunities for gains, increase fund volatility, and not produce the result intended. Certain derivatives have the potential for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the initial investment. Even a small investment in derivatives can have a disproportionate impact on the fund. Derivatives may be difficult or impossible to sell, unwind or value, and the counterparty (including, if applicable, the fund’s clearing broker, the derivatives exchange or the clearinghouse) may default on its obligations to the fund. In certain cases, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against or closing out derivatives instruments
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with a counterparty, which may result in additional losses. Derivatives are also generally subject to the risks applicable to the assets, rates, indices or other indicators underlying the derivative, including market risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, management and valuation risk. Also, suitable derivative transactions may not be available in all circumstances or at reasonable prices. The value of a derivative may fluctuate more or less than, or otherwise not correlate well with, the underlying assets, rates, indices or other indicators to which it relates. The fund may segregate cash or other liquid assets to cover the funding of its obligations under derivatives contracts or make margin payments when it takes positions in derivatives involving obligations to third parties. New Rule 18f-4 under the 1940 Act provides a comprehensive regulatory framework for the use of derivatives by funds and imposes new requirements and restrictions on funds using derivatives. Rule 18f-4 could have an adverse impact on the fund’s performance and its ability to implement its investment strategies as it has historically and may increase costs related to the fund’s use of derivatives. It is not currently clear what impact, if any, the rule will have on the availability, liquidity or performance of derivatives. The rule may not be effective to limit the risk of loss from derivatives.
Frontier Markets – Frontier market countries generally have smaller economies and even less developed capital markets than emerging market countries. As a result, the risks of investing in emerging market countries are magnified in frontier market countries.
Growth Stocks – Returns on growth stocks may not move in tandem with returns on other categories of stocks or the market as a whole. Growth stocks typically are particularly sensitive to market movements and may involve larger price swings because their market prices tend to reflect future expectations. When it appears those expectations may not be met, the prices of growth stocks typically fall. Growth stocks may also be more volatile because they often do not pay dividends. The values of growth stocks tend to go down when interest rates rise because the rise in interest rates reduces the current value of future cash flows. Growth stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “value” stocks.
Large Capitalization Companies – The fund’s investments in larger, more established companies may underperform other segments of the market because they may be less responsive to competitive challenges and opportunities and unable to attain high growth rates during periods of economic expansion.
Large Shareholder – A significant portion of the fund’s shares may be owned by other funds sponsored by Transamerica. Transactions by these funds may be disruptive to the management of the fund. For example, the fund may experience large redemptions and could be required to sell securities at a time when it may not otherwise desire to do so. Such transactions may increase the fund’s brokerage and/or other transaction costs. These transactions may also accelerate the realization of taxable income to shareholders if such sales of investments resulted in gains. In addition, sizeable redemptions could cause the fund’s total expenses to increase.
Leveraging – To the extent that the fund borrows or uses derivatives or other investments, such as ETFs, that have embedded leverage, your investment may be subject to heightened volatility,
risk of loss and costs. Other risks also will be compounded because leverage generally magnifies the effect of a change in the value of an asset and creates a risk of loss of value on a larger pool of assets than the fund would otherwise have. Use of leverage may result in the loss of a substantial amount, and possibly all, of the fund’s assets. The fund also may have to sell assets at inopportune times to satisfy its obligations.
Medium Capitalization Companies – The fund will be exposed to additional risks as a result of its investments in the securities of medium capitalization companies. Investing in medium capitalization companies involves greater risk than is customarily associated with more established companies. The prices of securities of medium capitalization companies generally are more volatile and are more likely to be adversely affected by changes in earnings results and investor expectations or poor economic or market conditions. Securities of medium capitalization companies may underperform larger capitalization companies, may be harder to sell at times and at prices the portfolio managers believe appropriate and may offer greater potential for losses.
Underlying Exchange-Traded Funds – To the extent the fund invests its assets in underlying ETFs, its ability to achieve its investment objective will depend in part on the performance of the underlying ETFs in which it invests. Investing in underlying ETFs subjects the fund to the risks of investing in the underlying securities or assets held by those ETFs. Each of the underlying ETFs in which the fund may invest has its own investment risks, and those risks can affect the value of the underlying ETFs’ shares and therefore the value of the fund's investments. There can be no assurance that the investment objective of any underlying ETF will be achieved. To the extent that the fund invests more of its assets in one underlying ETF than in another, the fund will have greater exposure to the risks of that underlying ETF. In addition, the fund will bear a pro rata portion of the operating expenses of the underlying ETFs in which it invests.
Value Investing – The prices of securities the sub-adviser believes are undervalued may not appreciate as anticipated or may go down. The value approach to investing involves the risk that stocks may remain undervalued, undervaluation may become more severe, or perceived undervaluation may actually represent intrinsic value. Value stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “growth” stocks.
Warrants and Rights – Warrants and rights may be considered more speculative than certain other types of investments because they do not entitle a holder to the dividends or voting rights for the securities that may be purchased, and they do not represent any rights in the assets of the issuing company. If the warrant is not exercised before the expiration date, it generally expires without any value and the fund will lose any amount it paid for the warrant.
Performance: The bar chart and the table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart shows how the fund’s performance has varied from year to year. The table shows how the fund’s average annual total returns for different periods compare to the returns of a broad measure of market performance.
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The past performance information shown below is for Class I shares, which are offered in a separate prospectus. Although Class R and Class R4 shares would have similar returns as Class I shares because the classes are invested in the same portfolio of securities, the returns for Class R and Class R4 shares will differ from Class I shares to the extent that the classes have different expenses. Performance information for Class R and Class R4 shares will be included after the share classes have been in operation for one complete calendar year.
As with all mutual funds, past performance (before and after taxes) is not a prediction of future results. Updated performance information is available on our website at www.transamerica.com/investments-fund-center or by calling 1-888-233-4339.

Annual Total Returns (calendar years ended December 31) - Class I
 
Quarter Ended
Return
Best Quarter:
12/31/2020
20.98%
Worst Quarter:
3/31/2020
-26.10%

Average Annual Total Returns (periods ended December 31, 2022)
 
1 Year
Since
Inception
Inception
Date
Class I
 
 
12/19/2019
Return before taxes
-24.48%
-4.76%
 
Return after taxes on distributions
-24.86%
-6.05%
 
Return after taxes on distributions and
sale of fund shares
-14.02%
-3.66%
 
MSCI Emerging Markets Index (reflects no
deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
-19.74%
-2.06%
 
The total return information for Class I of the fund reflects the impact of certain payments by Transamerica to the class in 2022.
The after-tax returns are calculated using the historic highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns may depend on the investor’s individual tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns may not be relevant if the investment is made through a tax-exempt or tax-deferred account, such as a 401(k) plan.
Management:
Investment Manager: Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Adviser: Wellington Management Company LLP
Portfolio Managers:
Mary L. Pryshlak, CFA
Portfolio Manager
since December 2019
Jonathan G. White, CFA
Portfolio Manager
since December 2019
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares: Shares of the fund are available to individual and institutional investors through certain retirement plans. These plans include, but are not limited to, 401(k), 403(b)
and 457 Plans, Money Purchase Plans, Profit Sharing Plans, Simplified Employee Pension Plans, Keogh Plans, defined benefit plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans and IRAs. Shares may be purchased by these investors through a plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary. If you are a participant in a plan, you should obtain the plan’s conditions for participation from your plan administrator. Shares of the fund are also available to other investors, including endowment funds and foundations, any state, county or city, or its instrumentality, department, authority or agency, and accounts registered to insurance companies, trust companies and bank trust departments. Such investors may purchase shares in the fund through the transfer agent directly. You may purchase shares of the fund on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for business. Requests to purchase shares for the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. Participants in retirement plans administered by Transamerica Retirement Solutions should contact Transamerica Retirement Solutions at 1-800-755-5801 for additional information. If you would like to purchase shares in a fund by a wire transfer, please call 1-888-233-4339 for wire transfer instructions. You buy and redeem shares at the fund’s next-determined net asset value (“NAV”) after receipt of your request in good order. There is no minimum investment for eligible retirement plans investing in Class R shares. The minimum initial investment for Class R4 shares is $5,000. There is no minimum for subsequent investments in Class R or R4 shares. A retirement plan may, however, impose minimum investment requirements. Plan participants or IRA holders should consult their plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary.
Redemption requests may be made by mail and, in certain circumstances, telephone. The proceeds of the redemption will be sent by mail or, if authorized on the Account Application, wire transfer. Requests to redeem shares of the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. You may redeem shares by telephone if you authorized telephone redemptions on your Account Application. The fund reserves the right to refuse a telephone redemption request if it is believed it is advisable to do so. The telephone redemption option may be suspended or terminated at any time without advance notice.
The fund does not currently offer Class R and Class R4 shares.
Tax Information: Fund distributions may be taxable as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax-advantaged investment plan. In that case, you may be taxed when you take a distribution from such plan, depending on the type of plan, the circumstances of your distribution and other factors.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries: If you purchase the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the fund and/or its affiliates 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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Transamerica Government Money Market
Investment Objective: Seeks as high a level of current income as is consistent with preservation of capital and liquidity.
Fees and Expenses: This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Class:
R2
R4
I3
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on
purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
None
None
None
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a
percentage of purchase price or redemption
proceeds, whichever is lower)
None
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Class:
R2
R4
I3
Management fees
0.24%
0.24%
0.24%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees
0.25%
0.25%
None
Other expenses
0.31%
0.07%
0.07%
Recaptured expense1
0.18%
0.00%
0.00%
All other expenses
0.13%
0.07%
0.07%
Total annual fund operating expenses
0.80%
0.56%
0.31%
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement1
0.00%
0.06%
0.00%
Total annual fund operating expenses after fee
waiver and/or expense reimbursement
0.80%
0.50%
0.31%
1
Contractual arrangements have been made with the fund’s investment manager, Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (“TAM”), through March 1, 2024 to waive fees and/or reimburse fund expenses to the extent that total annual fund operating expenses exceed 0.80% for Class R2 shares, 0.50% for Class R4 shares and 0.38% for Class I3 shares, excluding, as applicable, acquired fund fees and expenses, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, dividend and interest expenses on securities sold short, extraordinary expenses and other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the fund’s business. These arrangements cannot be terminated prior to March 1, 2024 without the Board of Trustees’ consent. TAM is permitted to recapture amounts waived and/or reimbursed to a class during any of the 36 months from the date on which TAM waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses for the class if the class’ total annual fund operating expenses have fallen to a level below the limits described above. In no case will TAM recapture any amount contractually waived and/or reimbursed that would result, on any particular business day of the fund, in the class’ total annual operating expenses exceeding the applicable limits described above or any other lower limit then in effect. In addition to the contractual expense limitation arrangements, TAM or its affiliates may voluntarily waive fees and/or reimburse expenses of one or more classes of the fund in an effort to prevent the class’s yield from falling below zero. Any such waiver and/or expense reimbursement may be discontinued or modified at any time. Such waivers or reimbursements, if any, are not reflected in the fee table. Any amounts so waived or reimbursed are subject to recapture by TAM in certain circumstances. Please see the “Expense Limitation” section of the SAI for more details.
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 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. The Example reflects applicable waivers and/or reimbursements for the duration of such arrangement(s). 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 R2
$82
$255
$444
$990
Class R4
$51
$173
$307
$696
Class I3
$32
$100
$174
$393
Principal Investment Strategies: The fund is a government money market fund. The fund seeks to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share by investing in:
high-quality, U.S. dollar-denominated short-term money market securities issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities;
repurchase agreements that are fully collateralized by U.S. government securities or cash; and
cash.
The fund's sub-adviser, BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (the “sub-adviser”), invests at least 99.5% of the fund's total assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in cash, U.S. Treasury bills, notes and other obligations issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities, and repurchase agreements fully collateralized by such obligations or cash. Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in U.S. Treasury bills, notes and other obligations issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities, and repurchase agreements fully collateralized by such obligations.
The fund will enter into repurchase agreements only with financial institutions that the sub-adviser determines are creditworthy. A financial institution must furnish collateral to the fund at least equal in value to the amount of its repurchase obligation. This collateral must consist of U.S. government securities or cash. The sub-adviser is responsible for ensuring that each repurchase agreement is eligible for purchase by the fund.
In managing the fund's assets, the sub-adviser uses a combination of “top-down” analysis of macroeconomic and interest rate environments and “bottom-up” research of sectors and issuers. In the sub-adviser’s “top-down” approach, the sub-adviser analyzes various fundamental and technical factors that may affect the movement of markets. In its “bottom-up” research, the sub-adviser considers various fundamental and other factors, such as creditworthiness and collateral and covenants to specific markets and individual issuers.
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The fund invests in securities with a maximum remaining maturity of 397 days or less (with certain exceptions) and maintains a dollar-weighted average fund maturity of 60 days or less and a dollar-weighted average life of 120 days or less. The fund may invest in variable and floating rate instruments, and transact in securities on a when-issued, delayed delivery or forward commitment basis.
The fund invests in accordance with the quality, maturity, liquidity and diversification requirements of Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and other rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund will only purchase securities that present minimal credit risk as determined by the sub-adviser pursuant to guidelines approved by the fund's Board of Trustees.
The fund may invest in other government money market funds to the extent permitted by law.
If the fund takes a temporary defensive position, it will be more difficult for the fund to achieve its investment objective. Although the sub-adviser has the ability to take temporary defensive positions, it may choose not to do so for a variety of reasons, including during volatile market conditions.
Principal Risks: You could lose money by investing in the fund. Although the fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to the fund, and you should not expect that the sponsor will provide financial support to the fund at any time.
You should be aware that money market funds have, in the past, “broken the buck,” which means that investors did not receive $1.00 per share for their investment in those funds, and this could happen again. If a money market fund breaks the buck or if money market funds are perceived to be likely to do so, there could be significant redemptions from money market funds, driving market prices of securities down and making it more difficult for the fund to maintain a $1.00 per share net asset value.
As a government money market fund, the fund is not required to impose a fee upon sale of your shares (liquidity fees) or temporarily suspend your ability to sell shares if the fund liquidity falls below required minimums (redemption gates), and has no current intention to voluntarily impose such “liquidity fees” or “redemption gates”. However, the Board of Trustees reserves the right to impose liquidity fees and/or redemption gates in the future.
If one or more money market funds were to incur a sizeable loss or impose fees on redemptions or suspend redemptions, there could be significant redemptions from money market funds in general, potentially driving the market prices of money market instruments down and adversely affecting market liquidity.
There is no assurance that the fund will meet its investment objective. The fund could underperform short-term debt instruments, other money market funds or similar investments, or you could lose money. The following is a summary description of principal risks (in alphabetical order after certain key risks) of investing in the fund.
Market – General market conditions, overall economic trends or events, such as real or perceived adverse economic, political or regulatory conditions, recessions, inflation, changes in interest rates, governmental actions or interventions, actions taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve or foreign central banks, market disruptions caused by tariffs, trade disputes or other factors, political developments, armed conflicts, economic sanctions, cybersecurity events, investor sentiment, public health events such as the spread of infectious disease, lack of liquidity or other disruptions in the bond markets, or other adverse market events and conditions could cause the value of your investment in the fund, or its yield, to decline. While the fund seeks to maintain a $1.00 share price, when market prices fall, the value of your investment in the fund could go down.
Economies and financial markets throughout the world are increasingly interconnected. Events or circumstances in one or more countries or regions could be highly disruptive to, and have profound impacts on, global economies or markets. As a result, whether or not the fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to the countries directly affected, the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments may go down.
In recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic, the large expansion of government deficits and debt as a result of government actions to mitigate the effects of the pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the rise of inflation have resulted in extreme volatility in the global economy and in global financial markets. These events could be prolonged and could continue to adversely affect the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments, impair the fund’s ability to satisfy redemption requests, and negatively impact the fund’s performance.
Government Money Market Fund – The fund operates as a “government” money market fund under applicable federal regulations. The fund continues to use the special pricing and valuation conventions that currently facilitate a stable share price of $1.00, although there is no guarantee that the fund will be able to maintain a $1.00 share price. The fund does not currently intend to avail itself of the ability to impose “liquidity fees” and/or “redemption gates” on fund redemptions, as permitted under the applicable regulations. However, the Board reserves the right, with notice to shareholders, to change this policy, thereby permitting the fund to impose such fees and gates in the future.
Repurchase Agreements – In a repurchase agreement, the fund purchases securities from a broker-dealer or a bank, called the counterparty, upon the agreement of the counterparty to repurchase the securities from the fund at a later date, and at a specified price. The securities purchased serve as the fund's collateral for the obligation of the counterparty to repurchase the securities. If the counterparty does not repurchase the securities, the fund is entitled to sell the securities, but the fund may not be able to sell them for the price at which they were purchased, thus causing a loss. If the counterparty becomes insolvent, there is some risk that the fund will not have a right to the securities, or the immediate right to sell the securities.
Interest Rate – The interest rates on short-term obligations held in the fund will vary, rising or falling with short-term interest rates generally. The fund's yield will tend to lag behind general changes in interest rates. A general rise in interest rates may cause
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investors to sell fixed-income securities on a large scale, which could adversely affect the price and liquidity of fixed-income securities and could also result in increased redemptions from the fund.
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations – Government agency obligations have different levels of credit support and, therefore, different degrees of credit risk. Securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities of the U.S. government that are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government generally present a lesser degree of credit risk than securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities sponsored by the U.S. government that are supported only by the issuer’s right to borrow from the U.S. Treasury and securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities sponsored by the U.S. government that are supported only by the credit of the issuing agencies. A security backed by the “full faith and credit” of the U.S. government is guaranteed only as to its stated interest rate and face value at maturity, not its current market price.
Fixed-Income Securities – Risks of fixed-income securities include credit risk, interest rate risk, counterparty risk, prepayment risk, extension risk, valuation risk, and liquidity risk. The value of fixed-income securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, due to general market conditions, such as real or perceived adverse economic or political conditions, tariffs and trade disruptions, inflation, changes in interest rates, lack of liquidity in the bond markets or adverse investor sentiment. In addition, the value of a fixed-income security may decline if the issuer or other obligor of the security fails to pay principal and/or interest, otherwise defaults or has its credit rating downgraded or is perceived to be less creditworthy, or the credit quality or value of any underlying assets declines. If the value of fixed-income securities owned by the fund falls, the value of your investment will go down. The fund may lose its entire investment in the fixed-income securities of an issuer.
Credit – An issuer or other obligor (such as a party providing insurance or other credit enhancement) of a security held by the fund or a counterparty to a financial contract with the fund may be unable or unwilling to meet its financial obligations or may be perceived (whether by market participants, ratings agencies or otherwise) to be less creditworthy, or the value of assets underlying a security may decline. A decline may be rapid and/or significant, particularly in certain market environments. In addition, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against an issuer, obligor or counterparty.
Counterparty – The fund could lose money if the counterparties to derivatives, repurchase agreements and/or other financial contracts entered into for the fund do not fulfill their contractual obligations. In addition, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against a counterparty.
Extension – When interest rates rise, payments of fixed-income securities, including asset- and mortgage-backed securities, may occur more slowly than anticipated, causing their market prices to decline.
Management – The fund is subject to the risk that the investment manager’s or sub-adviser’s judgments and decisions may be incorrect or otherwise may not produce the desired results. The sub-adviser’s judgment about the quality, relative yield or value of, or market trends affecting, a particular security or issuer, industry
or sector, or about the economy or interest rates, may be incorrect. The fund is also subject to the risk of imperfections, errors or limitations in the quantitative, analytic or other tools, resources, information and data used, or the analyses employed or relied on, by the sub-adviser, if such tools, resources, information or data are used incorrectly, fail to produce the desired results or otherwise do not work as intended, or if the sub-adviser’s investment style fails to produce the desired results. Any of these things could cause the fund to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.
Active Trading – The fund may purchase and sell securities without regard to the length of time held. Active trading may be more pronounced during periods of market volatility, may have a negative impact on performance and may generate greater amounts of short-term capital gains.
Large Shareholder – A significant portion of the fund’s shares may be owned by other funds sponsored by Transamerica. Transactions by these funds may be disruptive to the management of the fund. For example, the fund may experience large redemptions and could be required to sell securities at a time when it may not otherwise desire to do so. Such transactions may increase the fund’s brokerage and/or other transaction costs. These transactions may also accelerate the realization of taxable income to shareholders if such sales of investments resulted in gains. In addition, sizeable redemptions could cause the fund’s total expenses to increase.
Liquidity – The fund may make investments that are illiquid or that become illiquid after purchase. Illiquid investments can be difficult to value, may trade at a discount from comparable, more liquid investments, and may be subject to wide fluctuations in value. Liquidity risk may be magnified in rising interest rate environments. If the fund is forced to sell an illiquid investment to meet redemption requests or other cash needs, the fund may be forced to sell at a substantial loss or may not be able to sell at all. Liquidity of particular investments, or even entire asset classes, including U.S. Treasury securities, can deteriorate rapidly, particularly during times of market turmoil, and those investments may be difficult or impossible for the fund to sell. This may prevent the fund from limiting losses.
Redemption – The fund may experience periods of heavy redemptions that could cause the fund to liquidate its assets at inopportune times or at a loss or depressed value. Redemption risk is greater to the extent that the fund has investors with large shareholdings, short investment horizons, or unpredictable cash flow needs. The redemption by one or more large shareholders of their holdings in the fund could have an adverse impact on the remaining shareholders in the fund. In addition, the fund may suspend redemptions when permitted by applicable regulations.
Underlying Government Money Market Funds – The fund may invest in other government money market funds. Each of the underlying government money market funds in which the fund may invest has its own investment risks. There can be no assurance that the investment objective of any underlying government money market fund will be achieved. In addition, the fund will bear a pro rata portion of the operating expenses of the underlying government money market funds in which it invests.
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Yield – The amount of income received by the fund will go up or down depending on day-to-day variations in short-term interest rates, and the fund’s expenses could absorb all or a significant portion of the fund’s income. If interest rates increase, the fund’s yield may not increase proportionately.
Performance: The bar chart and the table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart shows how the fund’s performance has varied from year to year. The table shows the fund’s average annual total returns for different periods.
The fund’s performance reflects the effect of contractual and voluntary fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by TAM and amounts recaptured by TAM under such arrangements.
As with all mutual funds, past performance (before and after taxes) is not a prediction of future results. Updated performance information is available on our website at www.transamerica.com/investments-fund-center or by calling 1-888-233-4339.
Prior to November 1, 2018, the fund had a different sub-adviser and used different investment strategies. The performance set forth prior to that date is attributable to the previous sub-adviser.

Annual Total Returns (calendar years ended December 31) - Class R2

7-DAY YIELD (as of December 31, 2022)
Class R2 = 3.57%
 
Quarter Ended
Return
Best Quarter:
12/31/2022
0.73%
Worst Quarter:
9/30/2020
0.00%

Average Annual Total Returns (periods ended December 31, 2022)
 
1 Year
5 Years
Since
Inception
Inception
Date
Class R2
 
 
 
10/13/2017
Return before taxes
1.18%
0.79%
0.77%
 
Return after taxes on distributions
0.70%
0.46%
0.45%
 
Return after taxes on distributions
and sale of fund shares
0.70%
0.46%
0.45%
 
Class R4 (Return before taxes only)
1.40%
1.06%
1.04%
10/13/2017
Class I3 (Return before taxes only)
1.36%
1.13%
1.09%
5/19/2017
The total return information for Transamerica Government Money Market reflects the impact of certain contributions by TAM in 2021. Investors should not consider the resulting performance information as an indication of what the fund’s total returns will be in the future.
Call customer service at 1-888-233-4339 for the current 7-day yield.
The after-tax returns are calculated using the historic highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns may depend on the investor’s individual tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns may not be relevant if the investment is made through a tax-exempt or tax-deferred account, such as a 401(k) plan.

After-tax returns are presented for only one class, and returns for other classes are presented before taxes only and will vary.
Management:
Investment Manager: Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Adviser: BlackRock Investment Management, LLC
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares: Shares of the fund are available to individual and institutional investors through certain retirement plans. These plans include, but are not limited to, 401(k), 403(b) and 457 Plans, Money Purchase Plans, Profit Sharing Plans, Simplified Employee Pension Plans, Keogh Plans, defined benefit plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans and IRAs. Shares may be purchased by these investors through a plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary. If you are a participant in a plan, you should obtain the plan’s conditions for participation from your plan administrator. Shares of the fund are also available to other investors, including endowment funds and foundations, any state, county or city, or its instrumentality, department, authority or agency, and accounts registered to insurance companies, trust companies and bank trust departments. Such investors may purchase shares in the fund through the transfer agent directly. You may purchase shares of the fund on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for business. Requests to purchase shares for the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. Participants in retirement plans administered by Transamerica Retirement Solutions should contact Transamerica Retirement Solutions at 1-800-755-5801 for additional information. If you would like to purchase shares in a fund by a wire transfer, please call 1-888-233-4339 for wire transfer instructions. You buy and redeem shares at the fund’s next-determined net asset value (“NAV”) after receipt of your request in good order. There is no minimum investment for eligible retirement plans investing in Class R2 shares. The minimum initial investment for Class R4 shares is $5,000. There is no minimum for subsequent investments in Class R2 or R4 shares. A retirement plan may, however, impose minimum investment requirements. Plan participants or IRA holders should consult their plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary.
Redemption requests may be made by mail and, in certain circumstances, telephone. The proceeds of the redemption will be sent by mail or, if authorized on the Account Application, wire transfer. Requests to redeem shares of the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. You may redeem shares by telephone if you authorized telephone redemptions on your Account Application. The fund reserves the right to refuse a telephone redemption request if it is believed it is advisable to do so. The telephone redemption option may be suspended or terminated at any time without advance notice.
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Class I3 shares are only available to certain funds of funds, registered and unregistered insurance company separate accounts and collective investment trusts. Class I3 shares do not have a minimum initial investment for those that qualify for the share class or a minimum subsequent investment amount.
The fund is closed to most new investors. The following investors may continue to purchase shares of the fund: existing fund investors, investors exchanging shares of another Transamerica fund for shares in the same class of the fund, asset allocation funds and other investment products in which the fund is currently an underlying investment option, retirement plans in which the fund is a plan option, and any plan that is or becomes a part of a multiple plan exchange recordkeeping platform that includes the fund as a plan option. The fund will remain closed until further notice. The fund reserves the right to modify the foregoing terms of the closure at any time and to accept or reject any investment for any reason.
Tax Information: Fund distributions may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax-advantaged investment plan. In that case, you may be taxed when you take a distribution from such plan, depending on the type of plan, the circumstances of your distribution and other factors.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries: If you purchase the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the fund and/or its affiliates 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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Transamerica High Yield Bond
Investment Objective: Seeks a high level of current income by investing in high-yield debt securities.
Fees and Expenses: This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Class:
R4
R
I3
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on
purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
None
None
None
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a
percentage of purchase price or redemption
proceeds, whichever is lower)
None
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Class:
R4
R
I3
Management fees
0.55%
0.55%
0.55%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees
0.25%
0.50%
None
Other expenses
0.05%
0.05%
0.05%
Recaptured expense1
0.00%
0.01%
0.00%
All other expenses
0.05%
0.04%
0.05%
Total annual fund operating expenses
0.85%
1.10%
0.60%
1
Contractual arrangements have been made with the fund’s investment manager, Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (“TAM”), through March 1, 2024 to waive fees and/or reimburse fund expenses to the extent that total annual fund operating expenses exceed 0.85% for Class R4 shares, 1.10% for Class R shares and 0.65% for Class I3 shares, excluding, as applicable, acquired fund fees and expenses, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, dividend and interest expenses on securities sold short, extraordinary expenses and other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the fund’s business. These arrangements cannot be terminated prior to March 1, 2024 without the Board of Trustees’ consent. TAM is permitted to recapture amounts waived and/or reimbursed to a class during any of the 36 months from the date on which TAM waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses for the class if the class’ total annual fund operating expenses have fallen to a level below the limits described above. In no case will TAM recapture any amount that would result, on any particular business day of the fund, in the class’ total annual operating expenses exceeding the applicable limits described above or any other lower limit then in effect.
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 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 your costs would be:
 
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
Class R4
$87
$271
$471
$1,049
Class R
$112
$350
$606
$1,340
Class I3
$61
$192
$335
$750
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 portfolio turnover rate for the fund was 22% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies: The fund's sub-adviser, Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC (the “sub-adviser”), seeks to achieve the fund's objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the fund's net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in high-yield bonds (commonly known as “junk bonds”). The fund normally invests primarily in U.S. securities.
Junk bonds are high-risk debt securities rated below investment grade (that is, securities rated below BBB by Standard & Poor’s or Fitch or below Baa by Moody’s or, if unrated, determined to be of comparable quality by the sub-adviser). The sub-adviser seeks to achieve high returns for the fund while maintaining a reasonable risk profile.
The sub-adviser uses a combination of a global “top-down” analysis of the macroeconomic and interest rate environment and proprietary “bottom-up” research of corporate and sovereign debt, stressed and distressed securities, and other debt instruments. In the sub-adviser’s “top-down” approach, the sub-adviser analyzes various fundamental, technical, sentiment, and valuation factors that the sub-adviser believes affect the movement of markets and securities prices worldwide. This “top-down” analysis assists the sub-adviser in analyzing fund risk and allocating assets among sectors, industries, and credit quality categories. In its proprietary “bottom-up” research, the sub-adviser considers various fundamental and other factors, such as creditworthiness and capital structure. The sub-adviser uses this combined “top-down” and “bottom-up” approach to determine asset class, sector, security, yield curve and duration positions for the fund. The sub-adviser’s research analysts also generally integrate environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) matters within their analytical process for high-yield bonds, foreign securities (including emerging markets), investment grade bonds, certain asset-backed securities, private residential mortgage-backed securities, certain preferred equity, privately issued debt securities issued pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S and certain cash equivalents (including corporate commercial paper) alongside traditional credit metrics as a risk management tool and as a method to identify financially material ESG factors and arrive at an independent, comprehensive view of the investment. The sub-adviser’s research analysts typically do not consider ESG factors when analyzing other investments, including, but not limited to, investments in certain bank loans, U.S. Treasury and agency mortgage-backed securities, common equity, cash, certain cash equivalent securities, asset-backed commercial paper, repurchase agreements and money market instruments. Consideration of ESG matters is subjective and not determinative in the sub-adviser’s investment
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process. The sub-adviser may conclude that other attributes of an investment outweigh ESG considerations when making investment decisions. The sub-adviser’s research analysts do not take ESG factors into consideration with respect to every investment in the fund.
The fund has no maturity or duration requirements or limitations. The fund may invest in foreign securities, including up to 10% of its net assets in emerging market securities. The sub-adviser considers emerging market countries as countries that major international financial institutions, such as the World Bank, generally consider to be less economically mature than developed nations.
To a lesser extent, the fund may invest in investment grade bonds, bank loans, asset backed and mortgage backed securities, preferred equity securities, common equity securities (received in connection with exchanges or restructurings) and cash equivalents. The fund may also invest in hybrid instruments having both debt and equity characteristics.
The fund may invest in privately issued securities, including those that are normally purchased pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Principal Risks: Risk is inherent in all investing. Many factors and risks affect the fund's performance, including those described below. The value of your investment in the fund, as well as the amount of return you receive on your investment, may fluctuate significantly day to day and over time. You may lose part or all of your investment in the fund or your investment may not perform as well as other similar investments. The following is a summary description of principal risks (in alphabetical order after certain key risks) of investing in the fund. An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. You may lose money if you invest in this fund.
Market – The market prices of the fund’s securities or other assets may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, due to general market conditions, overall economic trends or events, inflation, changes in interest rates, governmental actions or interventions, actions taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve or foreign central banks, market disruptions caused by tariffs, trade disputes or other factors, political developments, armed conflicts, economic sanctions, cybersecurity events, investor sentiment, public health events such as the spread of infectious disease, and other factors that may or may not be related to the issuer of the security or other asset. If the market prices of the fund’s securities and assets fall, the value of your investment in the fund could go down.
Economies and financial markets throughout the world are increasingly interconnected. Events or circumstances in one or more countries or regions could be highly disruptive to, and have profound impacts on, global economies or markets. As a result, whether or not the fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to the countries directly affected, the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments may go down.
In recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic, the large expansion of government deficits and debt as a result of government actions to mitigate the effects of the pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the rise of inflation have resulted in extreme volatility
in the global economy and in global financial markets. These events could be prolonged and could continue to adversely affect the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments, impair the fund’s ability to satisfy redemption requests, and negatively impact the fund’s performance.
High-Yield Debt Securities – High-yield debt securities, commonly referred to as “junk” bonds, are securities that are rated below “investment grade” or are of comparable quality. Changes in interest rates, the market’s perception of the issuers, the creditworthiness of the issuers and negative perceptions of the junk bond market generally may significantly affect the value of these bonds. Junk bonds are considered speculative, tend to be volatile, typically have a higher risk of default, tend to be less liquid and more difficult to value than higher grade securities, and may result in losses for the fund.
Credit – If an issuer or other obligor (such as a party providing insurance or other credit enhancement) of a security held by the fund or a counterparty to a financial contract with the fund is unable or unwilling to meet its financial obligations, or is downgraded or perceived to be less creditworthy (whether by market participants or otherwise), or if the value of any underlying assets declines, the value of your investment will typically decline. A decline may be rapid and/or significant, particularly in certain market environments. In addition, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against an issuer, obligor or counterparty.
Interest Rate –The value of fixed-income securities generally goes down when interest rates rise. A rise in rates tends to have a greater impact on the prices of longer term or duration securities. Changes in interest rates also may affect the liquidity of the fund’s investments. A general rise in interest rates may cause investors to sell fixed-income securities on a large scale, which could adversely affect the price and liquidity of fixed-income securities generally and could also result in increased redemptions from the fund. Increased redemptions could cause the fund to sell securities at inopportune times or depressed prices and result in further losses.
Fixed-Income Securities – Risks of fixed-income securities include credit risk, interest rate risk, counterparty risk, prepayment risk, extension risk, valuation risk, and liquidity risk. The value of fixed-income securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, due to general market conditions, such as real or perceived adverse economic or political conditions, tariffs and trade disruptions, inflation, changes in interest rates, lack of liquidity in the bond markets or adverse investor sentiment. In addition, the value of a fixed-income security may decline if the issuer or other obligor of the security fails to pay principal and/or interest, otherwise defaults or has its credit rating downgraded or is perceived to be less creditworthy, or the credit quality or value of any underlying assets declines. If the value of fixed-income securities owned by the fund falls, the value of your investment will go down. The fund may lose its entire investment in the fixed-income securities of an issuer.
Liquidity – The fund may make investments that are illiquid or that become illiquid after purchase. Illiquid investments can be difficult to value, may trade at a discount from comparable, more liquid investments, and may be subject to wide fluctuations in
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value. Liquidity risk may be magnified in rising interest rate environments. If the fund is forced to sell an illiquid investment to meet redemption requests or other cash needs, the fund may be forced to sell at a substantial loss or may not be able to sell at all. Liquidity of particular investments, or even entire asset classes, including U.S. Treasury securities, can deteriorate rapidly, particularly during times of market turmoil, and those investments may be difficult or impossible for the fund to sell. This may prevent the fund from limiting losses.
Distressed or Defaulted Securities – Investments in defaulted securities and obligations of distressed issuers, including securities that are, or may be, involved in reorganizations or other financial restructurings, either out of court or in bankruptcy, involve substantial risks in addition to the risks of investing in high-yield debt securities. These securities are considered speculative. The fund may incur costs to protect its investment, and the fund could lose its entire investment. Distressed securities and any securities received in an exchange for such securities may be subject to restrictions on resale.
Counterparty – The fund could lose money if the counterparties to derivatives, repurchase agreements and/or other financial contracts entered into for the fund do not fulfill their contractual obligations. In addition, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against a counterparty.
Extension – When interest rates rise, payments of fixed-income securities, including asset- and mortgage-backed securities, may occur more slowly than anticipated, causing their market prices to decline.
Prepayment or Call – Many issuers have a right to prepay their fixed-income securities. If this happens, the fund will not benefit from the rise in the market price of the securities that normally accompanies a decline in interest rates and may be forced to reinvest the prepayment proceeds in securities with lower yields.
Focused Investing – To the extent the fund invests in a limited number of countries, regions, sectors, industries or market segments, in a limited number of issuers, or in issuers in related businesses or that are subject to related operating risks, the fund will be more susceptible to negative events affecting those countries, regions, sectors, industries, segments or issuers, and the value of its shares may be more volatile than if it invested more widely.
Valuation – The sales price the fund could receive for any particular portfolio investment may differ from the fund's valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets, that are priced based upon valuations provided by third party pricing services that use matrix or evaluated pricing systems, or that are valued using a fair value methodology. These differences may increase significantly and affect fund investments more broadly during periods of market volatility. Investors who purchase or redeem fund shares on days when the fund is holding fair-valued securities may receive fewer or more shares or lower or higher redemption proceeds than they would have received if the fund had not fair-valued securities or had used a different valuation methodology. The fund’s ability to value its investments may also be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third party service providers. Fair value pricing involves subjective judgment, which may prove to be incorrect.
Management – The value of your investment may go down if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's judgments and decisions are incorrect or otherwise do not produce the desired results, or if the investment strategy does not work as intended. You may also suffer losses if there are imperfections, errors or limitations in the quantitative, analytic or other tools, resources, information and data used, investment techniques applied, or the analyses employed or relied on, by the investment manageror sub-adviser, if such tools, resources, information or data are used incorrectly or otherwise do not work as intended, or if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's investment style is out of favor or otherwise fails to produce the desired results. Any of these things could cause the fund to lose value or its results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.
Active Trading – The fund may purchase and sell securities without regard to the length of time held. Active trading may be more pronounced during periods of market volatility, may have a negative impact on performance and may generate greater amounts of short-term capital gains.
Bank Obligations – Banks are sensitive to changes in money market and general economic conditions. Banks are highly regulated. Decisions by regulators may limit the loans banks make, affect the interest rates and fees they charge and reduce bank profitability.
Currency – The value of a fund’s investments in securities denominated in foreign currencies increases or decreases as the rates of exchange between those currencies and the U.S. dollar change. U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers may also be affected by currency risk. Currency exchange rates can be volatile and may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency conversion costs and currency fluctuations could reduce or eliminate investment gains or add to investment losses. A fund may be unable or may choose not to hedge its foreign currency exposure or any hedge may not be effective.
Emerging Markets – Investments in securities of issuers located or doing business in emerging markets are subject to heightened foreign investments risks and may experience rapid and extreme changes in value. Emerging market countries tend to have less developed and less stable economic, political and legal systems and regulatory and accounting standards, may have policies that restrict investment by foreigners or that prevent foreign investors such as the fund from withdrawing their money at will, and are more likely to experience nationalization, expropriation and confiscatory taxation. In addition, emerging market securities may have low trading volumes and may be or become illiquid.
Energy Sector – Industries in the energy segment, such as those engaged in the development, production and distribution of energy resources, can be significantly affected by supply and demand both for their specific product or service and for energy products in general. The price of oil, gas and other consumable fuels, exploration and production spending, government regulation, economic sanctions, weather events, world events and economic conditions likewise will affect the performance of companies in these industries. Such events and related conditions may lead to disputes among oil-producing countries and potential limits on the production of crude oil, leading to increased volatility in the energy sector.
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Equity Securities – Equity securities generally have greater risk of loss than debt securities. Stock markets are volatile and the value of equity securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. The value of equity securities fluctuates based on real or perceived changes in a company’s financial condition, factors affecting a particular industry or industries, and overall market, economic and political conditions. If the market prices of the equity securities owned by the fund fall, the value of your investment in the fund will decline. The fund may lose its entire investment in the equity securities of an issuer. A change in financial condition or other event affecting a single issuer may adversely impact securities markets as a whole.
Floating Rate Loans – Floating rate loans are often made to borrowers whose financial condition is troubled or highly leveraged. These loans frequently are rated below investment grade and are therefore subject to “High-Yield Debt Securities” risk. There is no public market for floating rate loans and the loans may trade infrequently and be subject to wide bid/ask spreads. Many floating rate loans are subject to restrictions on resale. Floating rate loans may have trade settlement periods in excess of seven days, which may result in the fund not receiving proceeds from the sale of a loan for an extended period. As a result, the fund may be subject to greater “Liquidity” risk than a fund that does not invest in floating rate loans and the fund may be constrained in its ability to meet its obligations (including obligations to redeeming shareholders). The lack of an active trading market may also make it more difficult to value floating rate loans. Rising interest rates can lead to increased default rates as payment obligations increase.
Foreign Investments – Investing in securities of foreign issuers or issuers with significant exposure to foreign markets involves additional risks. Foreign markets can be less liquid, less regulated, less transparent and more volatile than U.S. markets. The value of the fund’s foreign investments may decline, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, because of factors affecting the particular issuer as well as foreign markets and issuers generally, such as unfavorable government actions, including nationalization, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, reduction of government or central bank support, tariffs and trade disruptions, sanctions, political or financial instability, social unrest or other adverse economic or political developments. Foreign investments may also be subject to different accounting practices and different regulatory, legal, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping standards and practices, and may be more difficult to value than investments in U.S. issuers. Certain foreign clearance and settlement procedures may result in an inability to execute transactions or delays in settlement.
Hybrid Instruments – Investing in hybrid instruments involves a combination of risks, including risks of investing in securities, commodities, options, futures, and currencies. An investment in a hybrid instrument may entail significant risks in addition to those associated with traditional fixed-income or convertible securities.
Large Shareholder – A significant portion of the fund’s shares may be owned by other funds sponsored by Transamerica. Transactions by these funds may be disruptive to the management of the fund. For example, the fund may experience large redemptions and could be required to sell securities at a time when it may not otherwise desire to do so. Such transactions may increase the fund’s brokerage and/or other transaction costs. These transactions
may also accelerate the realization of taxable income to shareholders if such sales of investments resulted in gains. In addition, sizeable redemptions could cause the fund’s total expenses to increase.
LIBOR – Many financial instruments, financings or other transactions to which the fund may be a party use or may use a floating rate based on the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). The UK Financial Conduct Authority and LIBOR’s administrator announced that the use of LIBOR will be phased out; most LIBOR rates are no longer published as of the end of 2021 and a majority of U.S. dollar LIBOR rates will no longer be published after June 30, 2023. It is possible that a subset of LIBOR rates may be published after these dates on a “synthetic” basis, but any such publications would be considered non-representative of the underlying market. There remains uncertainty regarding the nature of any replacement rate and the impact of the transition from LIBOR on the fund, issuers of instruments in which the fund invests, and financial markets generally. As such, the potential effect of a transition away from LIBOR on the fund or the fund’s investments cannot yet be determined.
Loans – Loans are subject to the credit risk of nonpayment of principal or interest. Economic downturns or increases in interest rates may cause an increase in defaults, interest rate risk and liquidity risk. Loans may or may not be collateralized at the time of acquisition, and any collateral may be relatively illiquid or lose all or substantially all of its value subsequent to investment. The fund's investments in loans are also subject to prepayment or call risk.
Preferred Stock – Preferred stock’s right to dividends and liquidation proceeds is junior to the rights of a company’s debt securities. The value of preferred stock may be subject to factors that affect fixed-income and equity securities. The value of preferred stock tends to vary more with fluctuations in the underlying common stock and less with fluctuations in interest rates and tends to exhibit greater volatility.
Privately Placed and Other Restricted Securities – Restricted securities, which include private placements of private and public companies, are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on their resale. Restricted securities may be difficult to sell at the time and price a fund prefers. Restricted securities may be difficult to value properly and may involve greater risks than securities that are not subject to restrictions on resale, both of which may result in substantial losses. An insufficient number of eligible buyers interested in purchasing restricted securities held by a fund could adversely affect the marketability of such securities and a fund might be unable to dispose of such securities promptly or at reasonable prices, adversely affecting a fund’s overall liquidity and performance. Restricted securities may not be listed on an exchange and may have no active trading market. A fund may incur additional expense when disposing of restricted securities. Restricted securities may involve a high degree of business and financial risk and may result in substantial losses to the fund.
Sustainability and/or Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) Considerations – The sub-adviser considers sustainability and/or ESG factors that it deems relevant, along with other factors and analysis, when sub-advising the fund. This usage of sustainability and/or ESG factors or criteria is sometimes referred to as “ESG integration.” The sub-adviser may consider sustainability
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and/or ESG factors on a meaningful portion of the fund’s investments. The sub-adviser may give little or no weight to sustainability and/or ESG factors for certain investments, and not every sustainability and/or ESG factor may be identified or evaluated for every investment. Consideration of sustainability and/or ESG factors is not determinative in the sub-adviser’s investment process, and the sub-adviser may conclude that other attributes of an investment outweigh sustainability and/or ESG considerations when making investment decisions. Applying sustainability and/or ESG factors as part of the fund’s security selection process may impact the sub-adviser’s investment decisions. Sustainability and ESG factors are not uniformly defined and applying such factors involves subjective assessments. Sustainability and ESG ratings and assessments of issuers can vary across investment advisers (including sub-advisers) and third party data providers and may change over time. Sustainability and ESG factors can be difficult to apply consistently across issuers, regions, countries, industries and sectors. The application of these factors could negatively impact the fund’s performance. Sustainability and ESG information from issuers and from third party data providers may be incomplete, delayed, inaccurate or unavailable, which could lead to an incorrect assessment of a company’s sustainability or ESG characteristics. Regulation of sustainability and ESG investing in the U.S. and abroad is evolving. Regulatory changes with respect to ESG integration could impact the sub-adviser’s ability to consider sustainability and/or ESG criteria as part of its investment process.
Yield – The amount of income received by the fund will go up or down depending on day-to-day variations in short-term interest rates, and the fund’s expenses could absorb all or a significant portion of the fund’s income. If interest rates increase, the fund’s yield may not increase proportionately.
Performance: The bar chart and the table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart shows how the fund’s performance has varied from year to year. The table shows how the fund’s average annual total returns for different periods compare to the returns of a broad measure of market performance.
As with all mutual funds, past performance (before and after taxes) is not a prediction of future results. Updated performance information is available on our website at www.transamerica.com/investments-fund-center or by calling 1-888-233-4339.

Annual Total Returns (calendar years ended December 31) - Class R4
 
Quarter Ended
Return
Best Quarter:
6/30/2020
9.24%
Worst Quarter:
3/31/2020
-15.18%

Average Annual Total Returns (periods ended December 31, 2022)
 
1 Year
5 Years
Since
Inception
Inception
Date
Class R4
 
 
 
3/24/2017
Return before taxes
-11.64%
1.44%
2.13%
 
Return after taxes on
distributions
-13.44%
-0.63%
0.01%
 
Return after taxes on
distributions and sale of fund
shares
-6.86%
0.26%
0.76%
 
Class R (Return before taxes only)
-11.87%
1.21%
1.90%
3/24/2017
Class I3 (Return before taxes only)
-11.43%
1.72%
2.41%
3/24/2017
Bloomberg US Corporate High
Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index
(reflects no deduction for fees,
expenses or taxes)
-11.18%
2.30%
2.98%
 
The after-tax returns are calculated using the historic highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns may depend on the investor’s individual tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns may not be relevant if the investment is made through a tax-exempt or tax-deferred account, such as a 401(k) plan.

After-tax returns are presented for only one class, and returns for other classes are presented before taxes only and will vary.
Management:
Investment Manager: Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Adviser: Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
Portfolio Managers:
Kevin Bakker, CFA1
Portfolio Manager
since May 2007
Benjamin D. Miller, CFA1
Portfolio Manager
since August 2006
James K. Schaeffer, Jr.1
Portfolio Manager
since March 2011
1 Portfolio Manager of the predecessor fund.
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares: Shares of the fund are available to individual and institutional investors through certain retirement plans. These plans include, but are not limited to, 401(k), 403(b) and 457 Plans, Money Purchase Plans, Profit Sharing Plans, Simplified Employee Pension Plans, Keogh Plans, defined benefit plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans and IRAs. Shares may be purchased by these investors through a plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary. If you are a participant in a plan, you should obtain the plan’s conditions for participation from your plan administrator. Shares of the fund are also available to other investors, including endowment funds and foundations, any state, county or city, or its instrumentality, department, authority or agency, and accounts registered to insurance companies, trust companies and bank trust departments. Such investors may purchase shares in the fund through the transfer agent directly. You may purchase shares of the fund on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for business. Requests to purchase shares for the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. Participants in retirement plans administered by Transamerica Retirement Solutions should contact Transamerica Retirement Solutions at 1-800-755-5801 for additional information. If you would like to purchase shares in a fund by a wire transfer, please call 1-888-233-4339 for wire transfer instructions. You buy and redeem shares at the fund’s next-determined net asset value (“NAV”)
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after receipt of your request in good order. There is no minimum investment for eligible retirement plans investing in Class R shares. The minimum initial investment for Class R4 shares is $5,000. There is no minimum for subsequent investments in Class R or R4 shares. A retirement plan may, however, impose minimum investment requirements. Plan participants or IRA holders should consult their plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary.
Redemption requests may be made by mail and, in certain circumstances, telephone. The proceeds of the redemption will be sent by mail or, if authorized on the Account Application, wire transfer. Requests to redeem shares of the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. You may redeem shares by telephone if you authorized telephone redemptions on your Account Application. The fund reserves the right to refuse a telephone redemption request if it is believed it is advisable to do so. The telephone redemption option may be suspended or terminated at any time without advance notice.
Class I3 shares are only available to certain funds of funds, registered and unregistered insurance company separate accounts and collective investment trusts. Class I3 shares do not have a minimum initial investment for those that qualify for the share class or a minimum subsequent investment amount.
Tax Information: Fund distributions may be taxable as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax-advantaged investment plan. In that case, you may be taxed when you take a distribution from such plan, depending on the type of plan, the circumstances of your distribution and other factors.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries: If you purchase the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the fund and/or its affiliates 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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Transamerica High Yield ESG
Investment Objective: Seeks a high level of current income.
Fees and Expenses: This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Class:
R4
R
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as
a percentage of offering price)
None
None
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage
of purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
lower)
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Class:
R4
R
Management fees
0.55%
0.55%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees
0.25%
0.50%
Other expenses1
0.60%
0.59%
Total annual fund operating expenses
1.40%
1.64%
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement2
0.40%
0.39%
Total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver
and/or expense reimbursement
1.00%
1.25%
1
Other expenses are based on estimates for the current fiscal year.
2
Contractual arrangements have been made with the fund’s investment manager, Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (“TAM”), through March 1, 2024 to waive fees and/or reimburse fund expenses to the extent that total annual fund operating expenses exceed 1.00% for Class R4 shares and 1.25% for Class R shares, excluding, as applicable, acquired fund fees and expenses, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, dividend and interest expenses on securities sold short, extraordinary expenses and other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the fund’s business. These arrangements cannot be terminated prior to March 1, 2024 without the Board of Trustees’ consent. TAM is permitted to recapture amounts waived and/or reimbursed to a class during any of the 36 months from the date on which TAM waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses for the class if the class’ total annual fund operating expenses have fallen to a level below the limits described above. In no case will TAM recapture any amount that would result, on any particular business day of the fund, in the class’ total annual operating expenses exceeding the applicable limits described above or any other lower limit then in effect.
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 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. The Example reflects applicable waivers and/or reimbursements for the duration of such arrangement(s). 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 R4
$102
$404
$728
$1,645
Class R
$127
$479
$855
$1,911
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 portfolio turnover rate for the fund was 20% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies: The fund’s sub-adviser, Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC (the “sub-adviser”), seeks to achieve the fund’s objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the fund’s net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in high-yield securities. The sub-adviser focuses on investments that the sub-adviser views as having a favorable environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) profile based on the sub-adviser’s internal ESG evaluation process. The fund normally invests primarily in U.S. securities.
High yield securities (commonly known as “junk” bonds) are high-risk debt securities rated, at the time of investment, below BBB by Standard & Poor’s or Fitch or below Baa by Moody’s or, if unrated, determined to be of comparable quality by the fund’s sub-adviser. Normally, the high yield securities in which the fund invests are primarily corporate bonds.
The sub-adviser’s ESG evaluation process is designed to emphasize positive selection of investments with favorable ESG characteristics in the view of the sub-adviser, while minimizing exposure to companies considered by the sub-adviser as having less favorable ESG qualities. In this process, the sub-adviser excludes companies involved in certain industries and/or business practices that are viewed as exhibiting the most negative ESG impacts. The sub-adviser then employs a fundamental, proprietary research approach to identify potential investments and categorizes them as belonging to one of five ESG categories.
Category one includes companies viewed by the sub-adviser as having fundamentals that are positively affected by effective ESG practices. Category two companies are judged by the sub-adviser to have fundamentally low exposure to ESG risks or the presence of factors that mitigate ESG risks. Category three companies are those, in the view of the sub-adviser, with ESG risk exposures that could negatively affect fundamentals, but the effect is not measurable and the timing is uncertain. Category four companies are those which the sub-adviser views as having ESG risks resulting in negative pressure on fundamentals, but having a limited impact on its credit rating. Category five includes companies that, in the sub-adviser’s view, have ESG factors resulting in a negative material effect on fundamentals that may or may not be currently reflected in its credit rating.
The fund’s investment universe consists of companies classified by the sub-adviser within categories one through four with the fund’s investments generally predominantly falling in categories one through three.
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When assessing a company’s ESG practices, the sub-adviser may take into account a number of ESG considerations of an environmental, social or governance nature. Environmental considerations may include, but are not limited to, climate change and carbon emissions, energy efficiency, waste and pollution, water use and conservation, deforestation, natural resource use and renewable energy. Social considerations may include, but are not limited to, human rights and labor standards, product safety and liability, workplace safety, workplace benefits, employee relations, diversity/inclusion policies, data protection and privacy, community involvement, nutrition and health, and supply chain sourcing. Governance considerations may include, but are not limited to, board independence, board diversity, anticorruption policies, shareholder rights, compensation structures, corporate political contributions and corporate behavior.
The sub-adviser’s research-intensive process uses a combination of a global “top-down” analysis of the macroeconomic and interest rate environment and proprietary “bottom-up” research of corporate debt, stressed and distressed securities, and other debt instruments. In the sub-adviser’s “top-down” approach, the sub-adviser analyzes various fundamental, technical, sentiment, and valuation factors that it believes affect the movement of markets and securities prices worldwide. This “top-down” analysis assists the sub-adviser in analyzing fund risk and allocating assets among sectors, industries, and credit quality categories. In its proprietary “bottom-up” research, the sub-adviser considers various fundamental and other factors, such as creditworthiness and capital structure.
The fund has no maturity or duration requirements or limitations. The fund may invest in foreign securities, including up to 10% of its net assets in emerging market securities. The sub-adviser considers emerging market countries as countries that major international financial institutions, such as the World Bank, generally consider to be less economically mature than developed nations.
To a lesser extent, the fund may invest in investment grade bonds, bank loans, preferred equity securities, common equity securities (received in connection with exchanges or restructurings) and cash equivalents. The fund may also invest in hybrid instruments having both debt and equity characteristics.
The fund may invest in privately issued securities, including those that are normally purchased pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
All investments by the fund, with the exception of cash and certain cash equivalents (including asset-backed commercial paper), repurchase agreements and money market instruments, are subject to the sub-adviser’s ESG assessment framework.
Principal Risks: Risk is inherent in all investing. Many factors and risks affect the fund's performance, including those described below. The value of your investment in the fund, as well as the amount of return you receive on your investment, may fluctuate significantly day to day and over time. You may lose part or all of your investment in the fund or your investment may not perform as well as other similar investments. The following is a summary description of principal risks (in alphabetical order after certain key risks) of investing in the fund. An investment in the fund is
not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. You may lose money if you invest in this fund.
Market – The market prices of the fund’s securities or other assets may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, due to general market conditions, overall economic trends or events, inflation, changes in interest rates, governmental actions or interventions, actions taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve or foreign central banks, market disruptions caused by tariffs, trade disputes or other factors, political developments, armed conflicts, economic sanctions, cybersecurity events, investor sentiment, public health events such as the spread of infectious disease, and other factors that may or may not be related to the issuer of the security or other asset. If the market prices of the fund’s securities and assets fall, the value of your investment in the fund could go down.
Economies and financial markets throughout the world are increasingly interconnected. Events or circumstances in one or more countries or regions could be highly disruptive to, and have profound impacts on, global economies or markets. As a result, whether or not the fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to the countries directly affected, the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments may go down.
In recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic, the large expansion of government deficits and debt as a result of government actions to mitigate the effects of the pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the rise of inflation have resulted in extreme volatility in the global economy and in global financial markets. These events could be prolonged and could continue to adversely affect the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments, impair the fund’s ability to satisfy redemption requests, and negatively impact the fund’s performance.
High-Yield Debt Securities – High-yield debt securities, commonly referred to as “junk” bonds, are securities that are rated below “investment grade” or are of comparable quality. Changes in interest rates, the market’s perception of the issuers, the creditworthiness of the issuers and negative perceptions of the junk bond market generally may significantly affect the value of these bonds. Junk bonds are considered speculative, tend to be volatile, typically have a higher risk of default, tend to be less liquid and more difficult to value than higher grade securities, and may result in losses for the fund.
Credit – If an issuer or other obligor (such as a party providing insurance or other credit enhancement) of a security held by the fund or a counterparty to a financial contract with the fund is unable or unwilling to meet its financial obligations, or is downgraded or perceived to be less creditworthy (whether by market participants or otherwise), or if the value of any underlying assets declines, the value of your investment will typically decline. A decline may be rapid and/or significant, particularly in certain market environments. In addition, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against an issuer, obligor or counterparty.
Interest Rate –The value of fixed-income securities generally goes down when interest rates rise. A rise in rates tends to have a greater impact on the prices of longer term or duration securities. Changes in interest rates also may affect the liquidity of the fund’s investments. A general rise in interest rates may cause investors
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to sell fixed-income securities on a large scale, which could adversely affect the price and liquidity of fixed-income securities generally and could also result in increased redemptions from the fund. Increased redemptions could cause the fund to sell securities at inopportune times or depressed prices and result in further losses.
Fixed-Income Securities – Risks of fixed-income securities include credit risk, interest rate risk, counterparty risk, prepayment risk, extension risk, valuation risk, and liquidity risk. The value of fixed-income securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, due to general market conditions, such as real or perceived adverse economic or political conditions, tariffs and trade disruptions, inflation, changes in interest rates, lack of liquidity in the bond markets or adverse investor sentiment. In addition, the value of a fixed-income security may decline if the issuer or other obligor of the security fails to pay principal and/or interest, otherwise defaults or has its credit rating downgraded or is perceived to be less creditworthy, or the credit quality or value of any underlying assets declines. If the value of fixed-income securities owned by the fund falls, the value of your investment will go down. The fund may lose its entire investment in the fixed-income securities of an issuer.
Liquidity – The fund may make investments that are illiquid or that become illiquid after purchase. Illiquid investments can be difficult to value, may trade at a discount from comparable, more liquid investments, and may be subject to wide fluctuations in value. Liquidity risk may be magnified in rising interest rate environments. If the fund is forced to sell an illiquid investment to meet redemption requests or other cash needs, the fund may be forced to sell at a substantial loss or may not be able to sell at all. Liquidity of particular investments, or even entire asset classes, including U.S. Treasury securities, can deteriorate rapidly, particularly during times of market turmoil, and those investments may be difficult or impossible for the fund to sell. This may prevent the fund from limiting losses.
Counterparty – The fund could lose money if the counterparties to derivatives, repurchase agreements and/or other financial contracts entered into for the fund do not fulfill their contractual obligations. In addition, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against a counterparty.
Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) Investing – Applying ESG criteria to the sub-adviser’s investment analysis for the fund may impact the sub-adviser’s investment decisions as to securities of certain issuers and, therefore, the fund may forgo some investment opportunities available to funds that do not use ESG criteria or that apply different ESG criteria. Applying ESG criteria may impact the fund’s exposure to risks associated with certain issuers, asset classes, industries and sectors, which may impact the fund’s investment performance. The relevance and weightings of ESG criteria to the sub-adviser’s investment process may vary significantly across issuers, asset classes, industries and sectors. Securities of companies with what are identified by the sub-adviser as having favorable ESG characteristics at the time of investment may shift into and out of favor depending on market and economic conditions, and a company’s ESG practices, or the sub-adviser’s assessment of such practices, may change over time. The fund’s performance may at times be better or worse than the performance of similar funds that do not use ESG criteria or that
apply different ESG criteria. ESG is not a uniformly defined characteristic and applying ESG criteria involves subjective assessments. There may be significant differences in views in what constitutes positive or negative ESG characteristics of a company. The sub-adviser’s ESG assessment of a company may differ from that of other funds or investors. ESG ratings and assessments of issuers can vary across third party data providers, and ESG data may be incomplete, delayed, inaccurate or unavailable, which could lead to an incorrect assessment of a company’s ESG characteristics. Data inputs may include information self-reported by companies or from third party data providers. Regulation of ESG investing in the U.S. and abroad is evolving. Regulatory change regarding the definition and/or use of ESG criteria could have a material adverse effect on the fund’s ability to invest in accordance with its ESG strategy.
Extension – When interest rates rise, payments of fixed-income securities, including asset- and mortgage-backed securities, may occur more slowly than anticipated, causing their market prices to decline.
Prepayment or Call – Many issuers have a right to prepay their fixed-income securities. If this happens, the fund will not benefit from the rise in the market price of the securities that normally accompanies a decline in interest rates and may be forced to reinvest the prepayment proceeds in securities with lower yields.
Distressed or Defaulted Securities – Investments in defaulted securities and obligations of distressed issuers, including securities that are, or may be, involved in reorganizations or other financial restructurings, either out of court or in bankruptcy, involve substantial risks in addition to the risks of investing in high-yield debt securities. These securities are considered speculative. The fund may incur costs to protect its investment, and the fund could lose its entire investment. Distressed securities and any securities received in an exchange for such securities may be subject to restrictions on resale.
Focused Investing – To the extent the fund invests in a limited number of countries, regions, sectors, industries or market segments, in a limited number of issuers, or in issuers in related businesses or that are subject to related operating risks, the fund will be more susceptible to negative events affecting those countries, regions, sectors, industries, segments or issuers, and the value of its shares may be more volatile than if it invested more widely.
Valuation – The sales price the fund could receive for any particular portfolio investment may differ from the fund's valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets, that are priced based upon valuations provided by third party pricing services that use matrix or evaluated pricing systems, or that are valued using a fair value methodology. These differences may increase significantly and affect fund investments more broadly during periods of market volatility. Investors who purchase or redeem fund shares on days when the fund is holding fair-valued securities may receive fewer or more shares or lower or higher redemption proceeds than they would have received if the fund had not fair-valued securities or had used a different valuation methodology. The fund’s ability to value its investments may also be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third party service providers. Fair value pricing involves subjective judgment, which may prove to be incorrect.
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Management – The value of your investment may go down if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's judgments and decisions are incorrect or otherwise do not produce the desired results, or if the investment strategy does not work as intended. You may also suffer losses if there are imperfections, errors or limitations in the quantitative, analytic or other tools, resources, information and data used, investment techniques applied, or the analyses employed or relied on, by the investment manageror sub-adviser, if such tools, resources, information or data are used incorrectly or otherwise do not work as intended, or if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's investment style is out of favor or otherwise fails to produce the desired results. Any of these things could cause the fund to lose value or its results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.
Active Trading – The fund may purchase and sell securities without regard to the length of time held. Active trading may be more pronounced during periods of market volatility, may have a negative impact on performance and may generate greater amounts of short-term capital gains.
Bank Obligations – Banks are sensitive to changes in money market and general economic conditions. Banks are highly regulated. Decisions by regulators may limit the loans banks make, affect the interest rates and fees they charge and reduce bank profitability.
Currency – The value of a fund’s investments in securities denominated in foreign currencies increases or decreases as the rates of exchange between those currencies and the U.S. dollar change. U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers may also be affected by currency risk. Currency exchange rates can be volatile and may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency conversion costs and currency fluctuations could reduce or eliminate investment gains or add to investment losses. A fund may be unable or may choose not to hedge its foreign currency exposure or any hedge may not be effective.
Emerging Markets – Investments in securities of issuers located or doing business in emerging markets are subject to heightened foreign investments risks and may experience rapid and extreme changes in value. Emerging market countries tend to have less developed and less stable economic, political and legal systems and regulatory and accounting standards, may have policies that restrict investment by foreigners or that prevent foreign investors such as the fund from withdrawing their money at will, and are more likely to experience nationalization, expropriation and confiscatory taxation. In addition, emerging market securities may have low trading volumes and may be or become illiquid.
Energy Sector – Industries in the energy segment, such as those engaged in the development, production and distribution of energy resources, can be significantly affected by supply and demand both for their specific product or service and for energy products in general. The price of oil, gas and other consumable fuels, exploration and production spending, government regulation, economic sanctions, weather events, world events and economic conditions likewise will affect the performance of companies in these industries. Such events and related conditions may lead to disputes among oil-producing countries and potential limits on the production of crude oil, leading to increased volatility in the energy sector.
Equity Securities – Equity securities generally have greater risk of loss than debt securities. Stock markets are volatile and the value of equity securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. The value of equity securities fluctuates based on real or perceived changes in a company’s financial condition, factors affecting a particular industry or industries, and overall market, economic and political conditions. If the market prices of the equity securities owned by the fund fall, the value of your investment in the fund will decline. The fund may lose its entire investment in the equity securities of an issuer. A change in financial condition or other event affecting a single issuer may adversely impact securities markets as a whole.
Floating Rate Loans – Floating rate loans are often made to borrowers whose financial condition is troubled or highly leveraged. These loans frequently are rated below investment grade and are therefore subject to “High-Yield Debt Securities” risk. There is no public market for floating rate loans and the loans may trade infrequently and be subject to wide bid/ask spreads. Many floating rate loans are subject to restrictions on resale. Floating rate loans may have trade settlement periods in excess of seven days, which may result in the fund not receiving proceeds from the sale of a loan for an extended period. As a result, the fund may be subject to greater “Liquidity” risk than a fund that does not invest in floating rate loans and the fund may be constrained in its ability to meet its obligations (including obligations to redeeming shareholders). The lack of an active trading market may also make it more difficult to value floating rate loans. Rising interest rates can lead to increased default rates as payment obligations increase.
Foreign Investments – Investing in securities of foreign issuers or issuers with significant exposure to foreign markets involves additional risks. Foreign markets can be less liquid, less regulated, less transparent and more volatile than U.S. markets. The value of the fund’s foreign investments may decline, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, because of factors affecting the particular issuer as well as foreign markets and issuers generally, such as unfavorable government actions, including nationalization, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, reduction of government or central bank support, tariffs and trade disruptions, sanctions, political or financial instability, social unrest or other adverse economic or political developments. Foreign investments may also be subject to different accounting practices and different regulatory, legal, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping standards and practices, and may be more difficult to value than investments in U.S. issuers. Certain foreign clearance and settlement procedures may result in an inability to execute transactions or delays in settlement.
Hybrid Instruments – Investing in hybrid instruments involves a combination of risks, including risks of investing in securities, commodities, options, futures, and currencies. An investment in a hybrid instrument may entail significant risks in addition to those associated with traditional fixed-income or convertible securities.
Large Shareholder – A significant portion of the fund’s shares may be owned by other funds sponsored by Transamerica. Transactions by these funds may be disruptive to the management of the fund. For example, the fund may experience large redemptions and could be required to sell securities at a time when it may not otherwise desire to do so. Such transactions may increase the fund’s brokerage and/or other transaction costs. These transactions
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may also accelerate the realization of taxable income to shareholders if such sales of investments resulted in gains. In addition, sizeable redemptions could cause the fund’s total expenses to increase.
LIBOR – Many financial instruments, financings or other transactions to which the fund may be a party use or may use a floating rate based on the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). The UK Financial Conduct Authority and LIBOR’s administrator announced that the use of LIBOR will be phased out; most LIBOR rates are no longer published as of the end of 2021 and a majority of U.S. dollar LIBOR rates will no longer be published after June 30, 2023. It is possible that a subset of LIBOR rates may be published after these dates on a “synthetic” basis, but any such publications would be considered non-representative of the underlying market. There remains uncertainty regarding the nature of any replacement rate and the impact of the transition from LIBOR on the fund, issuers of instruments in which the fund invests, and financial markets generally. As such, the potential effect of a transition away from LIBOR on the fund or the fund’s investments cannot yet be determined.
Loans – Loans are subject to the credit risk of nonpayment of principal or interest. Economic downturns or increases in interest rates may cause an increase in defaults, interest rate risk and liquidity risk. Loans may or may not be collateralized at the time of acquisition, and any collateral may be relatively illiquid or lose all or substantially all of its value subsequent to investment. The fund's investments in loans are also subject to prepayment or call risk.
Preferred Stock – Preferred stock’s right to dividends and liquidation proceeds is junior to the rights of a company’s debt securities. The value of preferred stock may be subject to factors that affect fixed-income and equity securities. The value of preferred stock tends to vary more with fluctuations in the underlying common stock and less with fluctuations in interest rates and tends to exhibit greater volatility.
Privately Placed and Other Restricted Securities – Restricted securities, which include private placements of private and public companies, are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on their resale. Restricted securities may be difficult to sell at the time and price a fund prefers. Restricted securities may be difficult to value properly and may involve greater risks than securities that are not subject to restrictions on resale, both of which may result in substantial losses. An insufficient number of eligible buyers interested in purchasing restricted securities held by a fund could adversely affect the marketability of such securities and a fund might be unable to dispose of such securities promptly or at reasonable prices, adversely affecting a fund’s overall liquidity and performance. Restricted securities may not be listed on an exchange and may have no active trading market. A fund may incur additional expense when disposing of restricted securities. Restricted securities may involve a high degree of business and financial risk and may result in substantial losses to the fund.
Yield – The amount of income received by the fund will go up or down depending on day-to-day variations in short-term interest rates, and the fund’s expenses could absorb all or a significant portion of the fund’s income. If interest rates increase, the fund’s yield may not increase proportionately.
Performance: The bar chart and the table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart shows how the fund’s performance has varied from year to year. The table shows how the fund’s average annual total returns for different periods compare to the returns of a broad measure of market performance.
The past performance information shown below is for Class I shares, which are offered in a separate prospectus. Although Class R and Class R4 shares would have similar returns as Class I shares because the classes are invested in the same portfolio of securities, the returns for Class R and Class R4 shares will differ from Class I shares to the extent that the classes have different expenses. Performance information for Class R and Class R4 shares will be included after the share classes have been in operation for one complete calendar year.
Absent any applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations, performance would be lower.
As with all mutual funds, past performance (before and after taxes) is not a prediction of future results. Updated performance information is available on our website at www.transamerica.com/investments-fund-center or by calling 1-888-233-4339.

Annual Total Returns (calendar years ended December 31) - Class I
 
Quarter Ended
Return
Best Quarter:
12/31/2022
4.76%
Worst Quarter:
6/30/2022
-9.51%

Average Annual Total Returns (periods ended December 31, 2022)
 
1 Year
Since
Inception
Inception
Date
Class I
 
 
7/31/2020
Return before taxes
-11.26%
-2.21%
 
Return after taxes on distributions
-12.94%
-3.86%
 
Return after taxes on distributions and sale
of fund shares
-6.65%
-2.31%
 
Bloomberg US Corporate High Yield 2%
Issuer Capped Index (reflects no deduction
for fees, expenses or taxes)
-11.18%
-0.16%
 
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The after-tax returns are calculated using the historic highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns may depend on the investor’s individual tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns may not be relevant if the investment is made through a tax-exempt or tax-deferred account, such as a 401(k) plan.
Management:
Investment Manager: Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Adviser: Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
Portfolio Managers:
Kevin Bakker, CFA
Portfolio Manager
since July 2020
Benjamin D. Miller, CFA
Portfolio Manager
since July 2020
James K. Schaeffer, Jr.
Portfolio Manager
since July 2020
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares: Shares of the fund are available to individual and institutional investors through certain retirement plans. These plans include, but are not limited to, 401(k), 403(b) and 457 Plans, Money Purchase Plans, Profit Sharing Plans, Simplified Employee Pension Plans, Keogh Plans, defined benefit plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans and IRAs. Shares may be purchased by these investors through a plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary. If you are a participant in a plan, you should obtain the plan’s conditions for participation from your plan administrator. Shares of the fund are also available to other investors, including endowment funds and foundations, any state, county or city, or its instrumentality, department, authority or agency, and accounts registered to insurance companies, trust companies and bank trust departments. Such investors may purchase shares in the fund through the transfer agent directly. You may purchase shares of the fund on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for business. Requests to purchase shares for the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. Participants in retirement plans administered by Transamerica Retirement Solutions should contact Transamerica Retirement Solutions at 1-800-755-5801 for additional information. If you would like to purchase shares in a fund by a wire transfer, please call 1-888-233-4339 for wire transfer instructions. You buy and redeem shares at the fund’s next-determined net asset value (“NAV”) after receipt of your request in good order. There is no minimum investment for eligible retirement plans investing in Class R shares. The minimum initial investment for Class R4 shares is $5,000. There is no minimum for subsequent investments in Class R or R4 shares. A retirement plan may, however, impose minimum investment requirements. Plan participants or IRA holders should consult their plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary.
Redemption requests may be made by mail and, in certain circumstances, telephone. The proceeds of the redemption will be sent by mail or, if authorized on the Account Application, wire transfer. Requests to redeem shares of the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. You may redeem shares by telephone if you authorized telephone redemptions on your Account Application.
The fund reserves the right to refuse a telephone redemption request if it is believed it is advisable to do so. The telephone redemption option may be suspended or terminated at any time without advance notice.
The fund does not currently offer Class R and Class R4 shares.
Tax Information: Fund distributions may be taxable as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax-advantaged investment plan. In that case, you may be taxed when you take a distribution from such plan, depending on the type of plan, the circumstances of your distribution and other factors.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries: If you purchase the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the fund and/or its affiliates 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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Transamerica Inflation-Protected Securities
Investment Objective: Seeks maximum real return consistent with the preservation of capital.
Fees and Expenses: This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Class:
R4
R
I3
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on
purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
None
None
None
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a
percentage of purchase price or redemption
proceeds, whichever is lower)
None
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Class:
R4
R
I3
Management fees
0.38%
0.38%
0.38%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees
0.25%
0.50%
None
Other expenses
0.12%
0.12%
0.12%
Recaptured expense1
0.00%
0.01%
0.00%
All other expenses
0.12%
0.11%
0.12%
Total annual fund operating expenses
0.75%
1.00%
0.50%
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement1
0.10%
0.00%
0.00%
Total annual fund operating expenses after fee
waiver and/or expense reimbursement
0.65%
1.00%
0.50%
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Contractual arrangements have been made with the fund’s investment manager, Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (“TAM”), through March 1, 2024 to waive fees and/or reimburse fund expenses to the extent that total annual fund operating expenses exceed 0.65% for Class R4 shares, 1.00% for Class R shares and 0.53% for Class I3 shares, excluding, as applicable, acquired fund fees and expenses, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, dividend and interest expenses on securities sold short, extraordinary expenses and other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the fund’s business. These arrangements cannot be terminated prior to March 1, 2024 without the Board of Trustees’ consent. TAM is permitted to recapture amounts waived and/or reimbursed to a class during any of the 36 months from the date on which TAM waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses for the class if the class’ total annual fund operating expenses have fallen to a level below the limits described above. In no case will TAM recapture any amount that would result, on any particular business day of the fund, in the class’ total annual operating expenses exceeding the applicable limits described above or any other lower limit then in effect.
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 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. The Example reflects applicable waivers and/or reimbursements for the duration of such arrangement(s). 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 R4
$66
$230
$407
$921
Class R
$102
$318
$552
$1,225
Class I3
$51
$160
$280
$628
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 portfolio turnover rate for the fund was 32% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies: The fund’s sub-adviser, PineBridge Investments LLC (the “sub-adviser”), seeks to achieve the fund’s investment objective by normally investing primarily in inflation-protected securities issued by the U.S. government, its agencies and instrumentalities. The fund may also invest in inflation-protected securities of U.S. issuers, foreign governments, and other foreign issuers. Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in inflation-protected securities and other investments with similar economic characteristics.
Inflation-protected securities are structured to provide protection against the negative effects of inflation. The value of an inflation-protected security’s principal or the interest income paid on the security is adjusted to track changes in an official inflation measure, usually the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers with respect to domestic issuers.
In an effort to reduce interest rate risk and enhance return, the fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in securities not issued by the U.S. government, its agencies and instrumentalities. These investments may include inflation-linked securities issued by non-U.S. governments and inflation-linked securities issued by corporations. The fund may also invest in securities that pay nominal rates of interest (i.e., pay a rate of interest that is not adjusted for the rate of inflation), including U.S. Treasury and agency securities, non-U.S. government bonds, corporate bonds, asset-backed securities, mortgage-backed securities, high quality, short-term obligations, and repurchase agreements. Any credit or structured securities held by the fund will typically be those that benefit from inflation either by paying a floating rate of interest or by the underlying fundamental correlation to key components of inflation.
The fund normally invests primarily in investment-grade debt securities, but may also invest in lower quality debt securities. Investment-grade debt securities carry a rating of at least BBB from Standard & Poor’s or Fitch or Baa from Moody’s or are of comparable quality as determined by the fund’s sub-adviser. The fund may not invest more than 10% of its net assets in below investment-grade debt securities (commonly referred to as “junk” bonds).
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The fund generally seeks to maintain an average portfolio duration that is within ±20% of the duration of the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities Index, an index of inflation-protected securities. As of December 31, 2022, the duration of the index was 6.6 years. Duration is a measure used to determine the sensitivity of a security’s price to changes in interest rates. The longer a security’s duration, the more sensitive it will be to changes in interest rates. The fund may invest in securities of any maturity and securities that are denominated in U.S. dollars and in foreign currencies.
The sub-adviser uses both “top-down” and “bottom-up” analysis to determine security and duration positions for the fund. Both “top-down” and “bottom-up” approaches rely upon the same fundamental, valuation and technical framework for what the sub-adviser considers to be a comprehensive analysis of all factors which affect asset pricing. These factors are jointly determined and are interdependent. Security sales decisions are driven by the same criteria as purchase decisions.
The fund may, but is not required to, engage in certain investment strategies involving derivatives, such as options, futures, forward currency contracts and swaps, including, but not limited to, interest rate or foreign currency transactions, total return and credit default swaps. These investment strategies may be employed to either mitigate risk or generate income.
The fund may invest in privately issued securities, including those that are normally purchased pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Principal Risks: Risk is inherent in all investing. Many factors and risks affect the fund's performance, including those described below. The value of your investment in the fund, as well as the amount of return you receive on your investment, may fluctuate significantly day to day and over time. You may lose part or all of your investment in the fund or your investment may not perform as well as other similar investments. The following is a summary description of principal risks (in alphabetical order after certain key risks) of investing in the fund. An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. You may lose money if you invest in this fund.
Market – The market prices of the fund’s securities or other assets may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, due to general market conditions, overall economic trends or events, inflation, changes in interest rates, governmental actions or interventions, actions taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve or foreign central banks, market disruptions caused by tariffs, trade disputes or other factors, political developments, armed conflicts, economic sanctions, cybersecurity events, investor sentiment, public health events such as the spread of infectious disease, and other factors that may or may not be related to the issuer of the security or other asset. If the market prices of the fund’s securities and assets fall, the value of your investment in the fund could go down.
Economies and financial markets throughout the world are increasingly interconnected. Events or circumstances in one or more countries or regions could be highly disruptive to, and have profound impacts on, global economies or markets. As a result,
whether or not the fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to the countries directly affected, the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments may go down.
In recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic, the large expansion of government deficits and debt as a result of government actions to mitigate the effects of the pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the rise of inflation have resulted in extreme volatility in the global economy and in global financial markets. These events could be prolonged and could continue to adversely affect the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments, impair the fund’s ability to satisfy redemption requests, and negatively impact the fund’s performance.
Inflation-Protected Securities – Inflation-protected debt securities may react differently from other types of debt securities and tend to react to changes in “real” interest rates, which represent nominal (stated) interest rates reduced by the expected impact of inflation. In general, the price of an inflation-protected debt security can fall when real interest rates rise, and can rise when real interest rates fall. Interest payments on inflation-protected debt securities can be unpredictable and will vary as the principal and/or interest is adjusted for inflation.
Interest Rate –The value of fixed-income securities generally goes down when interest rates rise. A rise in rates tends to have a greater impact on the prices of longer term or duration securities. Changes in interest rates also may affect the liquidity of the fund’s investments. A general rise in interest rates may cause investors to sell fixed-income securities on a large scale, which could adversely affect the price and liquidity of fixed-income securities generally and could also result in increased redemptions from the fund. Increased redemptions could cause the fund to sell securities at inopportune times or depressed prices and result in further losses.
Sovereign Debt – Sovereign debt instruments are subject to the risk that the governmental entity may delay or fail to pay interest or repay principal on its sovereign debt. If a governmental entity defaults, it may ask for more time in which to pay or for further loans, or the debt may be restructured. There may be no established legal process for collecting sovereign debt that a government does not pay, nor are there bankruptcy proceedings through which all or part of the sovereign debt that a governmental entity has not repaid may be collected.
Credit – If an issuer or other obligor (such as a party providing insurance or other credit enhancement) of a security held by the fund or a counterparty to a financial contract with the fund is unable or unwilling to meet its financial obligations, or is downgraded or perceived to be less creditworthy (whether by market participants or otherwise), or if the value of any underlying assets declines, the value of your investment will typically decline. A decline may be rapid and/or significant, particularly in certain market environments. In addition, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against an issuer, obligor or counterparty.
Focused Investing – To the extent the fund invests in a limited number of countries, regions, sectors, industries or market segments, in a limited number of issuers, or in issuers in related businesses or that are subject to related operating risks, the fund will be more
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susceptible to negative events affecting those countries, regions, sectors, industries, segments or issuers, and the value of its shares may be more volatile than if it invested more widely.
Fixed-Income Securities – Risks of fixed-income securities include credit risk, interest rate risk, counterparty risk, prepayment risk, extension risk, valuation risk, and liquidity risk. The value of fixed-income securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, due to general market conditions, such as real or perceived adverse economic or political conditions, tariffs and trade disruptions, inflation, changes in interest rates, lack of liquidity in the bond markets or adverse investor sentiment. In addition, the value of a fixed-income security may decline if the issuer or other obligor of the security fails to pay principal and/or interest, otherwise defaults or has its credit rating downgraded or is perceived to be less creditworthy, or the credit quality or value of any underlying assets declines. If the value of fixed-income securities owned by the fund falls, the value of your investment will go down. The fund may lose its entire investment in the fixed-income securities of an issuer.
Mortgage-Related and Asset-Backed Securities – The value of mortgage-related and asset-backed securities will be influenced by factors affecting the housing market and the assets underlying such securities. As a result, during periods of declining asset values, difficult or frozen credit markets, swings in interest rates, or deteriorating economic conditions, mortgage-related and asset-backed securities may decline in value, face valuation difficulties, become more volatile and/or become illiquid, which could negatively impact the fund. Mortgage-backed securities represent direct or indirect participations in, or are collateralized by and payable from, mortgage loans secured by real property. Asset-backed securities represent participations in, or are secured by and payable from, assets such as installment sales or loan contracts, leases, credit card receivables and other categories of receivables. The value of mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities may be affected by changes in credit quality or value of the mortgage loans or other assets that support the securities. Mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities are subject to prepayment or call and extension risks. Some of these securities may receive little or no collateral protection from the underlying assets.
Liquidity – The fund may make investments that are illiquid or that become illiquid after purchase. Illiquid investments can be difficult to value, may trade at a discount from comparable, more liquid investments, and may be subject to wide fluctuations in value. Liquidity risk may be magnified in rising interest rate environments. If the fund is forced to sell an illiquid investment to meet redemption requests or other cash needs, the fund may be forced to sell at a substantial loss or may not be able to sell at all. Liquidity of particular investments, or even entire asset classes, including U.S. Treasury securities, can deteriorate rapidly, particularly during times of market turmoil, and those investments may be difficult or impossible for the fund to sell. This may prevent the fund from limiting losses.
Counterparty – The fund could lose money if the counterparties to derivatives, repurchase agreements and/or other financial contracts entered into for the fund do not fulfill their contractual obligations. In addition, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against a counterparty.
Extension – When interest rates rise, payments of fixed-income securities, including asset- and mortgage-backed securities, may occur more slowly than anticipated, causing their market prices to decline.
Prepayment or Call – Many issuers have a right to prepay their fixed-income securities. If this happens, the fund will not benefit from the rise in the market price of the securities that normally accompanies a decline in interest rates and may be forced to reinvest the prepayment proceeds in securities with lower yields.
Management – The value of your investment may go down if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's judgments and decisions are incorrect or otherwise do not produce the desired results, or if the investment strategy does not work as intended. You may also suffer losses if there are imperfections, errors or limitations in the quantitative, analytic or other tools, resources, information and data used, investment techniques applied, or the analyses employed or relied on, by the investment manageror sub-adviser, if such tools, resources, information or data are used incorrectly or otherwise do not work as intended, or if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's investment style is out of favor or otherwise fails to produce the desired results. Any of these things could cause the fund to lose value or its results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.
Active Trading – The fund may purchase and sell securities without regard to the length of time held. Active trading may be more pronounced during periods of market volatility, may have a negative impact on performance and may generate greater amounts of short-term capital gains.
Currency – The value of a fund’s investments in securities denominated in foreign currencies increases or decreases as the rates of exchange between those currencies and the U.S. dollar change. U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers may also be affected by currency risk. Currency exchange rates can be volatile and may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency conversion costs and currency fluctuations could reduce or eliminate investment gains or add to investment losses. A fund may be unable or may choose not to hedge its foreign currency exposure or any hedge may not be effective.
Currency Hedging – The fund may hedge its currency risk using currency futures, forwards or options. However, hedging strategies and/or these instruments may not always work as intended, and a fund may be worse off than if it had not used a hedging strategy or instrument. Certain countries may also impose restrictions on the exchange or export of currency or adverse currency exchange rates and may be characterized by a lack of available currency hedging instruments.
Deflation – Deflation risk is the possibility that prices throughout the economy decline over time — the opposite of inflation. If inflation is negative, the principal and income of an inflation-protected bond will decline and could result in losses for the fund.
Derivatives – The use of derivatives involves a variety of risks, which may be different from, or greater than, the risks associated with investing in traditional securities, such as stocks and bonds. Risks of derivatives include leverage risk, liquidity risk, valuation risk, market risk, counterparty risk, credit risk, operational risk and legal risk. Use of derivatives can increase fund losses, increase costs, reduce opportunities for gains, increase fund volatility, and not produce the result intended. Certain derivatives have the potential
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for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the initial investment. Even a small investment in derivatives can have a disproportionate impact on the fund. Derivatives may be difficult or impossible to sell, unwind or value, and the counterparty (including, if applicable, the fund’s clearing broker, the derivatives exchange or the clearinghouse) may default on its obligations to the fund. In certain cases, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against or closing out derivatives instruments with a counterparty, which may result in additional losses. Derivatives are also generally subject to the risks applicable to the assets, rates, indices or other indicators underlying the derivative, including market risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, management and valuation risk. Also, suitable derivative transactions may not be available in all circumstances or at reasonable prices. The value of a derivative may fluctuate more or less than, or otherwise not correlate well with, the underlying assets, rates, indices or other indicators to which it relates. The fund may segregate cash or other liquid assets to cover the funding of its obligations under derivatives contracts or make margin payments when it takes positions in derivatives involving obligations to third parties. New Rule 18f-4 under the 1940 Act provides a comprehensive regulatory framework for the use of derivatives by funds and imposes new requirements and restrictions on funds using derivatives. Rule 18f-4 could have an adverse impact on the fund’s performance and its ability to implement its investment strategies as it has historically and may increase costs related to the fund’s use of derivatives. It is not currently clear what impact, if any, the rule will have on the availability, liquidity or performance of derivatives. The rule may not be effective to limit the risk of loss from derivatives.
Emerging Markets – Investments in securities of issuers located or doing business in emerging markets are subject to heightened foreign investments risks and may experience rapid and extreme changes in value. Emerging market countries tend to have less developed and less stable economic, political and legal systems and regulatory and accounting standards, may have policies that restrict investment by foreigners or that prevent foreign investors such as the fund from withdrawing their money at will, and are more likely to experience nationalization, expropriation and confiscatory taxation. In addition, emerging market securities may have low trading volumes and may be or become illiquid.
Foreign Investments – Investing in securities of foreign issuers or issuers with significant exposure to foreign markets involves additional risks. Foreign markets can be less liquid, less regulated, less transparent and more volatile than U.S. markets. The value of the fund’s foreign investments may decline, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, because of factors affecting the particular issuer as well as foreign markets and issuers generally, such as unfavorable government actions, including nationalization, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, reduction of government or central bank support, tariffs and trade disruptions, sanctions, political or financial instability, social unrest or other adverse economic or political developments. Foreign investments may also be subject to different accounting practices and different regulatory, legal, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping standards and practices, and may be more difficult to value than investments in U.S. issuers. Certain foreign clearance and settlement procedures may result in an inability to execute transactions or delays in settlement.
High-Yield Debt Securities – High-yield debt securities, commonly referred to as “junk” bonds, are securities that are rated below “investment grade” or are of comparable quality. Changes in interest rates, the market’s perception of the issuers, the creditworthiness of the issuers and negative perceptions of the junk bond market generally may significantly affect the value of these bonds. Junk bonds are considered speculative, tend to be volatile, typically have a higher risk of default, tend to be less liquid and more difficult to value than higher grade securities, and may result in losses for the fund.
Large Shareholder – A significant portion of the fund’s shares may be owned by other funds sponsored by Transamerica. Transactions by these funds may be disruptive to the management of the fund. For example, the fund may experience large redemptions and could be required to sell securities at a time when it may not otherwise desire to do so. Such transactions may increase the fund’s brokerage and/or other transaction costs. These transactions may also accelerate the realization of taxable income to shareholders if such sales of investments resulted in gains. In addition, sizeable redemptions could cause the fund’s total expenses to increase.
Leveraging – To the extent that the fund borrows or uses derivatives or other investments, such as ETFs, that have embedded leverage, your investment may be subject to heightened volatility, risk of loss and costs. Other risks also will be compounded because leverage generally magnifies the effect of a change in the value of an asset and creates a risk of loss of value on a larger pool of assets than the fund would otherwise have. Use of leverage may result in the loss of a substantial amount, and possibly all, of the fund’s assets. The fund also may have to sell assets at inopportune times to satisfy its obligations.
LIBOR – Many financial instruments, financings or other transactions to which the fund may be a party use or may use a floating rate based on the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). The UK Financial Conduct Authority and LIBOR’s administrator announced that the use of LIBOR will be phased out; most LIBOR rates are no longer published as of the end of 2021 and a majority of U.S. dollar LIBOR rates will no longer be published after June 30, 2023. It is possible that a subset of LIBOR rates may be published after these dates on a “synthetic” basis, but any such publications would be considered non-representative of the underlying market. There remains uncertainty regarding the nature of any replacement rate and the impact of the transition from LIBOR on the fund, issuers of instruments in which the fund invests, and financial markets generally. As such, the potential effect of a transition away from LIBOR on the fund or the fund’s investments cannot yet be determined.
Money Market Funds – An investment in a money market fund is not a bank deposit, and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) or any other government agency. Although many money market funds seek to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in such money market funds. Certain other money market funds float their net asset value.
Privately Placed and Other Restricted Securities – Restricted securities, which include private placements of private and public companies, are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on their resale. Restricted securities may be difficult to sell
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at the time and price a fund prefers. Restricted securities may be difficult to value properly and may involve greater risks than securities that are not subject to restrictions on resale, both of which may result in substantial losses. An insufficient number of eligible buyers interested in purchasing restricted securities held by a fund could adversely affect the marketability of such securities and a fund might be unable to dispose of such securities promptly or at reasonable prices, adversely affecting a fund’s overall liquidity and performance. Restricted securities may not be listed on an exchange and may have no active trading market. A fund may incur additional expense when disposing of restricted securities. Restricted securities may involve a high degree of business and financial risk and may result in substantial losses to the fund.
Repurchase Agreements – In a repurchase agreement, the fund purchases securities from a broker-dealer or a bank, called the counterparty, upon the agreement of the counterparty to repurchase the securities from the fund at a later date, and at a specified price. The securities purchased serve as the fund's collateral for the obligation of the counterparty to repurchase the securities. If the counterparty does not repurchase the securities, the fund is entitled to sell the securities, but the fund may not be able to sell them for the price at which they were purchased, thus causing a loss. If the counterparty becomes insolvent, there is some risk that the fund will not have a right to the securities, or the immediate right to sell the securities.
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations – Government agency obligations have different levels of credit support and, therefore, different degrees of credit risk. Securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities of the U.S. government that are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government generally present a lesser degree of credit risk than securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities sponsored by the U.S. government that are supported only by the issuer’s right to borrow from the U.S. Treasury and securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities sponsored by the U.S. government that are supported only by the credit of the issuing agencies. A security backed by the “full faith and credit” of the U.S. government is guaranteed only as to its stated interest rate and face value at maturity, not its current market price.
Valuation – The sales price the fund could receive for any particular portfolio investment may differ from the fund's valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets, that are priced based upon valuations provided by third party pricing services that use matrix or evaluated pricing systems, or that are valued using a fair value methodology. These differences may increase significantly and affect fund investments more broadly during periods of market volatility. Investors who purchase or redeem fund shares on days when the fund is holding fair-valued securities may receive fewer or more shares or lower or higher redemption proceeds than they would have received if the fund had not fair-valued securities or had used a different valuation methodology. The fund’s ability to value its investments may also be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third party service providers. Fair value pricing involves subjective judgment, which may prove to be incorrect.
Yield – The amount of income received by the fund will go up or down depending on day-to-day variations in short-term interest rates, and the fund’s expenses could absorb all or a significant portion of the fund’s income. If interest rates increase, the fund’s yield may not increase proportionately.
Performance: The bar chart and the table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart shows how the fund’s performance has varied from year to year. The table shows how the fund’s average annual total returns for different periods compare to the returns of a broad measure of market performance.
The fund acquired the assets and assumed the liabilities of three Transamerica Partners funds, including Transamerica Partners Institutional Inflation-Protected Securities (the “predecessor fund”), on April 21, 2017, and the predecessor fund was the accounting and performance survivor of the reorganizations. This means that the predecessor fund’s financial and performance history became the financial and performance history of the fund. In the reorganization of the predecessor fund, former shareholders of the predecessor fund received Class R4 shares of the fund. The performance of Class R4 shares includes the performance of the predecessor fund prior to the reorganizations, and has not been restated to reflect the annual operating expenses of Class R4 shares.
Prior to June 29, 2018, the fund had a different sub-adviser and it used different investment strategies. The performance set forth prior to that date is attributable to the previous sub-adviser.
Absent any applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations, performance would have been lower.
As with all mutual funds, past performance (before and after taxes) is not a prediction of future results. Updated performance information is available on our website at www.transamerica.com/investments-fund-center or by calling 1-888-233-4339.

Annual Total Returns (calendar years ended December 31) - Class R4
 
Quarter Ended
Return
Best Quarter:
6/30/2020
4.71%
Worst Quarter:
6/30/2013
-6.53%
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Average Annual Total Returns (periods ended December 31, 2022)
 
1 Year
5 Years
10 Years
Since
Inception
Inception
Date
Class R4
 
 
 
 
9/11/2000
Return before taxes
-11.40%
1.60%
0.57%
 
 
Return after taxes on
distributions
-13.83%
0.21%
-0.39%
 
 
Return after taxes on
distributions and sale
of fund shares
-6.71%
0.67%
0.06%
 
 
Class R (Return before
taxes only)
-11.64%
1.29%
N/A
1.26%
4/21/2017
Class I3 (Return before
taxes only)
-11.29%
1.74%
N/A
1.75%
4/21/2017
Bloomberg US Treasury
Inflation Protection
Securities Index (reflects
no deduction for fees,
expenses or taxes)
-11.85%
2.11%
1.12%
2.08%
 
The after-tax returns are calculated using the historic highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns may depend on the investor’s individual tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns may not be relevant if the investment is made through a tax-exempt or tax-deferred account, such as a 401(k) plan.

After-tax returns are presented for only one class, and returns for other classes are presented before taxes only and will vary.
Management:
Investment Manager: Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Adviser: PineBridge Investments LLC
Portfolio Managers:
Robert A. Vanden Assem, CFA
Portfolio Manager
since July 2018
Roberto Coronado
Portfolio Manager
since July 2018
Gunter H. Seeger
Portfolio Manager
since July 2018
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares: Shares of the fund are available to individual and institutional investors through certain retirement plans. These plans include, but are not limited to, 401(k), 403(b) and 457 Plans, Money Purchase Plans, Profit Sharing Plans, Simplified Employee Pension Plans, Keogh Plans, defined benefit plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans and IRAs. Shares may be purchased by these investors through a plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary. If you are a participant in a plan, you should obtain the plan’s conditions for participation from your plan administrator. Shares of the fund are also available to other investors, including endowment funds and foundations, any state, county or city, or its instrumentality, department, authority or agency, and accounts registered to insurance companies, trust companies and bank trust departments. Such investors may purchase shares in the fund through the transfer agent directly. You may purchase shares of the fund on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for business. Requests to purchase shares for the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. Participants in retirement plans administered by Transamerica Retirement Solutions should contact Transamerica Retirement Solutions at 1-800-755-5801 for additional information. If you would like to purchase shares in a fund by a wire transfer, please call 1-888-233-4339 for wire transfer instructions. You buy and
redeem shares at the fund’s next-determined net asset value (“NAV”) after receipt of your request in good order. There is no minimum investment for eligible retirement plans investing in Class R shares. The minimum initial investment for Class R4 shares is $5,000. There is no minimum for subsequent investments in Class R or R4 shares. A retirement plan may, however, impose minimum investment requirements. Plan participants or IRA holders should consult their plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary.
Redemption requests may be made by mail and, in certain circumstances, telephone. The proceeds of the redemption will be sent by mail or, if authorized on the Account Application, wire transfer. Requests to redeem shares of the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. You may redeem shares by telephone if you authorized telephone redemptions on your Account Application. The fund reserves the right to refuse a telephone redemption request if it is believed it is advisable to do so. The telephone redemption option may be suspended or terminated at any time without advance notice.
Class I3 shares are only available to certain funds of funds, registered and unregistered insurance company separate accounts and collective investment trusts. Class I3 shares do not have a minimum initial investment for those that qualify for the share class or a minimum subsequent investment amount.
Tax Information: Fund distributions may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax-advantaged investment plan. In that case, you may be taxed when you take a distribution from such plan, depending on the type of plan, the circumstances of your distribution and other factors.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries: If you purchase the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the fund and/or its affiliates 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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Transamerica International Equity
Investment Objective: Seeks maximum long-term total return, consistent with reasonable risk to principal, by investing in a diversified portfolio of common stocks of primarily non-U.S. issuers.
Fees and Expenses: This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Class:
R4
R
I3
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on
purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
None
None
None
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a
percentage of purchase price or redemption
proceeds, whichever is lower)
None
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Class:
R4
R
I3
Management fees
0.71%
0.71%
0.71%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees
0.25%
0.50%
None
Other expenses
0.04%
0.03%
0.04%
Total annual fund operating expenses
1.00%
1.24%
0.75%
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 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 your costs would be:
 
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
Class R4
$102
$318
$552
$1,225
Class R
$126
$393
$681
$1,500
Class I3
$77
$240
$417
$930
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 portfolio turnover rate for the fund was 17% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies: Under normal circumstances, the fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in equity securities of foreign companies representing at least three countries other than the United States.
The fund’s sub-adviser, Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC (the “sub-adviser”), currently anticipates investing in at least 12 countries other than the United States. The sub-adviser emphasizes established companies in individual foreign markets and seeks to stress companies and markets that it believes are undervalued. The sub-adviser expects capital growth to be the predominant component of the fund’s total return.
Generally, the fund will invest primarily in common stocks of companies listed on foreign securities exchanges, but it may also invest in depositary receipts including American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”) and European Depositary Receipts (“EDRs”). Although the fund will emphasize larger, more seasoned or established companies, it may invest in companies of varying sizes as measured by assets, sales or market capitalization. The fund will invest primarily in securities of companies domiciled in developed markets, but may invest up to 10% of its assets in securities of companies in emerging markets. The sub-adviser seeks to diversify the fund’s investments around the world and within markets in an effort to minimize specific country and currency risks.
The sub-adviser employs a relative value process utilizing a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods based on a four-factor valuation screen designed to outperform the MSCI Europe, Australasia and Far East (“EAFE”) Index. The sub-adviser also performs rigorous fundamental analysis. The fund’s portfolio is typically composed of approximately 80-110 stocks as a result of this process.
The sub-adviser generally limits the fund’s investment universe to companies with a minimum of three years of operating history. The sub-adviser employs a consistent sell discipline which includes a significant negative earnings revision, a stock being sold when the catalyst is no longer valid or another stock presents a more attractive opportunity.
Principal Risks: Risk is inherent in all investing. Many factors and risks affect the fund's performance, including those described below. The value of your investment in the fund, as well as the amount of return you receive on your investment, may fluctuate significantly day to day and over time. You may lose part or all of your investment in the fund or your investment may not perform as well as other similar investments. The following is a summary description of principal risks (in alphabetical order after certain key risks) of investing in the fund. An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. You may lose money if you invest in this fund.
Market – The market prices of the fund’s securities or other assets may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, due to general market conditions, overall economic trends or events, inflation, changes in interest rates, governmental actions or interventions, actions taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve or foreign central banks, market disruptions caused by tariffs, trade disputes or other factors, political developments, armed conflicts, economic sanctions, cybersecurity events, investor sentiment, public health
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events such as the spread of infectious disease, and other factors that may or may not be related to the issuer of the security or other asset. If the market prices of the fund’s securities and assets fall, the value of your investment in the fund could go down.
Economies and financial markets throughout the world are increasingly interconnected. Events or circumstances in one or more countries or regions could be highly disruptive to, and have profound impacts on, global economies or markets. As a result, whether or not the fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to the countries directly affected, the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments may go down.
In recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic, the large expansion of government deficits and debt as a result of government actions to mitigate the effects of the pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the rise of inflation have resulted in extreme volatility in the global economy and in global financial markets. These events could be prolonged and could continue to adversely affect the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments, impair the fund’s ability to satisfy redemption requests, and negatively impact the fund’s performance.
Value Investing – The prices of securities the sub-adviser believes are undervalued may not appreciate as anticipated or may go down. The value approach to investing involves the risk that stocks may remain undervalued, undervaluation may become more severe, or perceived undervaluation may actually represent intrinsic value. Value stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “growth” stocks.
Foreign Investments – Investing in securities of foreign issuers or issuers with significant exposure to foreign markets involves additional risks. Foreign markets can be less liquid, less regulated, less transparent and more volatile than U.S. markets. The value of the fund’s foreign investments may decline, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, because of factors affecting the particular issuer as well as foreign markets and issuers generally, such as unfavorable government actions, including nationalization, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, reduction of government or central bank support, tariffs and trade disruptions, sanctions, political or financial instability, social unrest or other adverse economic or political developments. Foreign investments may also be subject to different accounting practices and different regulatory, legal, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping standards and practices, and may be more difficult to value than investments in U.S. issuers. Certain foreign clearance and settlement procedures may result in an inability to execute transactions or delays in settlement.
Equity Securities – Equity securities generally have greater risk of loss than debt securities. Stock markets are volatile and the value of equity securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. The value of equity securities fluctuates based on real or perceived changes in a company’s financial condition, factors affecting a particular industry or industries, and overall market, economic and political conditions. If the market prices of the equity securities owned by the fund fall, the value of your investment in the fund will decline. The fund may lose its entire investment in the equity securities of an issuer. A change in financial condition or other event affecting a single issuer may adversely impact securities markets as a whole.
Small and Medium Capitalization Companies – The fund will be exposed to additional risks as a result of its investments in the securities of small or medium capitalization companies. Small or medium capitalization companies may be more at risk than large capitalization companies because, among other things, they may have limited product lines, operating history, market or financial resources, or because they may depend on a limited management group. Securities of small and medium capitalization companies may be more volatile than and may underperform large capitalization companies, may be harder to sell at times and at prices the portfolio managers believe appropriate and may offer greater potential for losses.
Currency – The value of a fund’s investments in securities denominated in foreign currencies increases or decreases as the rates of exchange between those currencies and the U.S. dollar change. U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers may also be affected by currency risk. Currency exchange rates can be volatile and may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency conversion costs and currency fluctuations could reduce or eliminate investment gains or add to investment losses. A fund may be unable or may choose not to hedge its foreign currency exposure or any hedge may not be effective.
Focused Investing – To the extent the fund invests in a limited number of countries, regions, sectors, industries or market segments, in a limited number of issuers, or in issuers in related businesses or that are subject to related operating risks, the fund will be more susceptible to negative events affecting those countries, regions, sectors, industries, segments or issuers, and the value of its shares may be more volatile than if it invested more widely.
Management – The value of your investment may go down if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's judgments and decisions are incorrect or otherwise do not produce the desired results, or if the investment strategy does not work as intended. You may also suffer losses if there are imperfections, errors or limitations in the quantitative, analytic or other tools, resources, information and data used, investment techniques applied, or the analyses employed or relied on, by the investment manageror sub-adviser, if such tools, resources, information or data are used incorrectly or otherwise do not work as intended, or if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's investment style is out of favor or otherwise fails to produce the desired results. Any of these things could cause the fund to lose value or its results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.
Active Trading – The fund may purchase and sell securities without regard to the length of time held. Active trading may be more pronounced during periods of market volatility, may have a negative impact on performance and may generate greater amounts of short-term capital gains.
Depositary Receipts – Depositary receipts are generally subject to the same risks as are the foreign securities that they evidence or into which they may be converted, and they may be less liquid than the underlying shares in their primary trading market. In addition, depositary receipts expose the fund to risk associated with the non-uniform terms that apply to depositary receipt programs, credit exposure to the depositary bank and to the sponsors and other parties with whom the depositary bank establishes the programs. Holders of depositary receipts may have limited voting rights, and investment restrictions in certain countries
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may adversely impact the value of depositary receipts because such restrictions may limit the ability to convert equity shares into depositary receipts and vice versa.
Emerging Markets – Investments in securities of issuers located or doing business in emerging markets are subject to heightened foreign investments risks and may experience rapid and extreme changes in value. Emerging market countries tend to have less developed and less stable economic, political and legal systems and regulatory and accounting standards, may have policies that restrict investment by foreigners or that prevent foreign investors such as the fund from withdrawing their money at will, and are more likely to experience nationalization, expropriation and confiscatory taxation. In addition, emerging market securities may have low trading volumes and may be or become illiquid.
Growth Stocks – Returns on growth stocks may not move in tandem with returns on other categories of stocks or the market as a whole. Growth stocks typically are particularly sensitive to market movements and may involve larger price swings because their market prices tend to reflect future expectations. When it appears those expectations may not be met, the prices of growth stocks typically fall. Growth stocks may also be more volatile because they often do not pay dividends. The values of growth stocks tend to go down when interest rates rise because the rise in interest rates reduces the current value of future cash flows. Growth stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “value” stocks.
Large Capitalization Companies – The fund’s investments in larger, more established companies may underperform other segments of the market because they may be less responsive to competitive challenges and opportunities and unable to attain high growth rates during periods of economic expansion.
Large Shareholder – A significant portion of the fund’s shares may be owned by other funds sponsored by Transamerica. Transactions by these funds may be disruptive to the management of the fund. For example, the fund may experience large redemptions and could be required to sell securities at a time when it may not otherwise desire to do so. Such transactions may increase the fund’s brokerage and/or other transaction costs. These transactions may also accelerate the realization of taxable income to shareholders if such sales of investments resulted in gains. In addition, sizeable redemptions could cause the fund’s total expenses to increase.
Liquidity – The fund may make investments that are illiquid or that become illiquid after purchase. Illiquid investments can be difficult to value, may trade at a discount from comparable, more liquid investments, and may be subject to wide fluctuations in value. Liquidity risk may be magnified in rising interest rate environments. If the fund is forced to sell an illiquid investment to meet redemption requests or other cash needs, the fund may be forced to sell at a substantial loss or may not be able to sell at all. Liquidity of particular investments, or even entire asset classes, including U.S. Treasury securities, can deteriorate rapidly, particularly during times of market turmoil, and those investments may be difficult or impossible for the fund to sell. This may prevent the fund from limiting losses.
Valuation – The sales price the fund could receive for any particular portfolio investment may differ from the fund's valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets, that are priced based upon valuations provided by third party pricing services that use matrix or evaluated pricing systems, or that are valued using a fair value methodology. These differences may increase significantly and affect fund investments more broadly during periods of market volatility. Investors who purchase or redeem fund shares on days when the fund is holding fair-valued securities may receive fewer or more shares or lower or higher redemption proceeds than they would have received if the fund had not fair-valued securities or had used a different valuation methodology. The fund’s ability to value its investments may also be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third party service providers. Fair value pricing involves subjective judgment, which may prove to be incorrect.
Performance: The bar chart and the table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart shows how the fund’s performance has varied from year to year. The table shows how the fund’s average annual total returns for different periods compare to the returns of a broad measure of market performance.
The fund acquired the assets and assumed the liabilities of three Transamerica Partners funds on March 10, 2017, and the fund was the accounting and performance survivor of the reorganizations. Transamerica Partners fund shareholders received Class R, Class R4 or Class I3 shares of the fund in the reorganizations.
As with all mutual funds, past performance (before and after taxes) is not a prediction of future results. Updated performance information is available on our website at www.transamerica.com/investments-fund-center or by calling 1-888-233-4339.

Annual Total Returns (calendar years ended December 31) - Class R4
 
Quarter Ended
Return
Best Quarter:
12/31/2022
19.71%
Worst Quarter:
3/31/2020
-27.16%
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Average Annual Total Returns (periods ended December 31, 2022)
 
1 Year
5 Years
Since
Inception
Inception
Date
Class R4
 
 
 
3/10/2017
Return before taxes
-14.25%
0.96%
3.54%
 
Return after taxes on
distributions
-14.22%
0.44%
2.97%
 
Return after taxes on
distributions and sale of fund
shares
-8.22%
0.79%
2.79%
 
Class R (Return before taxes only)
-14.45%
0.72%
3.29%
3/10/2017
Class I3 (Return before taxes only)
-14.04%
1.21%
3.79%
3/10/2017
MSCI EAFE Index (reflects no
deduction for fees, expenses or
taxes)
-14.01%
2.03%
5.07%
 
The after-tax returns are calculated using the historic highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns may depend on the investor’s individual tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns may not be relevant if the investment is made through a tax-exempt or tax-deferred account, such as a 401(k) plan.

After-tax returns are presented for only one class, and returns for other classes are presented before taxes only and will vary.
Management:
Investment Manager: Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Adviser: Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC
Portfolio Manager:
Brandon H. Harrell, CFA1
Portfolio Manager
since March 2011
1 Portfolio Manager of the predecessor fund.
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares: Shares of the fund are available to individual and institutional investors through certain retirement plans. These plans include, but are not limited to, 401(k), 403(b) and 457 Plans, Money Purchase Plans, Profit Sharing Plans, Simplified Employee Pension Plans, Keogh Plans, defined benefit plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans and IRAs. Shares may be purchased by these investors through a plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary. If you are a participant in a plan, you should obtain the plan’s conditions for participation from your plan administrator. Shares of the fund are also available to other investors, including endowment funds and foundations, any state, county or city, or its instrumentality, department, authority or agency, and accounts registered to insurance companies, trust companies and bank trust departments. Such investors may purchase shares in the fund through the transfer agent directly. You may purchase shares of the fund on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for business. Requests to purchase shares for the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. Participants in retirement plans administered by Transamerica Retirement Solutions should contact Transamerica Retirement Solutions at 1-800-755-5801 for additional information. If you would like to purchase shares in a fund by a wire transfer, please call 1-888-233-4339 for wire transfer instructions. You buy and redeem shares at the fund’s next-determined net asset value (“NAV”) after receipt of your request in good order. There is no minimum investment for eligible retirement plans investing in Class R shares. The minimum initial investment for Class R4 shares is $5,000.
There is no minimum for subsequent investments in Class R or R4 shares. A retirement plan may, however, impose minimum investment requirements. Plan participants or IRA holders should consult their plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary.
Redemption requests may be made by mail and, in certain circumstances, telephone. The proceeds of the redemption will be sent by mail or, if authorized on the Account Application, wire transfer. Requests to redeem shares of the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. You may redeem shares by telephone if you authorized telephone redemptions on your Account Application. The fund reserves the right to refuse a telephone redemption request if it is believed it is advisable to do so. The telephone redemption option may be suspended or terminated at any time without advance notice.
Class I3 shares are only available to certain funds of funds, registered and unregistered insurance company separate accounts and collective investment trusts. Class I3 shares do not have a minimum initial investment for those that qualify for the share class or a minimum subsequent investment amount.
Tax Information: Fund distributions may be taxable as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax-advantaged investment plan. In that case, you may be taxed when you take a distribution from such plan, depending on the type of plan, the circumstances of your distribution and other factors.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries: If you purchase the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the fund and/or its affiliates 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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Transamerica International Focus
Investment Objective: Seeks long-term capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses: This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Class:
R4
R
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as
a percentage of offering price)
None
None
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage
of purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
lower)
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Class:
R4
R
Management fees
0.76%
0.76%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees
0.25%
0.50%
Other expenses1
0.05%
0.04%
Total annual fund operating expenses
1.06%
1.30%
1
Other expenses are based on estimates for the current fiscal year.
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 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 your costs would be:
 
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
Class R4
$108
$337
$585
$1,294
Class R
$132
$412
$713
$1,568
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 portfolio turnover rate for the fund was 36% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies: The fund’s sub-adviser, Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. (the “sub-adviser”), invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the fund’s net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in common stocks and related equity securities—such as preferred stock, convertible securities and depositary receipts—of issuers economically tied to a number of countries throughout the world, including emerging
market countries. In selecting investments for the fund, the sub-adviser seeks companies that have demonstrated superior earnings growth, positive business momentum and sustainable profitability while seeking not to overpay for these growth characteristics. Growth stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “value” stocks. The sub-adviser may invest the fund’s assets in companies of any size. The fund may also invest in warrants and rights.
The sub-adviser will normally invest the fund’s assets in investments economically tied to at least three countries not including the United States. The sub-adviser may invest a large percentage of the fund’s assets in issuers in a single country, a small number of countries, or a particular geographic region. The sub-adviser generally considers an issuer of a security or other investment to be economically tied to a particular country if (a) the security or other investment is issued or guaranteed by the government of that country or any of its agencies, authorities or instrumentalities; (b) the issuer is organized under the laws of, and maintains a principal office in, that country; (c) the issuer has its principal securities trading market in that country; (d) the issuer derives 50% or more of its total revenues from goods sold or services performed in that country; (e) the issuer has 50% or more of its assets in that country; or (f) the issuer is included in an index which is representative of that country.
The sub-adviser normally allocates the fund's investments across different industries and sectors, but the sub-adviser may invest a significant percentage of the fund's assets in issuers in a single or small number of industries or sectors.
The sub-adviser uses a “bottom-up” investment approach to buying and selling investments for the fund. A “bottom-up” approach is looking at individual companies against the context of broader market factors. Investments are selected primarily based on fundamental analysis of individual issuers and their potential in light of their financial condition, and market, economic, political, and regulatory conditions. Factors considered may include analysis of an issuer’s earnings, cash flows, competitive position, and management ability. The sub-adviser uses a quantitative screen to seek to identify companies with growth characteristics, positive earnings sentiment, stable profitability and reasonable valuations. The sub-adviser may engage in active and frequent trading in pursuing the fund’s principal investment strategies.
The fund may invest up to 5% of its assets in China A-shares (equity securities of Chinese companies) listed and traded on Chinese stock exchanges such as the Shanghai Stock Exchange or the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.
Principal Risks: Risk is inherent in all investing. Many factors and risks affect the fund's performance, including those described below. The value of your investment in the fund, as well as the amount of return you receive on your investment, may fluctuate significantly day to day and over time. You may lose part or all of your investment in the fund or your investment may not perform as well as other similar investments. The following is a summary
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description of principal risks (in alphabetical order after certain key risks) of investing in the fund. An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. You may lose money if you invest in this fund.
Market – The market prices of the fund’s securities or other assets may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, due to general market conditions, overall economic trends or events, inflation, changes in interest rates, governmental actions or interventions, actions taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve or foreign central banks, market disruptions caused by tariffs, trade disputes or other factors, political developments, armed conflicts, economic sanctions, cybersecurity events, investor sentiment, public health events such as the spread of infectious disease, and other factors that may or may not be related to the issuer of the security or other asset. If the market prices of the fund’s securities and assets fall, the value of your investment in the fund could go down.
Economies and financial markets throughout the world are increasingly interconnected. Events or circumstances in one or more countries or regions could be highly disruptive to, and have profound impacts on, global economies or markets. As a result, whether or not the fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to the countries directly affected, the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments may go down.
In recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic, the large expansion of government deficits and debt as a result of government actions to mitigate the effects of the pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the rise of inflation have resulted in extreme volatility in the global economy and in global financial markets. These events could be prolonged and could continue to adversely affect the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments, impair the fund’s ability to satisfy redemption requests, and negatively impact the fund’s performance.
Growth Stocks – Returns on growth stocks may not move in tandem with returns on other categories of stocks or the market as a whole. Growth stocks typically are particularly sensitive to market movements and may involve larger price swings because their market prices tend to reflect future expectations. When it appears those expectations may not be met, the prices of growth stocks typically fall. Growth stocks may also be more volatile because they often do not pay dividends. The values of growth stocks tend to go down when interest rates rise because the rise in interest rates reduces the current value of future cash flows. Growth stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “value” stocks.
Foreign Investments – Investing in securities of foreign issuers or issuers with significant exposure to foreign markets involves additional risks. Foreign markets can be less liquid, less regulated, less transparent and more volatile than U.S. markets. The value of the fund’s foreign investments may decline, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, because of factors affecting the particular issuer as well as foreign markets and issuers generally, such as unfavorable government actions, including nationalization, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, reduction of government or central bank support, tariffs and trade disruptions, sanctions, political or financial instability, social unrest or other adverse economic or political
developments. Foreign investments may also be subject to different accounting practices and different regulatory, legal, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping standards and practices, and may be more difficult to value than investments in U.S. issuers. Certain foreign clearance and settlement procedures may result in an inability to execute transactions or delays in settlement.
Focused Investing – To the extent the fund invests in a limited number of countries, regions, sectors, industries or market segments, in a limited number of issuers, or in issuers in related businesses or that are subject to related operating risks, the fund will be more susceptible to negative events affecting those countries, regions, sectors, industries, segments or issuers, and the value of its shares may be more volatile than if it invested more widely.
Equity Securities – Equity securities generally have greater risk of loss than debt securities. Stock markets are volatile and the value of equity securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. The value of equity securities fluctuates based on real or perceived changes in a company’s financial condition, factors affecting a particular industry or industries, and overall market, economic and political conditions. If the market prices of the equity securities owned by the fund fall, the value of your investment in the fund will decline. The fund may lose its entire investment in the equity securities of an issuer. A change in financial condition or other event affecting a single issuer may adversely impact securities markets as a whole.
Small and Medium Capitalization Companies – The fund will be exposed to additional risks as a result of its investments in the securities of small or medium capitalization companies. Small or medium capitalization companies may be more at risk than large capitalization companies because, among other things, they may have limited product lines, operating history, market or financial resources, or because they may depend on a limited management group. Securities of small and medium capitalization companies may be more volatile than and may underperform large capitalization companies, may be harder to sell at times and at prices the portfolio managers believe appropriate and may offer greater potential for losses.
Emerging Markets – Investments in securities of issuers located or doing business in emerging markets are subject to heightened foreign investments risks and may experience rapid and extreme changes in value. Emerging market countries tend to have less developed and less stable economic, political and legal systems and regulatory and accounting standards, may have policies that restrict investment by foreigners or that prevent foreign investors such as the fund from withdrawing their money at will, and are more likely to experience nationalization, expropriation and confiscatory taxation. In addition, emerging market securities may have low trading volumes and may be or become illiquid.
Management – The value of your investment may go down if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's judgments and decisions are incorrect or otherwise do not produce the desired results, or if the investment strategy does not work as intended. You may also suffer losses if there are imperfections, errors or limitations in the quantitative, analytic or other tools, resources, information and data used, investment techniques applied, or the analyses employed or relied on, by the investment manageror sub-adviser, if such tools, resources, information or data are used incorrectly or otherwise do not work as intended, or if the investment manager’s
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or sub-adviser's investment style is out of favor or otherwise fails to produce the desired results. Any of these things could cause the fund to lose value or its results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.
Active Trading – The fund may purchase and sell securities without regard to the length of time held. Active trading may be more pronounced during periods of market volatility, may have a negative impact on performance and may generate greater amounts of short-term capital gains.
China A–Shares – The fund may invest in equity securities of certain Chinese companies, referred to as China A-shares, through the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect program or the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect program (collectively, the “Programs”). The Programs are subject to daily quota limitations, which may restrict the fund’s ability to invest in China A-shares through the Programs and to enter into or exit trades on a timely basis. The Shanghai and Shenzhen markets may be open at a time when the Programs are not trading, with the result that prices of China A-shares may fluctuate at times when the fund is unable to add to or exit its position. Only certain China A-shares are eligible to be accessed through the Programs. Such securities may lose their eligibility at any time, in which case they could be sold but could no longer be purchased through the Programs. Because the Programs are new, the actual effect on the market for trading China A-shares with the introduction of large numbers of foreign investors is currently unknown. Further, regulations or restrictions, such as limitations on redemptions, suspension of trading and limitations on profits, may adversely impact the Programs and/or the fund’s investments through the Programs. There is no guarantee that applicable exchanges in Hong Kong and mainland China will continue to support the Programs in the future.
Investments in China A-shares are subject to risks specific to the China market. Any significant change in mainland China’s political, social or economic policies may have a negative impact on investments in the China market.
In addition, uncertainties in mainland China tax legislation could result in unexpected tax liabilities for a fund and therefore could affect the amount of income which may be derived, and the amount of capital returned, from the investments in China A-shares by the fund.
Convertible Securities – Convertible securities are subject to risks associated with both fixed-income and equity securities. For example, if market interest rates rise, the value of a convertible security typically falls. In addition, a convertible security is subject to the risk that the issuer will not be able to pay interest or dividends when due, and the market value of the security may change based on the issuer’s actual or perceived creditworthiness. Since the convertible security derives a portion of its value from the underlying common stock, the security is also subject to the same types of market and issuer-specific risks that apply to the underlying common stock. Convertible securities generally offer lower interest or dividend yields than non-convertible securities of similar quality.
Currency – The value of a fund’s investments in securities denominated in foreign currencies increases or decreases as the rates of exchange between those currencies and the U.S. dollar change. U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers may also be affected by currency risk. Currency exchange rates can be volatile and may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.
Currency conversion costs and currency fluctuations could reduce or eliminate investment gains or add to investment losses. A fund may be unable or may choose not to hedge its foreign currency exposure or any hedge may not be effective.
Depositary Receipts – Depositary receipts are generally subject to the same risks as are the foreign securities that they evidence or into which they may be converted, and they may be less liquid than the underlying shares in their primary trading market. In addition, depositary receipts expose the fund to risk associated with the non-uniform terms that apply to depositary receipt programs, credit exposure to the depositary bank and to the sponsors and other parties with whom the depositary bank establishes the programs. Holders of depositary receipts may have limited voting rights, and investment restrictions in certain countries may adversely impact the value of depositary receipts because such restrictions may limit the ability to convert equity shares into depositary receipts and vice versa.
Large Capitalization Companies – The fund’s investments in larger, more established companies may underperform other segments of the market because they may be less responsive to competitive challenges and opportunities and unable to attain high growth rates during periods of economic expansion.
Large Shareholder – A significant portion of the fund’s shares may be owned by other funds sponsored by Transamerica. Transactions by these funds may be disruptive to the management of the fund. For example, the fund may experience large redemptions and could be required to sell securities at a time when it may not otherwise desire to do so. Such transactions may increase the fund’s brokerage and/or other transaction costs. These transactions may also accelerate the realization of taxable income to shareholders if such sales of investments resulted in gains. In addition, sizeable redemptions could cause the fund’s total expenses to increase.
Liquidity – The fund may make investments that are illiquid or that become illiquid after purchase. Illiquid investments can be difficult to value, may trade at a discount from comparable, more liquid investments, and may be subject to wide fluctuations in value. Liquidity risk may be magnified in rising interest rate environments. If the fund is forced to sell an illiquid investment to meet redemption requests or other cash needs, the fund may be forced to sell at a substantial loss or may not be able to sell at all. Liquidity of particular investments, or even entire asset classes, including U.S. Treasury securities, can deteriorate rapidly, particularly during times of market turmoil, and those investments may be difficult or impossible for the fund to sell. This may prevent the fund from limiting losses.
Preferred Stock – Preferred stock’s right to dividends and liquidation proceeds is junior to the rights of a company’s debt securities. The value of preferred stock may be subject to factors that affect fixed-income and equity securities. The value of preferred stock tends to vary more with fluctuations in the underlying common stock and less with fluctuations in interest rates and tends to exhibit greater volatility.
Valuation – The sales price the fund could receive for any particular portfolio investment may differ from the fund's valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets, that are priced based upon valuations provided by third party pricing services that use matrix or evaluated pricing
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systems, or that are valued using a fair value methodology. These differences may increase significantly and affect fund investments more broadly during periods of market volatility. Investors who purchase or redeem fund shares on days when the fund is holding fair-valued securities may receive fewer or more shares or lower or higher redemption proceeds than they would have received if the fund had not fair-valued securities or had used a different valuation methodology. The fund’s ability to value its investments may also be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third party service providers. Fair value pricing involves subjective judgment, which may prove to be incorrect.
Warrants and Rights – Warrants and rights may be considered more speculative than certain other types of investments because they do not entitle a holder to the dividends or voting rights for the securities that may be purchased, and they do not represent any rights in the assets of the issuing company. If the warrant is not exercised before the expiration date, it generally expires without any value and the fund will lose any amount it paid for the warrant.
Performance: The bar chart and the table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart shows how the fund’s performance has varied from year to year. The table shows how the fund’s average annual total returns for different periods compare to the returns of a broad measure of market performance.
The past performance information shown below is for Class I2 shares, which are offered in a separate prospectus. Although Class R and Class R4 shares would have similar annual returns to Class I2 shares because the classes are invested in the same portfolio of securities, the returns for Class R and Class R4 shares will vary from Class I2 shares because Class I2 shares have lower expenses. Performance information for Class R and Class R4 shares will be included after the share classes have been in operation for one complete calendar year.
As with all mutual funds, past performance (before and after taxes) is not a prediction of future results. Updated performance information is available on our website at www.transamerica.com/investments-fund-center or by calling 1-888-233-4339.
Prior to March 1, 2018, the fund was named Transamerica International Equity Opportunities, had a different sub-adviser, a different investment objective and used different investment strategies. The performance set forth prior to that date is attributable to the previous sub-adviser.

Annual Total Returns (calendar years ended December 31) - Class I2
 
Quarter Ended
Return
Best Quarter:
6/30/2020
22.92%
Worst Quarter:
3/31/2020
-22.22%

Average Annual Total Returns (periods ended December 31, 2022)
 
1 Year
5 Years
10 Years
Inception
Date
Class I2
 
 
 
6/10/2008
Return before taxes
-20.21%
2.41%
4.88%
 
Return after taxes on distributions
-20.41%
1.16%
3.82%
 
Return after taxes on distributions
and sale of fund shares
-11.58%
1.83%
3.78%
 
MSCI EAFE Index (reflects no
deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
-14.01%
2.03%
5.16%
 
The after-tax returns are calculated using the historic highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns may depend on the investor’s individual tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns may not be relevant if the investment is made through a tax-exempt or tax-deferred account, such as a 401(k) plan.
Management:
Investment Manager: Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Adviser: Epoch Investment Partners, Inc.
Portfolio Managers:
Michael E. Brown, CFA
Portfolio Manager
since August 2021
Alfred Li, CFA
Portfolio Manager
since March 2018
Jeff Tiefenbach, CFA
Portfolio Manager
since March 2018
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares: Shares of the fund are available to individual and institutional investors through certain retirement plans. These plans include, but are not limited to, 401(k), 403(b) and 457 Plans, Money Purchase Plans, Profit Sharing Plans, Simplified Employee Pension Plans, Keogh Plans, defined benefit plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans and IRAs. Shares may be purchased by these investors through a plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary. If you are a participant in a plan, you should obtain the plan’s conditions for participation from your plan administrator. Shares of the fund are also available to other investors, including endowment funds and foundations, any state, county or city, or its instrumentality, department, authority or agency, and accounts registered to insurance companies, trust companies and bank trust departments. Such investors may purchase shares in the fund through the transfer agent directly. You may purchase shares of the fund on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for business. Requests to purchase shares for the fund should be mailed to Transamerica
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Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. Participants in retirement plans administered by Transamerica Retirement Solutions should contact Transamerica Retirement Solutions at 1-800-755-5801 for additional information. If you would like to purchase shares in a fund by a wire transfer, please call 1-888-233-4339 for wire transfer instructions. You buy and redeem shares at the fund’s next-determined net asset value (“NAV”) after receipt of your request in good order. There is no minimum investment for eligible retirement plans investing in Class R shares. The minimum initial investment for Class R4 shares is $5,000. There is no minimum for subsequent investments in Class R or R4 shares. A retirement plan may, however, impose minimum investment requirements. Plan participants or IRA holders should consult their plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary.
Redemption requests may be made by mail and, in certain circumstances, telephone. The proceeds of the redemption will be sent by mail or, if authorized on the Account Application, wire transfer. Requests to redeem shares of the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. You may redeem shares by telephone if you authorized telephone redemptions on your Account Application. The fund reserves the right to refuse a telephone redemption request if it is believed it is advisable to do so. The telephone redemption option may be suspended or terminated at any time without advance notice.
The fund does not currently offer Class R and Class R4 shares.
Tax Information: Fund distributions may be taxable as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax-advantaged investment plan. In that case, you may be taxed when you take a distribution from such plan, depending on the type of plan, the circumstances of your distribution and other factors.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries: If you purchase the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the fund and/or its affiliates 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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Transamerica Large Core ESG (formerly, Transamerica Large Core)
Investment Objective: Seeks to provide capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses: This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Class:
R4
R
I3
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on
purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
None
None
None
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a
percentage of purchase price or redemption
proceeds, whichever is lower)
None
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Class:
R4
R
I3
Management fees
0.45%
0.45%
0.45%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees
0.25%
0.50%
None
Other expenses
0.07%
0.07%
0.07%
Total annual fund operating expenses
0.77%
1.02%
0.52%
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 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 your costs would be:
 
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
Class R4
$79
$246
$428
$954
Class R
$104
$325
$563
$1,248
Class I3
$53
$167
$291
$653
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 portfolio turnover rate for the fund was 77% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies: Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in securities of large-cap companies that have an MSCI ESG rating of A or higher. The fund considers large-cap companies to be the top approximately 1,000 companies by market capitalizations in the U.S. market. As
of December 31, 2022, the top 1,000 companies by market capitalization in the U.S. market had a market capitalization of at least $2.1 billion.
The fund’s sub-adviser, PineBridge Investments LLC (the “sub-adviser”), believes companies should be analyzed in the context of their life cycle. The sub-adviser employs a process that categorizes companies according to where the sub-adviser believes they reside in their respective company life cycles, and then lets the categorization drive how the companies are analyzed for investment attractiveness. Through a quantitative framework, the sub-adviser ranks companies within what are considered fundamentally similar groups of stocks based on six life-cycle stages (three types for growth companies and three for mature companies). After quantitatively categorizing each company in the investment universe into their six main life-cycle categorizations, the sub-adviser’s alpha model then quantitatively assesses the attractiveness of each company based on numerous factors that are considered relevant to each life-cycle category. The model generates a numerical ranking based on this quantitative categorization and factor-based assessment, which indicates the attractiveness of each stock.
The sub-adviser then employs an optimization process to construct the fund’s portfolio. The optimization process incorporates the output from the sub-adviser’s alpha model and includes an MSCI ESG ratings constraint and certain exclusionary constraints. Under the ratings constraint, the sub-adviser will normally invest at least 80% of the fund’s net assets in companies with an MSCI ESG rating of A or higher. The sub-adviser generally expects, as measured on a monthly basis, that at least 85% of the companies the fund holds will have an MSCI ESG rating of A or higher. The sub-adviser obtains third party ESG ratings information from MSCI. MSCI ESG ratings are intended to measure how well a company manages its material ESG risks and opportunities relative to industry peers. MSCI assigns each company an ESG rating on a seven-point scale ranging between “AAA” and “CCC,” with “AAA” being the highest followed by “AA” and “A.” To arrive at a final ESG rating, MSCI uses a quantitative model to weigh a company’s environmental and social key issue scores and a governance pillar score relative to its industry peers. Under the exclusionary constraints, the sub-adviser will exclude investments in: companies that derive 10% or more of total annual revenue from thermal coal; companies that are United Nations Global Compact violators; and companies involved in controversial weapons (landmines, cluster munitions, chemical and biological weapons). These exclusions are based on third party classifications by MSCI obtained by the sub-adviser.
Final stock selection and portfolio positioning are subject to the discretion of the fund’s portfolio management team.
The equity securities in which the fund may invest include, but are not limited to, common stocks, depositary receipts, preferred stocks, and securities convertible into common stocks (such as warrants and rights). The fund may also invest up to 5% of its assets in index exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”).
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Additionally, the fund may also invest its assets in cash, cash equivalent securities or other short-term debt securities, money market funds and U.S. government securities.
Principal Risks: Risk is inherent in all investing. Many factors and risks affect the fund's performance, including those described below. The value of your investment in the fund, as well as the amount of return you receive on your investment, may fluctuate significantly day to day and over time. You may lose part or all of your investment in the fund or your investment may not perform as well as other similar investments. The following is a summary description of principal risks (in alphabetical order after certain key risks) of investing in the fund. An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. You may lose money if you invest in this fund.
Market – The market prices of the fund’s securities or other assets may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, due to general market conditions, overall economic trends or events, inflation, changes in interest rates, governmental actions or interventions, actions taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve or foreign central banks, market disruptions caused by tariffs, trade disputes or other factors, political developments, armed conflicts, economic sanctions, cybersecurity events, investor sentiment, public health events such as the spread of infectious disease, and other factors that may or may not be related to the issuer of the security or other asset. If the market prices of the fund’s securities and assets fall, the value of your investment in the fund could go down.
Economies and financial markets throughout the world are increasingly interconnected. Events or circumstances in one or more countries or regions could be highly disruptive to, and have profound impacts on, global economies or markets. As a result, whether or not the fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to the countries directly affected, the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments may go down.
In recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic, the large expansion of government deficits and debt as a result of government actions to mitigate the effects of the pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the rise of inflation have resulted in extreme volatility in the global economy and in global financial markets. These events could be prolonged and could continue to adversely affect the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments, impair the fund’s ability to satisfy redemption requests, and negatively impact the fund’s performance.
Model and Data – If quantitative models, algorithms or calculations (whether proprietary and developed by the sub-adviser or supplied by third parties) (“Models”) or information or data supplied by third parties (“Data”) prove to be incorrect or incomplete, any decisions made, in whole or part, in reliance thereon expose the fund to additional risks. Models can be predictive in nature. The use of predictive Models has inherent risks. The success of relying on or otherwise using Models depends on a number of factors, including the validity, accuracy and completeness of the Model’s development, implementation and maintenance, the Model’s assumptions, factors, algorithms and methodologies, and the accuracy and reliability of the supplied historical or other Data. Models rely on, among other things, correct and complete Data inputs. If incorrect Data is entered into even a well-founded Model,
the resulting information will be incorrect. However, even if Data is input correctly, Model prices may differ substantially from market prices, especially for securities with complex characteristics. Investments selected with the use of Models may perform differently than expected as a result of the design of the Model, inputs into the Model or other factors. There also can be no assurance that the use of Models will result in effective investment decisions for the fund.
Equity Securities – Equity securities generally have greater risk of loss than debt securities. Stock markets are volatile and the value of equity securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. The value of equity securities fluctuates based on real or perceived changes in a company’s financial condition, factors affecting a particular industry or industries, and overall market, economic and political conditions. If the market prices of the equity securities owned by the fund fall, the value of your investment in the fund will decline. The fund may lose its entire investment in the equity securities of an issuer. A change in financial condition or other event affecting a single issuer may adversely impact securities markets as a whole.
Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) Investing – Applying ESG criteria to the sub-adviser’s investment analysis for the fund may impact the sub-adviser’s investment decisions as to securities of certain issuers and, therefore, the fund may forgo some investment opportunities available to funds that do not use ESG criteria or that apply different ESG criteria. Applying ESG criteria may impact the fund’s exposure to risks associated with certain issuers, asset classes, industries and sectors, which may impact the fund’s investment performance. The relevance and weightings of ESG criteria to the sub-adviser’s investment process may vary significantly across issuers, asset classes, industries and sectors. Securities of companies with what are identified by the sub-adviser as having favorable ESG characteristics at the time of investment may shift into and out of favor depending on market and economic conditions, and a company’s ESG practices, or the sub-adviser’s assessment of such practices, may change over time. The fund’s performance may at times be better or worse than the performance of similar funds that do not use ESG criteria or that apply different ESG criteria. ESG is not a uniformly defined characteristic and applying ESG criteria involves subjective assessments. There may be significant differences in views in what constitutes positive or negative ESG characteristics of a company. The sub-adviser’s ESG assessment of a company may differ from that of other funds or investors. ESG ratings and assessments of issuers can vary across third party data providers, and ESG data may be incomplete, delayed, inaccurate or unavailable, which could lead to an incorrect assessment of a company’s ESG characteristics. Data inputs may include information self-reported by companies or from third party data providers. Regulation of ESG investing in the U.S. and abroad is evolving. Regulatory change regarding the definition and/or use of ESG criteria could have a material adverse effect on the fund’s ability to invest in accordance with its ESG strategy.
Large Capitalization Companies – The fund’s investments in larger, more established companies may underperform other segments of the market because they may be less responsive to competitive challenges and opportunities and unable to attain high growth rates during periods of economic expansion.
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Management – The value of your investment may go down if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's judgments and decisions are incorrect or otherwise do not produce the desired results, or if the investment strategy does not work as intended. You may also suffer losses if there are imperfections, errors or limitations in the quantitative, analytic or other tools, resources, information and data used, investment techniques applied, or the analyses employed or relied on, by the investment manageror sub-adviser, if such tools, resources, information or data are used incorrectly or otherwise do not work as intended, or if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's investment style is out of favor or otherwise fails to produce the desired results. Any of these things could cause the fund to lose value or its results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.
Active Trading – The fund may purchase and sell securities without regard to the length of time held. Active trading may be more pronounced during periods of market volatility, may have a negative impact on performance and may generate greater amounts of short-term capital gains.
Convertible Securities – Convertible securities are subject to risks associated with both fixed-income and equity securities. For example, if market interest rates rise, the value of a convertible security typically falls. In addition, a convertible security is subject to the risk that the issuer will not be able to pay interest or dividends when due, and the market value of the security may change based on the issuer’s actual or perceived creditworthiness. Since the convertible security derives a portion of its value from the underlying common stock, the security is also subject to the same types of market and issuer-specific risks that apply to the underlying common stock. Convertible securities generally offer lower interest or dividend yields than non-convertible securities of similar quality.
Depositary Receipts – Depositary receipts are generally subject to the same risks as are the foreign securities that they evidence or into which they may be converted, and they may be less liquid than the underlying shares in their primary trading market. In addition, depositary receipts expose the fund to risk associated with the non-uniform terms that apply to depositary receipt programs, credit exposure to the depositary bank and to the sponsors and other parties with whom the depositary bank establishes the programs. Holders of depositary receipts may have limited voting rights, and investment restrictions in certain countries may adversely impact the value of depositary receipts because such restrictions may limit the ability to convert equity shares into depositary receipts and vice versa.
Growth Stocks – Returns on growth stocks may not move in tandem with returns on other categories of stocks or the market as a whole. Growth stocks typically are particularly sensitive to market movements and may involve larger price swings because their market prices tend to reflect future expectations. When it appears those expectations may not be met, the prices of growth stocks typically fall. Growth stocks may also be more volatile because they often do not pay dividends. The values of growth stocks tend to go down when interest rates rise because the rise in interest rates reduces the current value of future cash flows. Growth stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “value” stocks.
Large Shareholder – A significant portion of the fund’s shares may be owned by other funds sponsored by Transamerica. Transactions by these funds may be disruptive to the management of the fund. For example, the fund may experience large redemptions and could be required to sell securities at a time when it may not otherwise desire to do so. Such transactions may increase the fund’s brokerage and/or other transaction costs. These transactions may also accelerate the realization of taxable income to shareholders if such sales of investments resulted in gains. In addition, sizeable redemptions could cause the fund’s total expenses to increase.
Money Market Funds – An investment in a money market fund is not a bank deposit, and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) or any other government agency. Although many money market funds seek to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in such money market funds. Certain other money market funds float their net asset value.
Preferred Stock – Preferred stock’s right to dividends and liquidation proceeds is junior to the rights of a company’s debt securities. The value of preferred stock may be subject to factors that affect fixed-income and equity securities. The value of preferred stock tends to vary more with fluctuations in the underlying common stock and less with fluctuations in interest rates and tends to exhibit greater volatility.
Underlying Exchange-Traded Funds – To the extent the fund invests its assets in underlying ETFs, its ability to achieve its investment objective will depend in part on the performance of the underlying ETFs in which it invests. Investing in underlying ETFs subjects the fund to the risks of investing in the underlying securities or assets held by those ETFs. Each of the underlying ETFs in which the fund may invest has its own investment risks, and those risks can affect the value of the underlying ETFs’ shares and therefore the value of the fund's investments. There can be no assurance that the investment objective of any underlying ETF will be achieved. To the extent that the fund invests more of its assets in one underlying ETF than in another, the fund will have greater exposure to the risks of that underlying ETF. In addition, the fund will bear a pro rata portion of the operating expenses of the underlying ETFs in which it invests.
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations – Government agency obligations have different levels of credit support and, therefore, different degrees of credit risk. Securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities of the U.S. government that are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government generally present a lesser degree of credit risk than securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities sponsored by the U.S. government that are supported only by the issuer’s right to borrow from the U.S. Treasury and securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities sponsored by the U.S. government that are supported only by the credit of the issuing agencies. A security backed by the “full faith and credit” of the U.S. government is guaranteed only as to its stated interest rate and face value at maturity, not its current market price.
Valuation – The sales price the fund could receive for any particular portfolio investment may differ from the fund's valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets, that are priced based upon valuations provided
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by third party pricing services that use matrix or evaluated pricing systems, or that are valued using a fair value methodology. These differences may increase significantly and affect fund investments more broadly during periods of market volatility. Investors who purchase or redeem fund shares on days when the fund is holding fair-valued securities may receive fewer or more shares or lower or higher redemption proceeds than they would have received if the fund had not fair-valued securities or had used a different valuation methodology. The fund’s ability to value its investments may also be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third party service providers. Fair value pricing involves subjective judgment, which may prove to be incorrect.
Warrants and Rights – Warrants and rights may be considered more speculative than certain other types of investments because they do not entitle a holder to the dividends or voting rights for the securities that may be purchased, and they do not represent any rights in the assets of the issuing company. If the warrant is not exercised before the expiration date, it generally expires without any value and the fund will lose any amount it paid for the warrant.
Performance: The bar chart and the table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart shows how the fund’s performance has varied from year to year. The table shows how the fund’s average annual total returns for different periods compare to the returns of a broad measure of market performance.
The fund acquired the assets and assumed the liabilities of three Transamerica Partners funds, including Transamerica Partners Institutional Large Core (the “predecessor fund”), on March 10, 2017, and the predecessor fund was the accounting and performance survivor of the reorganizations. This means that the predecessor fund's financial and performance history became the financial and performance history of the fund. In the reorganization of the predecessor fund, shareholders of the predecessor fund received Class R4 shares of the fund. The performance of Class R4 shares includes the performance of the predecessor fund prior to the reorganization, and has not been restated to reflect the annual operating expenses of Class R4 shares.
As with all mutual funds, past performance (before and after taxes) is not a prediction of future results. Updated performance information is available on our website at www.transamerica.com/investments-fund-center or by calling 1-888-233-4339.
Prior to September 1, 2018, the fund had a different sub-adviser, a different investment objective and used different investment strategies. The performance set forth prior to that date is attributable to the previous sub-adviser.
Prior to March 1, 2023, the fund was named Transamerica Large Core and the fund’s investment strategies did not include an ESG overlay. The performance set forth prior to that date reflects the fund’s former investment strategies.

Annual Total Returns (calendar years ended December 31) - Class R4
 
Quarter Ended
Return
Best Quarter:
6/30/2020
20.70%
Worst Quarter:
3/31/2020
-20.43%

Average Annual Total Returns (periods ended December 31, 2022)
 
1 Year
5 Years
10 Years
Since
Inception
Inception
Date
Class R4
 
 
 
 
9/11/2000
Return before taxes
-16.83%
7.92%
11.70%
 
 
Return after taxes on
distributions
-18.01%
5.11%
9.88%
 
 
Return after taxes on
distributions and sale
of fund shares
-9.10%
5.75%
9.30%
 
 
Class R (Return before
taxes only)
-17.03%
7.69%
N/A
9.43%
3/10/2017
Class I3 (Return before
taxes only)
-16.61%
8.23%
N/A
9.98%
3/10/2017
S&P 500® Index (reflects
no deduction for fees,
expenses or taxes)
-18.11%
9.42%
12.56%
10.66%
 
The after-tax returns are calculated using the historic highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns may depend on the investor’s individual tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns may not be relevant if the investment is made through a tax-exempt or tax-deferred account, such as a 401(k) plan.

After-tax returns are presented for only one class, and returns for other classes are presented before taxes only and will vary.
Management:
Investment Manager: Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Adviser: PineBridge Investments LLC
Portfolio Manager:
Sheedsa Ali, CFA
Portfolio Manager
since September 2018
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares: Shares of the fund are available to individual and institutional investors through certain retirement plans. These plans include, but are not limited to, 401(k), 403(b) and 457 Plans, Money Purchase Plans, Profit Sharing Plans, Simplified Employee Pension Plans, Keogh Plans, defined benefit plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans and IRAs. Shares may be purchased by these investors through a plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary. If you are a participant in a plan, you should obtain the plan’s conditions for participation from your plan administrator. Shares of the fund are also available to other investors, including endowment funds and foundations, any state, county or city, or its instrumentality, department, authority or agency, and accounts registered to insurance
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companies, trust companies and bank trust departments. Such investors may purchase shares in the fund through the transfer agent directly. You may purchase shares of the fund on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for business. Requests to purchase shares for the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. Participants in retirement plans administered by Transamerica Retirement Solutions should contact Transamerica Retirement Solutions at 1-800-755-5801 for additional information. If you would like to purchase shares in a fund by a wire transfer, please call 1-888-233-4339 for wire transfer instructions. You buy and redeem shares at the fund’s next-determined net asset value (“NAV”) after receipt of your request in good order. There is no minimum investment for eligible retirement plans investing in Class R shares. The minimum initial investment for Class R4 shares is $5,000. There is no minimum for subsequent investments in Class R or R4 shares. A retirement plan may, however, impose minimum investment requirements. Plan participants or IRA holders should consult their plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary.
Redemption requests may be made by mail and, in certain circumstances, telephone. The proceeds of the redemption will be sent by mail or, if authorized on the Account Application, wire transfer. Requests to redeem shares of the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. You may redeem shares by telephone if you authorized telephone redemptions on your Account Application. The fund reserves the right to refuse a telephone redemption request if it is believed it is advisable to do so. The telephone redemption option may be suspended or terminated at any time without advance notice.
Class I3 shares are only available to certain funds of funds, registered and unregistered insurance company separate accounts and collective investment trusts. Class I3 shares do not have a minimum initial investment for those that qualify for the share class or a minimum subsequent investment amount.
Tax Information: Fund distributions may be taxable as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax-advantaged investment plan. In that case, you may be taxed when you take a distribution from such plan, depending on the type of plan, the circumstances of your distribution and other factors.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries: If you purchase the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the fund and/or its affiliates 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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Transamerica Large Growth
Investment Objective: Seek to maximize long-term growth.
Fees and Expenses: This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Class:
R4
R
I3
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on
purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
None
None
None
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a
percentage of purchase price or redemption
proceeds, whichever is lower)
None
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Class:
R4
R
I3
Management fees
0.65%
0.65%
0.65%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees
0.25%
0.50%
None
Other expenses
0.05%
0.04%
0.05%
Total annual fund operating expenses
0.95%
1.19%
0.70%
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement1
0.05%
0.00%
0.00%
Total annual fund operating expenses after fee
waiver and/or expense reimbursement
0.90%
1.19%
0.70%
1
Contractual arrangements have been made with the fund’s investment manager, Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (“TAM”), through March 1, 2024 to waive fees and/or reimburse fund expenses to the extent that total annual fund operating expenses exceed 0.90% for Class R4 shares, 1.25% for Class R shares and 0.74% for Class I3 shares, excluding, as applicable, acquired fund fees and expenses, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, dividend and interest expenses on securities sold short, extraordinary expenses and other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the fund’s business. These arrangements cannot be terminated prior to March 1, 2024 without the Board of Trustees’ consent. TAM is permitted to recapture amounts waived and/or reimbursed to a class during any of the 36 months from the date on which TAM waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses for the class if the class’ total annual fund operating expenses have fallen to a level below the limits described above. In no case will TAM recapture any amount that would result, on any particular business day of the fund, in the class’ total annual operating expenses exceeding the applicable limits described above or any other lower limit then in effect.
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 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. The Example reflects applicable waivers and/or reimbursements for the duration of such arrangement(s). 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 R4
$92
$298
$521
$1,162
Class R
$121
$378
$654
$1,443
Class I3
$72
$224
$390
$871
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 portfolio turnover rate for the fund was 60% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies: The fund normally invests primarily in common stocks of companies that its sub-advisers, Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. (“MSIM”) and Wellington Management Company LLP (“Wellington Management”), believe have the potential for above average growth in earnings. Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in equity securities of large cap companies and other investments with similar economic characteristics. The fund considers large cap companies to be companies with market capitalizations that, at the time of initial purchase, exceed the market capitalization of the smallest company included in the Russell 1000® Growth Index1. As of December 31, 2022, the market capitalization of the smallest company in the Russell 1000® Growth Index was $735.67 million. The fund generally emphasizes common and preferred stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange and other U.S. securities exchanges and, to a lesser extent, equity securities that are listed on foreign securities exchanges and those traded over-the-counter. The fund’s investment manager, Transamerica Asset Management, Inc., determines the allocation of the fund’s assets between MSIM and Wellington Management and rebalances the allocation periodically to normally maintain approximately a 50% allocation of the fund’s assets to each sub-adviser.
The fund may invest up to 25% of its net assets in securities of foreign issuers, including issuers located in emerging market or developing countries and securities classified as American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”), American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) or Global Depositary Shares (“GDSs”), foreign U.S. dollar denominated securities that are traded on a U.S. exchange or local shares of non-U.S. issuers. The fund may utilize foreign currency forward exchange contracts, which are derivatives, in connection with its investment in foreign securities for hedging purposes. The fund may also invest in warrants and rights.
MSIM emphasizes a “bottom-up” stock selection process, seeking attractive investments on an individual company basis. MSIM integrates environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) factors into its investment process by using ESG factors as a lens for additional fundamental research, which can contribute to investment decision-making. This analysis of ESG factors is subjective
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and not determinative in the MSIM's investment process. MSIM may conclude that other attributes of an investment outweigh ESG factors when making investment decisions.
Wellington Management uses fundamental research designed to identify issuers with improving quality metrics, business momentum and attractive relative valuations. Wellington Management’s investment process is aided by a proprietary quantitative screening process that narrows the sub-adviser’s investment universe to companies that are consistent with its investment philosophy.
The fund uses multiple sub-advisers in an effort to control the volatility often associated with growth funds, but there can be no assurance that this strategy will succeed. Growth stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “value” stocks.
1 “Russell®” and other service marks and trademarks related to the Russell indexes are trademarks of the London Stock Exchange Group companies.
Principal Risks: Risk is inherent in all investing. Many factors and risks affect the fund's performance, including those described below. The value of your investment in the fund, as well as the amount of return you receive on your investment, may fluctuate significantly day to day and over time. You may lose part or all of your investment in the fund or your investment may not perform as well as other similar investments. The following is a summary description of principal risks (in alphabetical order after certain key risks) of investing in the fund. An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. You may lose money if you invest in this fund.
Market – The market prices of the fund’s securities or other assets may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, due to general market conditions, overall economic trends or events, inflation, changes in interest rates, governmental actions or interventions, actions taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve or foreign central banks, market disruptions caused by tariffs, trade disputes or other factors, political developments, armed conflicts, economic sanctions, cybersecurity events, investor sentiment, public health events such as the spread of infectious disease, and other factors that may or may not be related to the issuer of the security or other asset. If the market prices of the fund’s securities and assets fall, the value of your investment in the fund could go down.
Economies and financial markets throughout the world are increasingly interconnected. Events or circumstances in one or more countries or regions could be highly disruptive to, and have profound impacts on, global economies or markets. As a result, whether or not the fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to the countries directly affected, the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments may go down.
In recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic, the large expansion of government deficits and debt as a result of government actions to mitigate the effects of the pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the rise of inflation have resulted in extreme volatility in the global economy and in global financial markets. These events could be prolonged and could continue to adversely affect
the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments, impair the fund’s ability to satisfy redemption requests, and negatively impact the fund’s performance.
Growth Stocks – Returns on growth stocks may not move in tandem with returns on other categories of stocks or the market as a whole. Growth stocks typically are particularly sensitive to market movements and may involve larger price swings because their market prices tend to reflect future expectations. When it appears those expectations may not be met, the prices of growth stocks typically fall. Growth stocks may also be more volatile because they often do not pay dividends. The values of growth stocks tend to go down when interest rates rise because the rise in interest rates reduces the current value of future cash flows. Growth stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “value” stocks.
Equity Securities – Equity securities generally have greater risk of loss than debt securities. Stock markets are volatile and the value of equity securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. The value of equity securities fluctuates based on real or perceived changes in a company’s financial condition, factors affecting a particular industry or industries, and overall market, economic and political conditions. If the market prices of the equity securities owned by the fund fall, the value of your investment in the fund will decline. The fund may lose its entire investment in the equity securities of an issuer. A change in financial condition or other event affecting a single issuer may adversely impact securities markets as a whole.
Small and Medium Capitalization Companies – The fund will be exposed to additional risks as a result of its investments in the securities of small or medium capitalization companies. Small or medium capitalization companies may be more at risk than large capitalization companies because, among other things, they may have limited product lines, operating history, market or financial resources, or because they may depend on a limited management group. Securities of small and medium capitalization companies may be more volatile than and may underperform large capitalization companies, may be harder to sell at times and at prices the portfolio managers believe appropriate and may offer greater potential for losses.
Foreign Investments – Investing in securities of foreign issuers or issuers with significant exposure to foreign markets involves additional risks. Foreign markets can be less liquid, less regulated, less transparent and more volatile than U.S. markets. The value of the fund’s foreign investments may decline, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, because of factors affecting the particular issuer as well as foreign markets and issuers generally, such as unfavorable government actions, including nationalization, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, reduction of government or central bank support, tariffs and trade disruptions, sanctions, political or financial instability, social unrest or other adverse economic or political developments. Foreign investments may also be subject to different accounting practices and different regulatory, legal, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping standards and practices, and may be more difficult to value than investments in U.S. issuers. Certain foreign clearance and settlement procedures may result in an inability to execute transactions or delays in settlement.
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Large Capitalization Companies – The fund’s investments in larger, more established companies may underperform other segments of the market because they may be less responsive to competitive challenges and opportunities and unable to attain high growth rates during periods of economic expansion.
Management – The value of your investment may go down if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's judgments and decisions are incorrect or otherwise do not produce the desired results, or if the investment strategy does not work as intended. You may also suffer losses if there are imperfections, errors or limitations in the quantitative, analytic or other tools, resources, information and data used, investment techniques applied, or the analyses employed or relied on, by the investment manageror sub-adviser, if such tools, resources, information or data are used incorrectly or otherwise do not work as intended, or if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's investment style is out of favor or otherwise fails to produce the desired results. Any of these things could cause the fund to lose value or its results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.
Active Trading – The fund may purchase and sell securities without regard to the length of time held. Active trading may be more pronounced during periods of market volatility, may have a negative impact on performance and may generate greater amounts of short-term capital gains.
Convertible Securities – Convertible securities are subject to risks associated with both fixed-income and equity securities. For example, if market interest rates rise, the value of a convertible security typically falls. In addition, a convertible security is subject to the risk that the issuer will not be able to pay interest or dividends when due, and the market value of the security may change based on the issuer’s actual or perceived creditworthiness. Since the convertible security derives a portion of its value from the underlying common stock, the security is also subject to the same types of market and issuer-specific risks that apply to the underlying common stock. Convertible securities generally offer lower interest or dividend yields than non-convertible securities of similar quality.
Counterparty – The fund could lose money if the counterparties to derivatives, repurchase agreements and/or other financial contracts entered into for the fund do not fulfill their contractual obligations. In addition, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against a counterparty.
Credit – If an issuer or other obligor (such as a party providing insurance or other credit enhancement) of a security held by the fund or a counterparty to a financial contract with the fund is unable or unwilling to meet its financial obligations, or is downgraded or perceived to be less creditworthy (whether by market participants or otherwise), or if the value of any underlying assets declines, the value of your investment will typically decline. A decline may be rapid and/or significant, particularly in certain market environments. In addition, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against an issuer, obligor or counterparty.
Currency – The value of a fund’s investments in securities denominated in foreign currencies increases or decreases as the rates of exchange between those currencies and the U.S. dollar change. U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers may also be affected by currency risk. Currency exchange rates can be volatile and may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.
Currency conversion costs and currency fluctuations could reduce or eliminate investment gains or add to investment losses. A fund may be unable or may choose not to hedge its foreign currency exposure or any hedge may not be effective.
Currency Hedging – The fund may hedge its currency risk using currency futures, forwards or options. However, hedging strategies and/or these instruments may not always work as intended, and a fund may be worse off than if it had not used a hedging strategy or instrument. Certain countries may also impose restrictions on the exchange or export of currency or adverse currency exchange rates and may be characterized by a lack of available currency hedging instruments.
Depositary Receipts – Depositary receipts are generally subject to the same risks as are the foreign securities that they evidence or into which they may be converted, and they may be less liquid than the underlying shares in their primary trading market. In addition, depositary receipts expose the fund to risk associated with the non-uniform terms that apply to depositary receipt programs, credit exposure to the depositary bank and to the sponsors and other parties with whom the depositary bank establishes the programs. Holders of depositary receipts may have limited voting rights, and investment restrictions in certain countries may adversely impact the value of depositary receipts because such restrictions may limit the ability to convert equity shares into depositary receipts and vice versa.
Derivatives – The use of derivatives involves a variety of risks, which may be different from, or greater than, the risks associated with investing in traditional securities, such as stocks and bonds. Risks of derivatives include leverage risk, liquidity risk, valuation risk, market risk, counterparty risk, credit risk, operational risk and legal risk. Use of derivatives can increase fund losses, increase costs, reduce opportunities for gains, increase fund volatility, and not produce the result intended. Certain derivatives have the potential for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the initial investment. Even a small investment in derivatives can have a disproportionate impact on the fund. Derivatives may be difficult or impossible to sell, unwind or value, and the counterparty (including, if applicable, the fund’s clearing broker, the derivatives exchange or the clearinghouse) may default on its obligations to the fund. In certain cases, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against or closing out derivatives instruments with a counterparty, which may result in additional losses. Derivatives are also generally subject to the risks applicable to the assets, rates, indices or other indicators underlying the derivative, including market risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, management and valuation risk. Also, suitable derivative transactions may not be available in all circumstances or at reasonable prices. The value of a derivative may fluctuate more or less than, or otherwise not correlate well with, the underlying assets, rates, indices or other indicators to which it relates. The fund may segregate cash or other liquid assets to cover the funding of its obligations under derivatives contracts or make margin payments when it takes positions in derivatives involving obligations to third parties. New Rule 18f-4 under the 1940 Act provides a comprehensive regulatory framework for the use of derivatives by funds and imposes new requirements and restrictions on funds using derivatives. Rule 18f-4 could have an adverse impact on the fund’s performance and its ability to implement its investment strategies as it has historically and may increase
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costs related to the fund’s use of derivatives. It is not currently clear what impact, if any, the rule will have on the availability, liquidity or performance of derivatives. The rule may not be effective to limit the risk of loss from derivatives.
Emerging Markets – Investments in securities of issuers located or doing business in emerging markets are subject to heightened foreign investments risks and may experience rapid and extreme changes in value. Emerging market countries tend to have less developed and less stable economic, political and legal systems and regulatory and accounting standards, may have policies that restrict investment by foreigners or that prevent foreign investors such as the fund from withdrawing their money at will, and are more likely to experience nationalization, expropriation and confiscatory taxation. In addition, emerging market securities may have low trading volumes and may be or become illiquid.
Focused Investing – To the extent the fund invests in a limited number of countries, regions, sectors, industries or market segments, in a limited number of issuers, or in issuers in related businesses or that are subject to related operating risks, the fund will be more susceptible to negative events affecting those countries, regions, sectors, industries, segments or issuers, and the value of its shares may be more volatile than if it invested more widely.
Large Shareholder – A significant portion of the fund’s shares may be owned by other funds sponsored by Transamerica. Transactions by these funds may be disruptive to the management of the fund. For example, the fund may experience large redemptions and could be required to sell securities at a time when it may not otherwise desire to do so. Such transactions may increase the fund’s brokerage and/or other transaction costs. These transactions may also accelerate the realization of taxable income to shareholders if such sales of investments resulted in gains. In addition, sizeable redemptions could cause the fund’s total expenses to increase.
Leveraging – To the extent that the fund borrows or uses derivatives or other investments, such as ETFs, that have embedded leverage, your investment may be subject to heightened volatility, risk of loss and costs. Other risks also will be compounded because leverage generally magnifies the effect of a change in the value of an asset and creates a risk of loss of value on a larger pool of assets than the fund would otherwise have. Use of leverage may result in the loss of a substantial amount, and possibly all, of the fund’s assets. The fund also may have to sell assets at inopportune times to satisfy its obligations.
Liquidity – The fund may make investments that are illiquid or that become illiquid after purchase. Illiquid investments can be difficult to value, may trade at a discount from comparable, more liquid investments, and may be subject to wide fluctuations in value. Liquidity risk may be magnified in rising interest rate environments. If the fund is forced to sell an illiquid investment to meet redemption requests or other cash needs, the fund may be forced to sell at a substantial loss or may not be able to sell at all. Liquidity of particular investments, or even entire asset classes, including U.S. Treasury securities, can deteriorate rapidly, particularly during times of market turmoil, and those investments may be difficult or impossible for the fund to sell. This may prevent the fund from limiting losses.
Preferred Stock – Preferred stock’s right to dividends and liquidation proceeds is junior to the rights of a company’s debt securities. The value of preferred stock may be subject to factors that affect fixed-income and equity securities. The value of preferred stock tends to vary more with fluctuations in the underlying common stock and less with fluctuations in interest rates and tends to exhibit greater volatility.
Sustainability and/or Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) Considerations – The sub-adviser considers sustainability and/or ESG factors that it deems relevant, along with other factors and analysis, when sub-advising the fund. This usage of sustainability and/or ESG factors or criteria is sometimes referred to as “ESG integration.” The sub-adviser may consider sustainability and/or ESG factors on a meaningful portion of the fund’s investments. The sub-adviser may give little or no weight to sustainability and/or ESG factors for certain investments, and not every sustainability and/or ESG factor may be identified or evaluated for every investment. Consideration of sustainability and/or ESG factors is not determinative in the sub-adviser’s investment process, and the sub-adviser may conclude that other attributes of an investment outweigh sustainability and/or ESG considerations when making investment decisions. Applying sustainability and/or ESG factors as part of the fund’s security selection process may impact the sub-adviser’s investment decisions. Sustainability and ESG factors are not uniformly defined and applying such factors involves subjective assessments. Sustainability and ESG ratings and assessments of issuers can vary across investment advisers (including sub-advisers) and third party data providers and may change over time. Sustainability and ESG factors can be difficult to apply consistently across issuers, regions, countries, industries and sectors. The application of these factors could negatively impact the fund’s performance. Sustainability and ESG information from issuers and from third party data providers may be incomplete, delayed, inaccurate or unavailable, which could lead to an incorrect assessment of a company’s sustainability or ESG characteristics. Regulation of sustainability and ESG investing in the U.S. and abroad is evolving. Regulatory changes with respect to ESG integration could impact the sub-adviser’s ability to consider sustainability and/or ESG criteria as part of its investment process.
Valuation – The sales price the fund could receive for any particular portfolio investment may differ from the fund's valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets, that are priced based upon valuations provided by third party pricing services that use matrix or evaluated pricing systems, or that are valued using a fair value methodology. These differences may increase significantly and affect fund investments more broadly during periods of market volatility. Investors who purchase or redeem fund shares on days when the fund is holding fair-valued securities may receive fewer or more shares or lower or higher redemption proceeds than they would have received if the fund had not fair-valued securities or had used a different valuation methodology. The fund’s ability to value its investments may also be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third party service providers. Fair value pricing involves subjective judgment, which may prove to be incorrect.
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Warrants and Rights – Warrants and rights may be considered more speculative than certain other types of investments because they do not entitle a holder to the dividends or voting rights for the securities that may be purchased, and they do not represent any rights in the assets of the issuing company. If the warrant is not exercised before the expiration date, it generally expires without any value and the fund will lose any amount it paid for the warrant.
Performance: The bar chart and the table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart shows how the fund’s performance has varied from year to year. The table shows how the fund’s average annual total returns for different periods compare to the returns of a broad measure of market performance.
The fund acquired the assets and assumed the liabilities of three Transamerica Partners funds, including Transamerica Partners Institutional Large Growth (the “predecessor fund”), on March 10, 2017, and the predecessor fund was the accounting and performance survivor of the reorganizations. This means that the predecessor fund's financial and performance history became the financial and performance history of the fund. In the reorganization of the predecessor fund, shareholders of the predecessor fund received Class R4 shares of the fund. The performance of Class R4 shares includes the performance of the predecessor fund prior to the reorganization, and has not been restated to reflect the annual operating expenses of Class R4 shares.
Absent any applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations, performance would have been lower.
As with all mutual funds, past performance (before and after taxes) is not a prediction of future results. Updated performance information is available on our website at www.transamerica.com/investments-fund-center or by calling 1-888-233-4339.
Prior to October 18, 2019, the fund had a different co-sub-adviser, a different investment objective and used different investment strategies. Certain performance set forth prior to that date is attributable to that previous co-sub-adviser.

Annual Total Returns (calendar years ended December 31) - Class R4
 
Quarter Ended
Return
Best Quarter:
6/30/2020
43.50%
Worst Quarter:
6/30/2022
-31.31%

Average Annual Total Returns (periods ended December 31, 2022)
 
1 Year
5 Years
10 Years
Since
Inception
Inception
Date
Class R4
 
 
 
 
9/11/2000
Return before taxes
-46.01%
6.49%
11.50%
 
 
Return after taxes on
distributions
-46.19%
3.07%
9.54%
 
 
Return after taxes on
distributions and sale
of fund shares
-27.11%
5.65%
9.86%
 
 
Class R (Return before
taxes only)
-46.14%
6.20%
N/A
8.79%
3/10/2017
Class I3 (Return before
taxes only)
-45.89%
6.72%
N/A
9.32%
3/10/2017
Russell 1000® Growth
Index1 (reflects no
deduction for fees,
expenses or taxes)
-29.14%
10.96%
14.10%
12.91%
 
1 “Russell®” and other service marks and trademarks related to the Russell indexes are trademarks of the London Stock Exchange Group companies.
The after-tax returns are calculated using the historic highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns may depend on the investor’s individual tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns may not be relevant if the investment is made through a tax-exempt or tax-deferred account, such as a 401(k) plan.

After-tax returns are presented for only one class, and returns for other classes are presented before taxes only and will vary.
Management:
Investment Manager: Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Adviser: Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.
Portfolio Managers:
Dennis P. Lynch
Lead Portfolio Manager
since October 2019
Sam G. Chainani, CFA
Portfolio Manager
since October 2019
Jason C. Yeung, CFA
Portfolio Manager
since October 2019
David S. Cohen
Portfolio Manager
since October 2019
Armistead B. Nash
Portfolio Manager
since October 2019
Alexander T. Norton
Portfolio Manager
since October 2019
Sub-Adviser: Wellington Management Company LLP
Portfolio Managers:
Douglas McLane, CFA
Lead Portfolio Manager
since July 20221
Mammen Chally, CFA
Portfolio Manager
since July 20222
David Siegle, CFA
Portfolio Manager
since March 2017
1 Portfolio Manager since March 2017; Lead Portfolio Manager since July 2022.
2 Portfolio Manager of the predecessor fund since July 2014. Lead Portfolio Manager of the fund from July 2014 to July 2022.
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares: Shares of the fund are available to individual and institutional investors through certain retirement plans. These plans include, but are not limited to, 401(k), 403(b) and 457 Plans, Money Purchase Plans, Profit Sharing Plans, Simplified Employee Pension Plans, Keogh Plans, defined benefit plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans and IRAs. Shares may be purchased by these investors through a plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary. If you are a participant in a plan, you should obtain the plan’s conditions for participation from your plan administrator. Shares of the fund are also available to other investors, including endowment funds and
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foundations, any state, county or city, or its instrumentality, department, authority or agency, and accounts registered to insurance companies, trust companies and bank trust departments. Such investors may purchase shares in the fund through the transfer agent directly. You may purchase shares of the fund on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for business. Requests to purchase shares for the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. Participants in retirement plans administered by Transamerica Retirement Solutions should contact Transamerica Retirement Solutions at 1-800-755-5801 for additional information. If you would like to purchase shares in a fund by a wire transfer, please call 1-888-233-4339 for wire transfer instructions. You buy and redeem shares at the fund’s next-determined net asset value (“NAV”) after receipt of your request in good order. There is no minimum investment for eligible retirement plans investing in Class R shares. The minimum initial investment for Class R4 shares is $5,000. There is no minimum for subsequent investments in Class R or R4 shares. A retirement plan may, however, impose minimum investment requirements. Plan participants or IRA holders should consult their plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary.
Redemption requests may be made by mail and, in certain circumstances, telephone. The proceeds of the redemption will be sent by mail or, if authorized on the Account Application, wire transfer. Requests to redeem shares of the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. You may redeem shares by telephone if you authorized telephone redemptions on your Account Application. The fund reserves the right to refuse a telephone redemption request if it is believed it is advisable to do so. The telephone redemption option may be suspended or terminated at any time without advance notice.
Class I3 shares are only available to certain funds of funds, registered and unregistered insurance company separate accounts and collective investment trusts. Class I3 shares do not have a minimum initial investment for those that qualify for the share class or a minimum subsequent investment amount.
Tax Information: Fund distributions may be taxable as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax-advantaged investment plan. In that case, you may be taxed when you take a distribution from such plan, depending on the type of plan, the circumstances of your distribution and other factors.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries: If you purchase the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the fund and/or its affiliates 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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Transamerica Large Value Opportunities
Investment Objective: Seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses: This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Class:
R4
R
I3
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on
purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
None
None
None
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a
percentage of purchase price or redemption
proceeds, whichever is lower)
None
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Class:
R4
R
I3
Management fees
0.45%
0.45%
0.45%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees
0.25%
0.50%
None
Other expenses
0.05%
0.05%
0.05%
Recaptured expense1
0.00%
0.01%
0.00%
All other expenses
0.05%
0.04%
0.05%
Total annual fund operating expenses
0.75%
1.00%
0.50%
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Contractual arrangements have been made with the fund’s investment manager, Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (“TAM”), through March 1, 2024 to waive fees and/or reimburse fund expenses to the extent that total annual fund operating expenses exceed 0.75% for Class R4 shares, 1.00% for Class R shares and 0.65% for Class I3 shares, excluding, as applicable, acquired fund fees and expenses, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, dividend and interest expenses on securities sold short, extraordinary expenses and other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the fund’s business. These arrangements cannot be terminated prior to March 1, 2024 without the Board of Trustees’ consent. TAM is permitted to recapture amounts waived and/or reimbursed to a class during any of the 36 months from the date on which TAM waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses for the class if the class’ total annual fund operating expenses have fallen to a level below the limits described above. In no case will TAM recapture any amount that would result, on any particular business day of the fund, in the class’ total annual operating expenses exceeding the applicable limits described above or any other lower limit then in effect.
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 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 your costs would be:
 
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
Class R4
$77
$240
$417
$930
Class R
$102
$318
$552
$1,225
Class I3
$51
$160
$280
$628
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 portfolio turnover rate for the fund was 119% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies: The fund normally invests primarily in issuers listed on U.S. exchanges with a focus on value stocks. Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in securities of large-cap value companies and other investments with similar economic characteristics. The fund considers large-cap value companies to be companies with market capitalizations that, at the time of initial purchase, exceed the market capitalization of the smallest company included in the MSCI USA Value Index. As of December 31, 2022, the market capitalization of the smallest company in the MSCI USA Value Index was approximately $1.08 billion.
The fund’s sub-adviser, PineBridge Investments LLC (the “sub-adviser”), employs a process that categorizes companies according to where the sub-adviser believes they reside in their respective company life cycles, and then lets the categorization drive how the companies are analyzed for investment attractiveness. Through a quantitative framework, the sub-adviser ranks companies within what are considered fundamentally similar groups of stocks based on six life-cycle stages (three types for growth companies and three for mature companies). After quantitatively categorizing each company in the investment universe into their six main life-cycle categorizations, the sub-adviser’s alpha model then quantitatively assesses the attractiveness of each company based on numerous factors that are relevant to each life-cycle category. The model generates a numerical ranking based on this quantitative categorization and factor-based assessment, which indicates the attractiveness of each stock. An optimization process is then used by the sub-adviser to build the fund’s portfolio using constraints relative to the fund’s primary benchmark. Final stock selection and portfolio positioning are subject to the discretion of the fund’s portfolio management team.
The equity securities in which the fund may invest include, but are not limited to, common stocks, depository receipts, preferred stocks and securities convertible into common stocks (such as warrants and rights). The fund may also invest up to 5% of its assets in index exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”). Value stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “growth” stocks.
Additionally, the fund may also invest its assets in cash, cash equivalent securities or other short-term debt securities, money market funds and U.S. government securities.
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Principal Risks: Risk is inherent in all investing. Many factors and risks affect the fund's performance, including those described below. The value of your investment in the fund, as well as the amount of return you receive on your investment, may fluctuate significantly day to day and over time. You may lose part or all of your investment in the fund or your investment may not perform as well as other similar investments. The following is a summary description of principal risks (in alphabetical order after certain key risks) of investing in the fund. An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. You may lose money if you invest in this fund.
Market – The market prices of the fund’s securities or other assets may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, due to general market conditions, overall economic trends or events, inflation, changes in interest rates, governmental actions or interventions, actions taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve or foreign central banks, market disruptions caused by tariffs, trade disputes or other factors, political developments, armed conflicts, economic sanctions, cybersecurity events, investor sentiment, public health events such as the spread of infectious disease, and other factors that may or may not be related to the issuer of the security or other asset. If the market prices of the fund’s securities and assets fall, the value of your investment in the fund could go down.
Economies and financial markets throughout the world are increasingly interconnected. Events or circumstances in one or more countries or regions could be highly disruptive to, and have profound impacts on, global economies or markets. As a result, whether or not the fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to the countries directly affected, the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments may go down.
In recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic, the large expansion of government deficits and debt as a result of government actions to mitigate the effects of the pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the rise of inflation have resulted in extreme volatility in the global economy and in global financial markets. These events could be prolonged and could continue to adversely affect the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments, impair the fund’s ability to satisfy redemption requests, and negatively impact the fund’s performance.
Value Investing – The prices of securities the sub-adviser believes are undervalued may not appreciate as anticipated or may go down. The value approach to investing involves the risk that stocks may remain undervalued, undervaluation may become more severe, or perceived undervaluation may actually represent intrinsic value. Value stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “growth” stocks.
Model and Data – If quantitative models, algorithms or calculations (whether proprietary and developed by the sub-adviser or supplied by third parties) (“Models”) or information or data supplied by third parties (“Data”) prove to be incorrect or incomplete, any decisions made, in whole or part, in reliance thereon expose the fund to additional risks. Models can be predictive in nature. The use of predictive Models has inherent risks. The success of relying on or otherwise using Models depends on a number of factors, including the validity, accuracy and completeness of the
Model’s development, implementation and maintenance, the Model’s assumptions, factors, algorithms and methodologies, and the accuracy and reliability of the supplied historical or other Data. Models rely on, among other things, correct and complete Data inputs. If incorrect Data is entered into even a well-founded Model, the resulting information will be incorrect. However, even if Data is input correctly, Model prices may differ substantially from market prices, especially for securities with complex characteristics. Investments selected with the use of Models may perform differently than expected as a result of the design of the Model, inputs into the Model or other factors. There also can be no assurance that the use of Models will result in effective investment decisions for the fund.
Equity Securities – Equity securities generally have greater risk of loss than debt securities. Stock markets are volatile and the value of equity securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. The value of equity securities fluctuates based on real or perceived changes in a company’s financial condition, factors affecting a particular industry or industries, and overall market, economic and political conditions. If the market prices of the equity securities owned by the fund fall, the value of your investment in the fund will decline. The fund may lose its entire investment in the equity securities of an issuer. A change in financial condition or other event affecting a single issuer may adversely impact securities markets as a whole.
Large Capitalization Companies – The fund’s investments in larger, more established companies may underperform other segments of the market because they may be less responsive to competitive challenges and opportunities and unable to attain high growth rates during periods of economic expansion.
Management – The value of your investment may go down if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's judgments and decisions are incorrect or otherwise do not produce the desired results, or if the investment strategy does not work as intended. You may also suffer losses if there are imperfections, errors or limitations in the quantitative, analytic or other tools, resources, information and data used, investment techniques applied, or the analyses employed or relied on, by the investment manageror sub-adviser, if such tools, resources, information or data are used incorrectly or otherwise do not work as intended, or if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's investment style is out of favor or otherwise fails to produce the desired results. Any of these things could cause the fund to lose value or its results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.
Active Trading – The fund may purchase and sell securities without regard to the length of time held. Active trading may be more pronounced during periods of market volatility, may have a negative impact on performance and may generate greater amounts of short-term capital gains.
Convertible Securities – Convertible securities are subject to risks associated with both fixed-income and equity securities. For example, if market interest rates rise, the value of a convertible security typically falls. In addition, a convertible security is subject to the risk that the issuer will not be able to pay interest or dividends when due, and the market value of the security may change based on the issuer’s actual or perceived creditworthiness. Since the convertible security derives a portion of its value from the underlying common stock, the security is also subject to the same types
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of market and issuer-specific risks that apply to the underlying common stock. Convertible securities generally offer lower interest or dividend yields than non-convertible securities of similar quality.
Depositary Receipts – Depositary receipts are generally subject to the same risks as are the foreign securities that they evidence or into which they may be converted, and they may be less liquid than the underlying shares in their primary trading market. In addition, depositary receipts expose the fund to risk associated with the non-uniform terms that apply to depositary receipt programs, credit exposure to the depositary bank and to the sponsors and other parties with whom the depositary bank establishes the programs. Holders of depositary receipts may have limited voting rights, and investment restrictions in certain countries may adversely impact the value of depositary receipts because such restrictions may limit the ability to convert equity shares into depositary receipts and vice versa.
Large Shareholder – A significant portion of the fund’s shares may be owned by other funds sponsored by Transamerica. Transactions by these funds may be disruptive to the management of the fund. For example, the fund may experience large redemptions and could be required to sell securities at a time when it may not otherwise desire to do so. Such transactions may increase the fund’s brokerage and/or other transaction costs. These transactions may also accelerate the realization of taxable income to shareholders if such sales of investments resulted in gains. In addition, sizeable redemptions could cause the fund’s total expenses to increase.
Money Market Funds – An investment in a money market fund is not a bank deposit, and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) or any other government agency. Although many money market funds seek to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in such money market funds. Certain other money market funds float their net asset value.
Preferred Stock – Preferred stock’s right to dividends and liquidation proceeds is junior to the rights of a company’s debt securities. The value of preferred stock may be subject to factors that affect fixed-income and equity securities. The value of preferred stock tends to vary more with fluctuations in the underlying common stock and less with fluctuations in interest rates and tends to exhibit greater volatility.
Underlying Exchange-Traded Funds – To the extent the fund invests its assets in underlying ETFs, its ability to achieve its investment objective will depend in part on the performance of the underlying ETFs in which it invests. Investing in underlying ETFs subjects the fund to the risks of investing in the underlying securities or assets held by those ETFs. Each of the underlying ETFs in which the fund may invest has its own investment risks, and those risks can affect the value of the underlying ETFs’ shares and therefore the value of the fund's investments. There can be no assurance that the investment objective of any underlying ETF will be achieved. To the extent that the fund invests more of its assets in one underlying ETF than in another, the fund will have greater exposure to the risks of that underlying ETF. In addition, the fund will bear a pro rata portion of the operating expenses of the underlying ETFs in which it invests.
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations – Government agency obligations have different levels of credit support and, therefore, different degrees of credit risk. Securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities of the U.S. government that are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government generally present a lesser degree of credit risk than securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities sponsored by the U.S. government that are supported only by the issuer’s right to borrow from the U.S. Treasury and securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities sponsored by the U.S. government that are supported only by the credit of the issuing agencies. A security backed by the “full faith and credit” of the U.S. government is guaranteed only as to its stated interest rate and face value at maturity, not its current market price.
Warrants and Rights – Warrants and rights may be considered more speculative than certain other types of investments because they do not entitle a holder to the dividends or voting rights for the securities that may be purchased, and they do not represent any rights in the assets of the issuing company. If the warrant is not exercised before the expiration date, it generally expires without any value and the fund will lose any amount it paid for the warrant.
Performance: The bar chart and the table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart shows how the fund’s performance has varied from year to year. The table shows how the fund’s average annual total returns for different periods compare to the returns of a broad measure of market performance.
The fund acquired the assets and assumed the liabilities of three Transamerica Partners funds, including Transamerica Partners Institutional Large Value (the “predecessor fund”), on May 5, 2017, and the predecessor fund was the accounting and performance survivor of the reorganizations. This means that the predecessor fund's financial and performance history became the financial and performance history of the fund. In the reorganization of the predecessor fund, former shareholders of the predecessor fund received Class R4 shares of the fund. The performance of Class R4 shares includes the performance of the predecessor fund prior to the reorganizations, and has not been restated to reflect the annual operating expenses of Class R4 shares.
As with all mutual funds, past performance (before and after taxes) is not a prediction of future results. Updated performance information is available on our website at www.transamerica.com/investments-fund-center or by calling 1-888-233-4339.
Prior to September 1, 2018, the fund had a different sub-adviser, a different investment objective and used different investment strategies. The performance set forth prior to that date is attributable to the previous sub-adviser.
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Annual Total Returns (calendar years ended December 31) - Class R4
 
Quarter Ended
Return
Best Quarter:
6/30/2020
14.82%
Worst Quarter:
3/31/2020
-26.81%

Average Annual Total Returns (periods ended December 31, 2022)
 
1 Year
5 Years
10 Years
Since
Inception
Inception
Date
Class R4
 
 
 
 
9/11/2000
Return before taxes
-3.94%
6.53%
9.97%
 
 
Return after taxes on
distributions
-5.77%
3.74%
8.17%
 
 
Return after taxes on
distributions and sale of
fund shares
-1.05%
4.43%
7.65%
 
 
Class R (Return before
taxes only)
-4.09%
6.24%
N/A
7.77%
5/5/2017
Class I3 (Return before
taxes only)
-3.70%
6.77%
N/A
8.31%
5/5/2017
MSCI USA Value Index
Gross (reflects no
deduction for fees,
expenses or taxes)
-6.24%
7.03%
10.68%
8.27%
 
The after-tax returns are calculated using the historic highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns may depend on the investor’s individual tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns may not be relevant if the investment is made through a tax-exempt or tax-deferred account, such as a 401(k) plan.

After-tax returns are presented for only one class, and returns for other classes are presented before taxes only and will vary.
Management:
Investment Manager: Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Adviser: PineBridge Investments LLC
Portfolio Manager:
Sheedsa Ali, CFA
Portfolio Manager
since September 2018
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares: Shares of the fund are available to individual and institutional investors through certain retirement plans. These plans include, but are not limited to, 401(k), 403(b) and 457 Plans, Money Purchase Plans, Profit Sharing Plans, Simplified Employee Pension Plans, Keogh Plans, defined benefit plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans and IRAs. Shares may be purchased by these investors through a plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary. If you are a participant in a plan, you should obtain the plan’s conditions for participation from your plan administrator. Shares of the fund are also available to other investors, including endowment funds and
foundations, any state, county or city, or its instrumentality, department, authority or agency, and accounts registered to insurance companies, trust companies and bank trust departments. Such investors may purchase shares in the fund through the transfer agent directly. You may purchase shares of the fund on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for business. Requests to purchase shares for the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. Participants in retirement plans administered by Transamerica Retirement Solutions should contact Transamerica Retirement Solutions at 1-800-755-5801 for additional information. If you would like to purchase shares in a fund by a wire transfer, please call 1-888-233-4339 for wire transfer instructions. You buy and redeem shares at the fund’s next-determined net asset value (“NAV”) after receipt of your request in good order. There is no minimum investment for eligible retirement plans investing in Class R shares. The minimum initial investment for Class R4 shares is $5,000. There is no minimum for subsequent investments in Class R or R4 shares. A retirement plan may, however, impose minimum investment requirements. Plan participants or IRA holders should consult their plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary.
Redemption requests may be made by mail and, in certain circumstances, telephone. The proceeds of the redemption will be sent by mail or, if authorized on the Account Application, wire transfer. Requests to redeem shares of the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. You may redeem shares by telephone if you authorized telephone redemptions on your Account Application. The fund reserves the right to refuse a telephone redemption request if it is believed it is advisable to do so. The telephone redemption option may be suspended or terminated at any time without advance notice.
Class I3 shares are only available to certain funds of funds, registered and unregistered insurance company separate accounts and collective investment trusts. Class I3 shares do not have a minimum initial investment for those that qualify for the share class or a minimum subsequent investment amount.
Tax Information: Fund distributions may be taxable as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax-advantaged investment plan. In that case, you may be taxed when you take a distribution from such plan, depending on the type of plan, the circumstances of your distribution and other factors.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries: If you purchase the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the fund and/or its affiliates 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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Transamerica Mid Cap Growth
Investment Objective: Seeks long term capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses: This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Class:
R4
R
I3
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on
purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
None
None
None
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a
percentage of purchase price or redemption
proceeds, whichever is lower)
None
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Class:
R4
R
I3
Management fees
0.70%
0.70%
0.70%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees
0.25%
0.50%
None
Other expenses
0.08%
0.07%
0.08%
Total annual fund operating expenses
1.03%
1.27%
0.78%
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement1
0.08%
0.00%
0.00%
Total annual fund operating expenses after fee
waiver and/or expense reimbursement
0.95%
1.27%
0.78%
1
Contractual arrangements have been made with the fund’s investment manager, Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (“TAM”), through March 1, 2024 to waive fees and/or reimburse fund expenses to the extent that total annual fund operating expenses exceed 0.95% for Class R4 shares, 1.35% for Class R shares and 0.82% for Class I3 shares, excluding, as applicable, acquired fund fees and expenses, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, dividend and interest expenses on securities sold short, extraordinary expenses and other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the fund’s business. These arrangements cannot be terminated prior to March 1, 2024 without the Board of Trustees’ consent. TAM is permitted to recapture amounts waived and/or reimbursed to a class during any of the 36 months from the date on which TAM waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses for the class if the class’ total annual fund operating expenses have fallen to a level below the limits described above. In no case will TAM recapture any amount that would result, on any particular business day of the fund, in the class’ total annual operating expenses exceeding the applicable limits described above or any other lower limit then in effect.
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 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. The Example reflects applicable waivers and/or reimbursements for the duration of such arrangement(s). 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 R4
$97
$320
$561
$1,252
Class R
$129
$403
$697
$1,534
Class I3
$80
$249
$433
$966
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 portfolio turnover rate for the fund was 77% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies: The fund normally invests primarily in stocks of medium sized companies which the fund’s sub-adviser, Wellington Management Company LLP (the “sub-adviser”), believes will earn high returns on invested capital, benefit from long term secular growth trends, and meet the sub-adviser’s long term valuation criteria. Under normal circumstances, the sub-adviser invests at least 80% of the fund’s net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in securities of medium sized (or mid-cap) companies and other investments with similar economic characteristics. The sub-adviser considers mid-cap companies to be companies with market capitalizations that, at the time of initial purchase, are within the range of capitalization of the companies that are included in the Russell Midcap® Growth Index1. As of December 31, 2022, the market capitalizations of companies in the Russell Midcap® Growth Index ranged from approximately $735.67 million to $52.82 billion. Over time, the capitalizations of the companies in the Russell Midcap® Growth Index will change. As they do, the size of the companies in which the fund invests may change.
The fund’s equity securities may include common stocks and preferred stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange and on other national securities exchanges and, generally to a lesser extent, stocks that are traded over-the-counter. The fund normally emphasizes common stocks. The fund may also invest in foreign securities. Growth stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “value” stocks.
The fund may also invest its assets in cash, cash equivalent securities or short-term debt securities, repurchase agreements and money market instruments. Generally, 5% or less of the fund’s assets will be invested in cash and cash equivalents.
1 “Russell®” and other service marks and trademarks related to the Russell indexes are trademarks of the London Stock Exchange Group companies.
Principal Risks: Risk is inherent in all investing. Many factors and risks affect the fund's performance, including those described below. The value of your investment in the fund, as well as the amount of return you receive on your investment, may fluctuate significantly day to day and over time. You may lose part or all of your investment in the fund or your investment may not perform as well as other similar investments. The following is a summary
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description of principal risks (in alphabetical order after certain key risks) of investing in the fund. An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. You may lose money if you invest in this fund.
Market – The market prices of the fund’s securities or other assets may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, due to general market conditions, overall economic trends or events, inflation, changes in interest rates, governmental actions or interventions, actions taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve or foreign central banks, market disruptions caused by tariffs, trade disputes or other factors, political developments, armed conflicts, economic sanctions, cybersecurity events, investor sentiment, public health events such as the spread of infectious disease, and other factors that may or may not be related to the issuer of the security or other asset. If the market prices of the fund’s securities and assets fall, the value of your investment in the fund could go down.
Economies and financial markets throughout the world are increasingly interconnected. Events or circumstances in one or more countries or regions could be highly disruptive to, and have profound impacts on, global economies or markets. As a result, whether or not the fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to the countries directly affected, the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments may go down.
In recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic, the large expansion of government deficits and debt as a result of government actions to mitigate the effects of the pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the rise of inflation have resulted in extreme volatility in the global economy and in global financial markets. These events could be prolonged and could continue to adversely affect the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments, impair the fund’s ability to satisfy redemption requests, and negatively impact the fund’s performance.
Growth Stocks – Returns on growth stocks may not move in tandem with returns on other categories of stocks or the market as a whole. Growth stocks typically are particularly sensitive to market movements and may involve larger price swings because their market prices tend to reflect future expectations. When it appears those expectations may not be met, the prices of growth stocks typically fall. Growth stocks may also be more volatile because they often do not pay dividends. The values of growth stocks tend to go down when interest rates rise because the rise in interest rates reduces the current value of future cash flows. Growth stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “value” stocks.
Medium Capitalization Companies – The fund will be exposed to additional risks as a result of its investments in the securities of medium capitalization companies. Investing in medium capitalization companies involves greater risk than is customarily associated with more established companies. The prices of securities of medium capitalization companies generally are more volatile and are more likely to be adversely affected by changes in earnings results and investor expectations or poor economic or market conditions. Securities of medium capitalization companies
may underperform larger capitalization companies, may be harder to sell at times and at prices the portfolio managers believe appropriate and may offer greater potential for losses.
Focused Investing – To the extent the fund invests in a limited number of countries, regions, sectors, industries or market segments, in a limited number of issuers, or in issuers in related businesses or that are subject to related operating risks, the fund will be more susceptible to negative events affecting those countries, regions, sectors, industries, segments or issuers, and the value of its shares may be more volatile than if it invested more widely.
Small Capitalization Companies – The fund will be exposed to additional risks as a result of its investments in the securities of small capitalization companies. Small capitalization companies may be more at risk than larger capitalization companies because, among other things, they may have limited product lines, operating history, market or financial resources, or because they may depend on limited management groups. Securities of small capitalization companies are generally more volatile than and may underperform larger capitalization companies, may be harder to sell at times and at prices the portfolio managers believe appropriate and may offer greater potential for losses.
Equity Securities – Equity securities generally have greater risk of loss than debt securities. Stock markets are volatile and the value of equity securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. The value of equity securities fluctuates based on real or perceived changes in a company’s financial condition, factors affecting a particular industry or industries, and overall market, economic and political conditions. If the market prices of the equity securities owned by the fund fall, the value of your investment in the fund will decline. The fund may lose its entire investment in the equity securities of an issuer. A change in financial condition or other event affecting a single issuer may adversely impact securities markets as a whole.
Management – The value of your investment may go down if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's judgments and decisions are incorrect or otherwise do not produce the desired results, or if the investment strategy does not work as intended. You may also suffer losses if there are imperfections, errors or limitations in the quantitative, analytic or other tools, resources, information and data used, investment techniques applied, or the analyses employed or relied on, by the investment manageror sub-adviser, if such tools, resources, information or data are used incorrectly or otherwise do not work as intended, or if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's investment style is out of favor or otherwise fails to produce the desired results. Any of these things could cause the fund to lose value or its results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.
Active Trading – The fund may purchase and sell securities without regard to the length of time held. Active trading may be more pronounced during periods of market volatility, may have a negative impact on performance and may generate greater amounts of short-term capital gains.
Counterparty – The fund could lose money if the counterparties to derivatives, repurchase agreements and/or other financial contracts entered into for the fund do not fulfill their contractual obligations. In addition, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against a counterparty.
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Credit – If an issuer or other obligor (such as a party providing insurance or other credit enhancement) of a security held by the fund or a counterparty to a financial contract with the fund is unable or unwilling to meet its financial obligations, or is downgraded or perceived to be less creditworthy (whether by market participants or otherwise), or if the value of any underlying assets declines, the value of your investment will typically decline. A decline may be rapid and/or significant, particularly in certain market environments. In addition, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against an issuer, obligor or counterparty.
Currency – The value of a fund’s investments in securities denominated in foreign currencies increases or decreases as the rates of exchange between those currencies and the U.S. dollar change. U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers may also be affected by currency risk. Currency exchange rates can be volatile and may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency conversion costs and currency fluctuations could reduce or eliminate investment gains or add to investment losses. A fund may be unable or may choose not to hedge its foreign currency exposure or any hedge may not be effective.
Foreign Investments – Investing in securities of foreign issuers or issuers with significant exposure to foreign markets involves additional risks. Foreign markets can be less liquid, less regulated, less transparent and more volatile than U.S. markets. The value of the fund’s foreign investments may decline, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, because of factors affecting the particular issuer as well as foreign markets and issuers generally, such as unfavorable government actions, including nationalization, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, reduction of government or central bank support, tariffs and trade disruptions, sanctions, political or financial instability, social unrest or other adverse economic or political developments. Foreign investments may also be subject to different accounting practices and different regulatory, legal, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping standards and practices, and may be more difficult to value than investments in U.S. issuers. Certain foreign clearance and settlement procedures may result in an inability to execute transactions or delays in settlement.
Large Shareholder – A significant portion of the fund’s shares may be owned by other funds sponsored by Transamerica. Transactions by these funds may be disruptive to the management of the fund. For example, the fund may experience large redemptions and could be required to sell securities at a time when it may not otherwise desire to do so. Such transactions may increase the fund’s brokerage and/or other transaction costs. These transactions may also accelerate the realization of taxable income to shareholders if such sales of investments resulted in gains. In addition, sizeable redemptions could cause the fund’s total expenses to increase.
Leveraging – To the extent that the fund borrows or uses derivatives or other investments, such as ETFs, that have embedded leverage, your investment may be subject to heightened volatility, risk of loss and costs. Other risks also will be compounded because leverage generally magnifies the effect of a change in the value of an asset and creates a risk of loss of value on a larger pool of assets than the fund would otherwise have. Use of leverage may
result in the loss of a substantial amount, and possibly all, of the fund’s assets. The fund also may have to sell assets at inopportune times to satisfy its obligations.
Preferred Stock – Preferred stock’s right to dividends and liquidation proceeds is junior to the rights of a company’s debt securities. The value of preferred stock may be subject to factors that affect fixed-income and equity securities. The value of preferred stock tends to vary more with fluctuations in the underlying common stock and less with fluctuations in interest rates and tends to exhibit greater volatility.
Repurchase Agreements – In a repurchase agreement, the fund purchases securities from a broker-dealer or a bank, called the counterparty, upon the agreement of the counterparty to repurchase the securities from the fund at a later date, and at a specified price. The securities purchased serve as the fund's collateral for the obligation of the counterparty to repurchase the securities. If the counterparty does not repurchase the securities, the fund is entitled to sell the securities, but the fund may not be able to sell them for the price at which they were purchased, thus causing a loss. If the counterparty becomes insolvent, there is some risk that the fund will not have a right to the securities, or the immediate right to sell the securities.
Valuation – The sales price the fund could receive for any particular portfolio investment may differ from the fund's valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets, that are priced based upon valuations provided by third party pricing services that use matrix or evaluated pricing systems, or that are valued using a fair value methodology. These differences may increase significantly and affect fund investments more broadly during periods of market volatility. Investors who purchase or redeem fund shares on days when the fund is holding fair-valued securities may receive fewer or more shares or lower or higher redemption proceeds than they would have received if the fund had not fair-valued securities or had used a different valuation methodology. The fund’s ability to value its investments may also be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third party service providers. Fair value pricing involves subjective judgment, which may prove to be incorrect.
Performance: The bar chart and the table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart shows how the fund’s performance has varied from year to year. The table shows how the fund’s average annual total returns for different periods compare to the returns of a broad measure of market performance.
The fund acquired the assets and assumed the liabilities of three Transamerica Partners funds, including Transamerica Partners Institutional Mid Growth (the “predecessor fund”), on March 10, 2017, and the predecessor fund was the accounting and performance survivor of the reorganizations. This means that the predecessor fund's financial and performance history became the financial and performance history of the fund. In the reorganization of the predecessor fund, former shareholders of the predecessor fund received Class R4 shares of the fund. The performance of Class R4 shares includes the performance of the predecessor fund prior to the reorganizations, and has not been restated to reflect the annual operating expenses of Class R4 shares.
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Absent any applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations, performance would have been lower.
As with all mutual funds, past performance (before and after taxes) is not a prediction of future results. Updated performance information is available on our website at www.transamerica.com/investments-fund-center or by calling 1-888-233-4339.
Prior to June 28, 2013, the predecessor fund had a different sub-adviser, a different investment objective and used different investment strategies. The performance set forth prior to that date is attributable to that sub-adviser.
Prior to December 1, 2018, the fund had a different sub-adviser and used different investment strategies. The performance set forth for the period between June 28, 2013 and November 30, 2018 is attributable to that sub-adviser.

Annual Total Returns (calendar years ended December 31) - Class R4
 
Quarter Ended
Return
Best Quarter:
6/30/2020
32.60%
Worst Quarter:
6/30/2022
-24.00%

Average Annual Total Returns (periods ended December 31, 2022)
 
1 Year
5 Years
10 Years
Since
Inception
Inception
Date
Class R4
 
 
 
 
11/7/2001
Return before taxes
-32.11%
1.70%
7.40%
 
 
Return after taxes on
distributions
-32.11%
-2.40%
2.97%
 
 
Return after taxes on
distributions and sale
of fund shares
-19.01%
0.95%
4.81%
 
 
Class R (Return before
taxes only)
-32.28%
1.38%
N/A
3.37%
3/10/2017
Class I3 (Return before
taxes only)
-31.94%
1.88%
N/A
3.89%
3/10/2017
Russell Midcap® Growth
Index1 (reflects no
deduction for fees,
expenses or taxes)
-26.72%
7.64%
11.41%
9.70%
 
1
“Russell®” and other service marks and trademarks related to the Russell indexes are trademarks of the London Stock Exchange Group companies.
The after-tax returns are calculated using the historic highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns may depend on the investor’s individual tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns may not be relevant if the investment is made through a tax-exempt or tax-deferred account, such as a 401(k) plan.

After-tax returns are presented for only one class, and returns for other classes are presented before taxes only and will vary.
Management:
Investment Manager: Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Adviser: Wellington Management Company LLP
Portfolio Manager:
Timothy N. Manning
Portfolio Manager
since December 2018
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares: Shares of the fund are available to individual and institutional investors through certain retirement plans. These plans include, but are not limited to, 401(k), 403(b) and 457 Plans, Money Purchase Plans, Profit Sharing Plans, Simplified Employee Pension Plans, Keogh Plans, defined benefit plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans and IRAs. Shares may be purchased by these investors through a plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary. If you are a participant in a plan, you should obtain the plan’s conditions for participation from your plan administrator. Shares of the fund are also available to other investors, including endowment funds and foundations, any state, county or city, or its instrumentality, department, authority or agency, and accounts registered to insurance companies, trust companies and bank trust departments. Such investors may purchase shares in the fund through the transfer agent directly. You may purchase shares of the fund on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for business. Requests to purchase shares for the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. Participants in retirement plans administered by Transamerica Retirement Solutions should contact Transamerica Retirement Solutions at 1-800-755-5801 for additional information. If you would like to purchase shares in a fund by a wire transfer, please call 1-888-233-4339 for wire transfer instructions. You buy and redeem shares at the fund’s next-determined net asset value (“NAV”) after receipt of your request in good order. There is no minimum investment for eligible retirement plans investing in Class R shares. The minimum initial investment for Class R4 shares is $5,000. There is no minimum for subsequent investments in Class R or R4 shares. A retirement plan may, however, impose minimum investment requirements. Plan participants or IRA holders should consult their plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary.
Redemption requests may be made by mail and, in certain circumstances, telephone. The proceeds of the redemption will be sent by mail or, if authorized on the Account Application, wire transfer. Requests to redeem shares of the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. You may redeem shares by telephone if you authorized telephone redemptions on your Account Application. The fund reserves the right to refuse a telephone redemption request if it is believed it is advisable to do so. The telephone redemption option may be suspended or terminated at any time without advance notice.
Class I3 shares are only available to certain funds of funds, registered and unregistered insurance company separate accounts and collective investment trusts. Class I3 shares do not have a minimum initial investment for those that qualify for the share class or a minimum subsequent investment amount.
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Tax Information: Fund distributions may be taxable as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax-advantaged investment plan. In that case, you may be taxed when you take a distribution from such plan, depending on the type of plan, the circumstances of your distribution and other factors.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries: If you purchase the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the fund and/or its affiliates 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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Transamerica Mid Cap Value Opportunities
Investment Objective: Seeks to provide investors with long term capital growth.
Fees and Expenses: This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Class:
R4
R
I3
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on
purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
None
None
None
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a
percentage of purchase price or redemption
proceeds, whichever is lower)
None
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Class:
R4
R
I3
Management fees
0.70%
0.70%
0.70%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees
0.25%
0.50%
None
Other expenses
0.05%
0.05%
0.05%
Recaptured expense
0.00%
0.01%
0.00%
All other expenses
0.05%
0.04%
0.05%
Total annual fund operating expenses
1.00%
1.25%
0.75%
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement1
0.10%
0.00%
0.00%
Total annual fund operating expenses after fee
waiver and/or expense reimbursement
0.90%
1.25%
0.75%
1
Contractual arrangements have been made with the fund’s investment manager, Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (“TAM”), through March 1, 2024 to waive fees and/or reimburse fund expenses to the extent that total annual fund operating expenses exceed 0.90% for Class R4 shares, 1.25% for Class R shares and 0.80% for Class I3 shares, excluding, as applicable, acquired fund fees and expenses, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, dividend and interest expenses on securities sold short, extraordinary expenses and other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the fund’s business. These arrangements cannot be terminated prior to March 1, 2024 without the Board of Trustees’ consent. TAM is permitted to recapture amounts waived and/or reimbursed to a class during any of the 36 months from the date on which TAM waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses for the class if the class’ total annual fund operating expenses have fallen to a level below the limits described above. In no case will TAM recapture any amount that would result, on any particular business day of the fund, in the class’ total annual operating expenses exceeding the applicable limits described above or any other lower limit then in effect.
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 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. The Example reflects applicable waivers and/or reimbursements for the duration of such arrangement(s). 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 R4
$92
$308
$543
$1,216
Class R
$127
$397
$686
$1,511
Class I3
$77
$240
$417
$930
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 portfolio turnover rate for the fund was 54% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies: Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in equity securities of mid cap companies. The fund's sub-adviser, Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC (the “sub-adviser”), considers mid cap companies to be those companies, at the time of purchase, with market capitalizations within the range of companies included in the Russell Midcap® Value Index1 (between approximately $6 billion and $47 billion as of June 30, 2022, the date of the last reconstitution). The size of the companies in the Russell Midcap® Value Index will change with market conditions. The fund invests primarily in common stocks. The fund may invest in other equity and non-equity securities, including preferred stocks, convertible securities and foreign securities which may take the form of depositary receipts.
The sub-adviser seeks to invest in companies it believes present a value or potential worth that is not recognized by prevailing market prices or that have experienced some fundamental changes and are intrinsically undervalued by the investment community. The sub-adviser's mid cap value process uses a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods and is based on a four-factor valuation screen. Parts one and two of the screen attempt to assess a company's discount to private market value relative to other mid cap stocks. The third factor considers the relative earnings prospects of the company. The fourth factor involves looking at the company's recent price action. Value stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “growth” stocks.
The sub-adviser's analysts also explore numerous factors that might affect the outlook for a company. They evaluate publicly available information including, but not limited to, sell-side research, company filings, and trade periodicals. The analysts may speak with company management to hear their perspectives and outlook on pertinent business issues. They apply a consistent and disciplined review in a team environment that encourages critical thinking and analysis for each company considered for investment.
The sub-adviser generally considers selling a security when the catalyst for the investment is no longer valid, when the sub-adviser believes that another stock will have a higher expected return, or
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for portfolio risk management. The fund generally engages in active and frequent trading of portfolio securities as part of its principal investment strategy.
1 “Russell®” and other service marks and trademarks related to the Russell indexes are trademarks of the London Stock Exchange Group companies.
Principal Risks: Risk is inherent in all investing. Many factors and risks affect the fund's performance, including those described below. The value of your investment in the fund, as well as the amount of return you receive on your investment, may fluctuate significantly day to day and over time. You may lose part or all of your investment in the fund or your investment may not perform as well as other similar investments. The following is a summary description of principal risks (in alphabetical order after certain key risks) of investing in the fund. An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. You may lose money if you invest in this fund.
Market – The market prices of the fund’s securities or other assets may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, due to general market conditions, overall economic trends or events, inflation, changes in interest rates, governmental actions or interventions, actions taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve or foreign central banks, market disruptions caused by tariffs, trade disputes or other factors, political developments, armed conflicts, economic sanctions, cybersecurity events, investor sentiment, public health events such as the spread of infectious disease, and other factors that may or may not be related to the issuer of the security or other asset. If the market prices of the fund’s securities and assets fall, the value of your investment in the fund could go down.
Economies and financial markets throughout the world are increasingly interconnected. Events or circumstances in one or more countries or regions could be highly disruptive to, and have profound impacts on, global economies or markets. As a result, whether or not the fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to the countries directly affected, the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments may go down.
In recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic, the large expansion of government deficits and debt as a result of government actions to mitigate the effects of the pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the rise of inflation have resulted in extreme volatility in the global economy and in global financial markets. These events could be prolonged and could continue to adversely affect the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments, impair the fund’s ability to satisfy redemption requests, and negatively impact the fund’s performance.
Value Investing – The prices of securities the sub-adviser believes are undervalued may not appreciate as anticipated or may go down. The value approach to investing involves the risk that stocks may remain undervalued, undervaluation may become more severe, or perceived undervaluation may actually represent intrinsic value. Value stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “growth” stocks.
Medium Capitalization Companies – The fund will be exposed to additional risks as a result of its investments in the securities of medium capitalization companies. Investing in medium capitalization companies involves greater risk than is customarily
associated with more established companies. The prices of securities of medium capitalization companies generally are more volatile and are more likely to be adversely affected by changes in earnings results and investor expectations or poor economic or market conditions. Securities of medium capitalization companies may underperform larger capitalization companies, may be harder to sell at times and at prices the portfolio managers believe appropriate and may offer greater potential for losses.
Equity Securities – Equity securities generally have greater risk of loss than debt securities. Stock markets are volatile and the value of equity securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. The value of equity securities fluctuates based on real or perceived changes in a company’s financial condition, factors affecting a particular industry or industries, and overall market, economic and political conditions. If the market prices of the equity securities owned by the fund fall, the value of your investment in the fund will decline. The fund may lose its entire investment in the equity securities of an issuer. A change in financial condition or other event affecting a single issuer may adversely impact securities markets as a whole.
Focused Investing – To the extent the fund invests in a limited number of countries, regions, sectors, industries or market segments, in a limited number of issuers, or in issuers in related businesses or that are subject to related operating risks, the fund will be more susceptible to negative events affecting those countries, regions, sectors, industries, segments or issuers, and the value of its shares may be more volatile than if it invested more widely.
Management – The value of your investment may go down if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's judgments and decisions are incorrect or otherwise do not produce the desired results, or if the investment strategy does not work as intended. You may also suffer losses if there are imperfections, errors or limitations in the quantitative, analytic or other tools, resources, information and data used, investment techniques applied, or the analyses employed or relied on, by the investment manageror sub-adviser, if such tools, resources, information or data are used incorrectly or otherwise do not work as intended, or if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's investment style is out of favor or otherwise fails to produce the desired results. Any of these things could cause the fund to lose value or its results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.
Active Trading – The fund may purchase and sell securities without regard to the length of time held. Active trading may be more pronounced during periods of market volatility, may have a negative impact on performance and may generate greater amounts of short-term capital gains.
Convertible Securities – Convertible securities are subject to risks associated with both fixed-income and equity securities. For example, if market interest rates rise, the value of a convertible security typically falls. In addition, a convertible security is subject to the risk that the issuer will not be able to pay interest or dividends when due, and the market value of the security may change based on the issuer’s actual or perceived creditworthiness. Since the convertible security derives a portion of its value from the underlying common stock, the security is also subject to the same types of market and issuer-specific risks that apply to the underlying common stock. Convertible securities generally offer lower interest or dividend yields than non-convertible securities of similar quality.
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Currency – The value of a fund’s investments in securities denominated in foreign currencies increases or decreases as the rates of exchange between those currencies and the U.S. dollar change. U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers may also be affected by currency risk. Currency exchange rates can be volatile and may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency conversion costs and currency fluctuations could reduce or eliminate investment gains or add to investment losses. A fund may be unable or may choose not to hedge its foreign currency exposure or any hedge may not be effective.
Depositary Receipts – Depositary receipts are generally subject to the same risks as are the foreign securities that they evidence or into which they may be converted, and they may be less liquid than the underlying shares in their primary trading market. In addition, depositary receipts expose the fund to risk associated with the non-uniform terms that apply to depositary receipt programs, credit exposure to the depositary bank and to the sponsors and other parties with whom the depositary bank establishes the programs. Holders of depositary receipts may have limited voting rights, and investment restrictions in certain countries may adversely impact the value of depositary receipts because such restrictions may limit the ability to convert equity shares into depositary receipts and vice versa.
Foreign Investments – Investing in securities of foreign issuers or issuers with significant exposure to foreign markets involves additional risks. Foreign markets can be less liquid, less regulated, less transparent and more volatile than U.S. markets. The value of the fund’s foreign investments may decline, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, because of factors affecting the particular issuer as well as foreign markets and issuers generally, such as unfavorable government actions, including nationalization, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, reduction of government or central bank support, tariffs and trade disruptions, sanctions, political or financial instability, social unrest or other adverse economic or political developments. Foreign investments may also be subject to different accounting practices and different regulatory, legal, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping standards and practices, and may be more difficult to value than investments in U.S. issuers. Certain foreign clearance and settlement procedures may result in an inability to execute transactions or delays in settlement.
Large Shareholder – A significant portion of the fund’s shares may be owned by other funds sponsored by Transamerica. Transactions by these funds may be disruptive to the management of the fund. For example, the fund may experience large redemptions and could be required to sell securities at a time when it may not otherwise desire to do so. Such transactions may increase the fund’s brokerage and/or other transaction costs. These transactions may also accelerate the realization of taxable income to shareholders if such sales of investments resulted in gains. In addition, sizeable redemptions could cause the fund’s total expenses to increase.
Preferred Stock – Preferred stock’s right to dividends and liquidation proceeds is junior to the rights of a company’s debt securities. The value of preferred stock may be subject to factors that affect fixed-income and equity securities. The value of preferred stock tends to vary more with fluctuations in the underlying common stock and less with fluctuations in interest rates and tends to exhibit greater volatility.
REITs – Investing in real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) involves unique risks. When the fund invests in REITs, it is subject to risks generally associated with investing in real estate. A REIT’s performance depends on the types and locations of the properties it owns, how well it manages those properties and cash flow. REITs may have limited financial resources, may trade less frequently and in limited volume, may engage in dilutive offerings, and may be subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements than the overall securities markets. In addition to its own expenses, the fund will indirectly bear its proportionate share of any management and other expenses paid by REITs in which it invests. U.S. REITs are subject to a number of highly technical tax-related rules and requirements; and a U.S. REIT’s failure to qualify for the favorable U.S. federal income tax treatment generally available to U.S. REITs could result in corporate-level taxation, significantly reducing the return on an investment to the fund.
Valuation – The sales price the fund could receive for any particular portfolio investment may differ from the fund's valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets, that are priced based upon valuations provided by third party pricing services that use matrix or evaluated pricing systems, or that are valued using a fair value methodology. These differences may increase significantly and affect fund investments more broadly during periods of market volatility. Investors who purchase or redeem fund shares on days when the fund is holding fair-valued securities may receive fewer or more shares or lower or higher redemption proceeds than they would have received if the fund had not fair-valued securities or had used a different valuation methodology. The fund’s ability to value its investments may also be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third party service providers. Fair value pricing involves subjective judgment, which may prove to be incorrect.
Performance: The bar chart and the table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart shows how the fund’s performance has varied from year to year. The table shows how the fund’s average annual total returns for different periods compare to the returns of a broad measure of market performance.
Absent any applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations, performance would have been lower.
As with all mutual funds, past performance (before and after taxes) is not a prediction of future results. Updated performance information is available on our website at www.transamerica.com/investments-fund-center or by calling 1-888-233-4339.
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Annual Total Returns (calendar years ended December 31) - Class R4
 
Quarter Ended
Return
Best Quarter:
12/31/2020
23.15%
Worst Quarter:
3/31/2020
-32.46%

Average Annual Total Returns (periods ended December 31, 2022)
 
1 Year
5 Years
Since
Inception
Inception
Date
Class R4
 
 
 
3/24/2017
Return before taxes
-6.71%
6.89%
6.94%
 
Return after taxes on
distributions
-8.12%
4.52%
4.58%
 
Return after taxes on
distributions and sale of fund
shares
-2.97%
5.02%
5.07%
 
Class R (Return before taxes only)
-7.11%
6.52%
6.58%
3/24/2017
Class I3 (Return before taxes only)
-6.56%
7.06%
7.13%
3/24/2017
Russell Midcap® Value Index1
(reflects no deduction for fees,
expenses or taxes)
-12.03%
5.72%
6.82%
 
1
“Russell®” and other service marks and trademarks related to the Russell indexes are trademarks of the London Stock Exchange Group companies.
The after-tax returns are calculated using the historic highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns may depend on the investor’s individual tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns may not be relevant if the investment is made through a tax-exempt or tax-deferred account, such as a 401(k) plan.

After-tax returns are presented for only one class, and returns for other classes are presented before taxes only and will vary.
Management:
Investment Manager: Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Adviser: Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC
Portfolio Managers:
R. Michael Creager, CFA
Portfolio Manager
since March 2019
Brett P. Hawkins, CFA1
Portfolio Manager
since May 2014
1 Portfolio Manager of the predecessor fund.
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares: Shares of the fund are available to individual and institutional investors through certain retirement plans. These plans include, but are not limited to, 401(k), 403(b) and 457 Plans, Money Purchase Plans, Profit Sharing Plans, Simplified Employee Pension Plans, Keogh Plans, defined benefit plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans and IRAs. Shares may be purchased by these investors through a plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary. If you are a participant in a plan, you should obtain the plan’s conditions for participation from your plan administrator. Shares of the fund are
also available to other investors, including endowment funds and foundations, any state, county or city, or its instrumentality, department, authority or agency, and accounts registered to insurance companies, trust companies and bank trust departments. Such investors may purchase shares in the fund through the transfer agent directly. You may purchase shares of the fund on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for business. Requests to purchase shares for the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. Participants in retirement plans administered by Transamerica Retirement Solutions should contact Transamerica Retirement Solutions at 1-800-755-5801 for additional information. If you would like to purchase shares in a fund by a wire transfer, please call 1-888-233-4339 for wire transfer instructions. You buy and redeem shares at the fund’s next-determined net asset value (“NAV”) after receipt of your request in good order. There is no minimum investment for eligible retirement plans investing in Class R shares. The minimum initial investment for Class R4 shares is $5,000. There is no minimum for subsequent investments in Class R or R4 shares. A retirement plan may, however, impose minimum investment requirements. Plan participants or IRA holders should consult their plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary.
Redemption requests may be made by mail and, in certain circumstances, telephone. The proceeds of the redemption will be sent by mail or, if authorized on the Account Application, wire transfer. Requests to redeem shares of the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. You may redeem shares by telephone if you authorized telephone redemptions on your Account Application. The fund reserves the right to refuse a telephone redemption request if it is believed it is advisable to do so. The telephone redemption option may be suspended or terminated at any time without advance notice.
Class I3 shares are only available to certain funds of funds, registered and unregistered insurance company separate accounts and collective investment trusts. Class I3 shares do not have a minimum initial investment for those that qualify for the share class or a minimum subsequent investment amount.
Tax Information: Fund distributions may be taxable as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax-advantaged investment plan. In that case, you may be taxed when you take a distribution from such plan, depending on the type of plan, the circumstances of your distribution and other factors.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries: If you purchase the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the fund and/or its affiliates 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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Transamerica Multi-Managed Balanced
Investment Objective: Seeks to provide a high total investment return through investments in a broadly diversified portfolio of stocks, bonds and money market instruments.
Fees and Expenses: This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Class:
R
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
None
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of
purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is lower)
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Management fees
0.59%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees
0.50%
Other expenses
0.20%
Total annual fund operating expenses
1.29%
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 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 your costs would be:
 
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
Class R
$131
$409
$708
$1,556
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 portfolio turnover rate for the fund was 34% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies: Under normal circumstances, the fund invests approximately 60% of its net assets in equity securities and approximately 40% of its net assets in fixed-income securities (investing at least 25% of its net assets in fixed-income senior securities being those securities that rank above another security in the event of the company’s bankruptcy or liquidation). The fund has two sub-advisers. J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. (the “equity sub-adviser”) manages the equity component of the fund and Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC (the “fixed-income sub-adviser”) manages the fixed-income component
of the fund. The fund's investment manager, Transamerica Asset Management, Inc., monitors the allocation of the fund's assets between the equity sub-adviser and the fixed-income sub-adviser and rebalances the allocation periodically to maintain these approximate allocations.
Each sub-adviser varies the percentage of assets invested in any one type of security in accordance with its interpretation of economic and market conditions, fiscal and monetary policy, and underlying securities values.
Equity component – The equity sub-adviser seeks to achieve the fund's objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the equity component’s net assets in equity securities of large- and medium-capitalization U.S. companies. The fund may invest in foreign companies. The equity sub-adviser will normally keep the equity component as fully invested in equity securities as practicable. Industry by industry, the fund's weightings are generally similar to those of the S&P 500® Index. The equity sub-adviser normally does not look to overweight or underweight industries. Holdings by industry sector will normally approximate those of the S&P 500® Index.
As part of its investment process, the equity sub-adviser seeks to assess the impact of environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) factors on many issuers in the universe in which the fund invests. The equity sub-adviser’s assessment is based on an analysis of key opportunities and risks across industries to seek to identify financially material issues with respect to the fund’s investments in securities and ascertain key issues that merit engagement with issuers. These assessments may not be conclusive and securities of issuers may be purchased and retained by the fund for reasons other than material ESG factors while the fund may divest or not invest in securities of issuers that may be positively impacted by such factors.
Fixed-income component – Under normal circumstances, the fixed-income component of the fund is invested primarily in investment grade debt securities, which may include: investment grade corporate debt securities, U.S. government obligations, mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by U.S. government agencies and instrumentalities, and private residential mortgage-backed securities. Investment grade debt securities carry a rating of at least BBB from Standard & Poor's or Fitch or Baa from Moody's or are of comparable quality as determined by the fixed-income sub-adviser. The fixed-income component’s portfolio weighted average duration will typically range from 3 to 10 years.
The fixed-income sub-adviser may also invest the fund's assets in U.S. Treasury and agency securities, municipal bonds, asset-backed securities (including collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”), collateralized bond obligations (“CBOs”) and collateralized debt obligations (“CDOs”)), commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”), high quality short-term debt obligations, dollar rolls and repurchase agreements. The fixed-income sub-adviser’s investments for the fund may include debt securities of foreign issuers, including emerging market debt securities. The fixed-income sub-adviser may invest the fund's assets in securities that are denominated in U.S. dollars and in foreign currencies.
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The fund may invest up to 10% of the fixed-income component’s net assets in emerging market debt securities and up to 10% of the fixed-income component’s net assets in high-yield debt securities (commonly referred to as “junk bonds”), but may invest no more than 15% of the fixed-income component’s net assets in emerging market debt securities and high-yield debt securities combined. The fixed-income sub-adviser considers emerging market countries as countries that major international financial institutions, such as the World Bank, generally consider to be less economically mature than developed nations. Junk bonds are high-risk debt securities rated below investment grade (that is, securities rated below BBB by Standard & Poor’s or Fitch or below Baa by Moody’s or, if unrated, determined to be of comparable quality by the fund’s sub-adviser).
In managing the fund’s fixed-income component, the fixed-income sub-adviser uses a combination of a global “top-down” analysis of the macroeconomic and interest rate environment and proprietary “bottom-up” research of corporate and government debt, and other debt instruments. In the fixed-income sub-adviser’s “top-down” approach, the fixed-income sub-adviser analyzes various fundamental, technical, sentiment and valuation factors that affect the movement of markets and securities prices worldwide. In its proprietary “bottom-up” research, the fixed-income sub-adviser considers various fundamental and other factors, such as creditworthiness, capital structure, covenants, cash flows and, as applicable, collateral. The fixed-income sub-adviser uses this combined “top-down” and “bottom-up” approach to determine sector, security, yield curve positioning, and duration positions for the fixed-income component of the fund. The fixed-income sub-adviser’s research analysts also generally integrate ESG matters within their analytical process for investment grade debt securities, investment grade corporate debt securities, private residential mortgage-backed securities, certain asset-backed securities (including CLOs, CBOs and CDOs), CMBS, certain cash equivalents (including corporate commercial paper), foreign issuers (including emerging markets debt securities) denominated in U.S. dollars or foreign currency and privately issued debt securities issued pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S alongside traditional credit metrics as a risk management tool and as a method to identify financially material ESG factors and arrive at an independent, comprehensive view of the investment. The fixed-income sub-adviser’s research analysts typically do not consider ESG factors when analyzing other investments, including, but not limited to, investments in U.S. government obligations, mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by U.S. government agencies and instrumentalities, U.S. Treasury and agency securities, municipal bonds, dollars rolls, repurchase agreements, derivatives, asset-backed commercial paper, cash, certain cash equivalent securities and money market instruments. Consideration of ESG matters is subjective and not determinative in the fixed-income sub-adviser’s investment process. The fixed-income sub-adviser may conclude that other attributes of an investment outweigh ESG considerations when making investment decisions. The fixed-income sub-adviser’s research analysts do not take ESG factors into consideration with respect to every investment in the fund.
The fund may, but is not required to, engage in certain investment strategies involving derivatives, such as options, futures, forward currency contracts and swaps, including, but not limited to, interest rate, total return and credit default swaps. These investment strategies may be employed as a hedging technique, as a means of altering investment characteristics of the fund's portfolio (such as shortening or lengthening duration), in an attempt to enhance returns or for other purposes.
The fund may purchase securities on a when-issued, delayed delivery, to be announced or forward commitment basis.
The fund may invest in privately issued securities, including those that are normally purchased pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Principal Risks: Risk is inherent in all investing. Many factors and risks affect the fund's performance, including those described below. The value of your investment in the fund, as well as the amount of return you receive on your investment, may fluctuate significantly day to day and over time. You may lose part or all of your investment in the fund or your investment may not perform as well as other similar investments. The following is a summary description of principal risks (in alphabetical order after certain key risks) of investing in the fund. An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. You may lose money if you invest in this fund.
Market – The market prices of the fund’s securities or other assets may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, due to general market conditions, overall economic trends or events, inflation, changes in interest rates, governmental actions or interventions, actions taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve or foreign central banks, market disruptions caused by tariffs, trade disputes or other factors, political developments, armed conflicts, economic sanctions, cybersecurity events, investor sentiment, public health events such as the spread of infectious disease, and other factors that may or may not be related to the issuer of the security or other asset. If the market prices of the fund’s securities and assets fall, the value of your investment in the fund could go down.
Economies and financial markets throughout the world are increasingly interconnected. Events or circumstances in one or more countries or regions could be highly disruptive to, and have profound impacts on, global economies or markets. As a result, whether or not the fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to the countries directly affected, the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments may go down.
In recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic, the large expansion of government deficits and debt as a result of government actions to mitigate the effects of the pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the rise of inflation have resulted in extreme volatility in the global economy and in global financial markets. These events could be prolonged and could continue to adversely affect the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments, impair the fund’s ability to satisfy redemption requests, and negatively impact the fund’s performance.
Asset Class Allocation – The fund’s investment performance is significantly impacted by the fund’s asset class allocation and reallocation from time to time. These actions may be unsuccessful in maximizing return and/or avoiding investment losses. The value
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of your investment may decrease if the Investment Manager's judgment about the attractiveness, value or market trends affecting a particular asset class is incorrect. The fund’s balance between equity and debt securities limits its potential for capital appreciation relative to an all-stock fund and contributes to greater volatility relative to an all-bond fund.
Equity Securities – Equity securities generally have greater risk of loss than debt securities. Stock markets are volatile and the value of equity securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. The value of equity securities fluctuates based on real or perceived changes in a company’s financial condition, factors affecting a particular industry or industries, and overall market, economic and political conditions. If the market prices of the equity securities owned by the fund fall, the value of your investment in the fund will decline. The fund may lose its entire investment in the equity securities of an issuer. A change in financial condition or other event affecting a single issuer may adversely impact securities markets as a whole.
Fixed-Income Securities – Risks of fixed-income securities include credit risk, interest rate risk, counterparty risk, prepayment risk, extension risk, valuation risk, and liquidity risk. The value of fixed-income securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, due to general market conditions, such as real or perceived adverse economic or political conditions, tariffs and trade disruptions, inflation, changes in interest rates, lack of liquidity in the bond markets or adverse investor sentiment. In addition, the value of a fixed-income security may decline if the issuer or other obligor of the security fails to pay principal and/or interest, otherwise defaults or has its credit rating downgraded or is perceived to be less creditworthy, or the credit quality or value of any underlying assets declines. If the value of fixed-income securities owned by the fund falls, the value of your investment will go down. The fund may lose its entire investment in the fixed-income securities of an issuer.
Large Capitalization Companies – The fund’s investments in larger, more established companies may underperform other segments of the market because they may be less responsive to competitive challenges and opportunities and unable to attain high growth rates during periods of economic expansion.
Interest Rate –The value of fixed-income securities generally goes down when interest rates rise. A rise in rates tends to have a greater impact on the prices of longer term or duration securities. Changes in interest rates also may affect the liquidity of the fund’s investments. A general rise in interest rates may cause investors to sell fixed-income securities on a large scale, which could adversely affect the price and liquidity of fixed-income securities generally and could also result in increased redemptions from the fund. Increased redemptions could cause the fund to sell securities at inopportune times or depressed prices and result in further losses.
Credit – If an issuer or other obligor (such as a party providing insurance or other credit enhancement) of a security held by the fund or a counterparty to a financial contract with the fund is unable or unwilling to meet its financial obligations, or is downgraded or perceived to be less creditworthy (whether by market participants or otherwise), or if the value of any underlying assets declines, the value of your investment will typically decline. A decline may be rapid and/or significant, particularly in certain
market environments. In addition, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against an issuer, obligor or counterparty.
Mortgage-Related and Asset-Backed Securities – The value of mortgage-related and asset-backed securities will be influenced by factors affecting the housing market and the assets underlying such securities. As a result, during periods of declining asset values, difficult or frozen credit markets, swings in interest rates, or deteriorating economic conditions, mortgage-related and asset-backed securities may decline in value, face valuation difficulties, become more volatile and/or become illiquid, which could negatively impact the fund. Mortgage-backed securities represent direct or indirect participations in, or are collateralized by and payable from, mortgage loans secured by real property. Asset-backed securities represent participations in, or are secured by and payable from, assets such as installment sales or loan contracts, leases, credit card receivables and other categories of receivables. The value of mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities may be affected by changes in credit quality or value of the mortgage loans or other assets that support the securities. Mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities are subject to prepayment or call and extension risks. Some of these securities may receive little or no collateral protection from the underlying assets.
Inflation – The value of assets or income from investment may be worth less in the future as inflation decreases the value of money. As inflation increases, the real value of the fund’s assets can decline as can the value of the fund’s distributions.
Liquidity – The fund may make investments that are illiquid or that become illiquid after purchase. Illiquid investments can be difficult to value, may trade at a discount from comparable, more liquid investments, and may be subject to wide fluctuations in value. Liquidity risk may be magnified in rising interest rate environments. If the fund is forced to sell an illiquid investment to meet redemption requests or other cash needs, the fund may be forced to sell at a substantial loss or may not be able to sell at all. Liquidity of particular investments, or even entire asset classes, including U.S. Treasury securities, can deteriorate rapidly, particularly during times of market turmoil, and those investments may be difficult or impossible for the fund to sell. This may prevent the fund from limiting losses.
Counterparty – The fund could lose money if the counterparties to derivatives, repurchase agreements and/or other financial contracts entered into for the fund do not fulfill their contractual obligations. In addition, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against a counterparty.
Extension – When interest rates rise, payments of fixed-income securities, including asset- and mortgage-backed securities, may occur more slowly than anticipated, causing their market prices to decline.
Prepayment or Call – Many issuers have a right to prepay their fixed-income securities. If this happens, the fund will not benefit from the rise in the market price of the securities that normally accompanies a decline in interest rates and may be forced to reinvest the prepayment proceeds in securities with lower yields.
Focused Investing – To the extent the fund invests in a limited number of countries, regions, sectors, industries or market segments, in a limited number of issuers, or in issuers in related businesses or that are subject to related operating risks, the fund will be more
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susceptible to negative events affecting those countries, regions, sectors, industries, segments or issuers, and the value of its shares may be more volatile than if it invested more widely.
Management – The value of your investment may go down if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's judgments and decisions are incorrect or otherwise do not produce the desired results, or if the investment strategy does not work as intended. You may also suffer losses if there are imperfections, errors or limitations in the quantitative, analytic or other tools, resources, information and data used, investment techniques applied, or the analyses employed or relied on, by the investment manageror sub-adviser, if such tools, resources, information or data are used incorrectly or otherwise do not work as intended, or if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's investment style is out of favor or otherwise fails to produce the desired results. Any of these things could cause the fund to lose value or its results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.
Active Trading – The fund may purchase and sell securities without regard to the length of time held. Active trading may be more pronounced during periods of market volatility, may have a negative impact on performance and may generate greater amounts of short-term capital gains.
Currency – The value of a fund’s investments in securities denominated in foreign currencies increases or decreases as the rates of exchange between those currencies and the U.S. dollar change. U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers may also be affected by currency risk. Currency exchange rates can be volatile and may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency conversion costs and currency fluctuations could reduce or eliminate investment gains or add to investment losses. A fund may be unable or may choose not to hedge its foreign currency exposure or any hedge may not be effective.
Currency Hedging – The fund may hedge its currency risk using currency futures, forwards or options. However, hedging strategies and/or these instruments may not always work as intended, and a fund may be worse off than if it had not used a hedging strategy or instrument. Certain countries may also impose restrictions on the exchange or export of currency or adverse currency exchange rates and may be characterized by a lack of available currency hedging instruments.
Derivatives – The use of derivatives involves a variety of risks, which may be different from, or greater than, the risks associated with investing in traditional securities, such as stocks and bonds. Risks of derivatives include leverage risk, liquidity risk, valuation risk, market risk, counterparty risk, credit risk, operational risk and legal risk. Use of derivatives can increase fund losses, increase costs, reduce opportunities for gains, increase fund volatility, and not produce the result intended. Certain derivatives have the potential for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the initial investment. Even a small investment in derivatives can have a disproportionate impact on the fund. Derivatives may be difficult or impossible to sell, unwind or value, and the counterparty (including, if applicable, the fund’s clearing broker, the derivatives exchange or the clearinghouse) may default on its obligations to the fund. In certain cases, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against or closing out derivatives instruments with a counterparty, which may result in additional losses. Derivatives are also generally subject to the risks applicable to the assets,
rates, indices or other indicators underlying the derivative, including market risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, management and valuation risk. Also, suitable derivative transactions may not be available in all circumstances or at reasonable prices. The value of a derivative may fluctuate more or less than, or otherwise not correlate well with, the underlying assets, rates, indices or other indicators to which it relates. The fund may segregate cash or other liquid assets to cover the funding of its obligations under derivatives contracts or make margin payments when it takes positions in derivatives involving obligations to third parties. New Rule 18f-4 under the 1940 Act provides a comprehensive regulatory framework for the use of derivatives by funds and imposes new requirements and restrictions on funds using derivatives. Rule 18f-4 could have an adverse impact on the fund’s performance and its ability to implement its investment strategies as it has historically and may increase costs related to the fund’s use of derivatives. It is not currently clear what impact, if any, the rule will have on the availability, liquidity or performance of derivatives. The rule may not be effective to limit the risk of loss from derivatives.
Dollar Rolls – The use of dollar rolls is a speculative technique involving leverage, and can have an economic effect similar to borrowing money. Dollar roll transactions involve the risk that the market value of the securities the fund is required to purchase may decline below the agreed upon repurchase price of those securities. If the broker/dealer to whom the fund sells securities becomes insolvent, the fund’s ability to purchase or repurchase securities may be restricted.
Emerging Markets – Investments in securities of issuers located or doing business in emerging markets are subject to heightened foreign investments risks and may experience rapid and extreme changes in value. Emerging market countries tend to have less developed and less stable economic, political and legal systems and regulatory and accounting standards, may have policies that restrict investment by foreigners or that prevent foreign investors such as the fund from withdrawing their money at will, and are more likely to experience nationalization, expropriation and confiscatory taxation. In addition, emerging market securities may have low trading volumes and may be or become illiquid.
Foreign Investments – Investing in securities of foreign issuers or issuers with significant exposure to foreign markets involves additional risks. Foreign markets can be less liquid, less regulated, less transparent and more volatile than U.S. markets. The value of the fund’s foreign investments may decline, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, because of factors affecting the particular issuer as well as foreign markets and issuers generally, such as unfavorable government actions, including nationalization, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, reduction of government or central bank support, tariffs and trade disruptions, sanctions, political or financial instability, social unrest or other adverse economic or political developments. Foreign investments may also be subject to different accounting practices and different regulatory, legal, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping standards and practices, and may be more difficult to value than investments in U.S. issuers. Certain foreign clearance and settlement procedures may result in an inability to execute transactions or delays in settlement.
Growth Stocks – Returns on growth stocks may not move in tandem with returns on other categories of stocks or the market as a whole. Growth stocks typically are particularly sensitive to
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market movements and may involve larger price swings because their market prices tend to reflect future expectations. When it appears those expectations may not be met, the prices of growth stocks typically fall. Growth stocks may also be more volatile because they often do not pay dividends. The values of growth stocks tend to go down when interest rates rise because the rise in interest rates reduces the current value of future cash flows. Growth stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “value” stocks.
Hedging – The fund may buy and sell futures contracts, put and call options, forward contracts and other instruments as a hedge. The fund’s hedging strategies may not work as intended, and the fund may be in a less favorable position than if it had not used a hedging instrument.
High-Yield Debt Securities – High-yield debt securities, commonly referred to as “junk” bonds, are securities that are rated below “investment grade” or are of comparable quality. Changes in interest rates, the market’s perception of the issuers, the creditworthiness of the issuers and negative perceptions of the junk bond market generally may significantly affect the value of these bonds. Junk bonds are considered speculative, tend to be volatile, typically have a higher risk of default, tend to be less liquid and more difficult to value than higher grade securities, and may result in losses for the fund.
Inflation-Protected Securities – Inflation-protected debt securities may react differently from other types of debt securities and tend to react to changes in “real” interest rates, which represent nominal (stated) interest rates reduced by the expected impact of inflation. In general, the price of an inflation-protected debt security can fall when real interest rates rise, and can rise when real interest rates fall. Interest payments on inflation-protected debt securities can be unpredictable and will vary as the principal and/or interest is adjusted for inflation.
Large Shareholder – A significant portion of the fund’s shares may be owned by other funds sponsored by Transamerica. Transactions by these funds may be disruptive to the management of the fund. For example, the fund may experience large redemptions and could be required to sell securities at a time when it may not otherwise desire to do so. Such transactions may increase the fund’s brokerage and/or other transaction costs. These transactions may also accelerate the realization of taxable income to shareholders if such sales of investments resulted in gains. In addition, sizeable redemptions could cause the fund’s total expenses to increase.
Leveraging – To the extent that the fund borrows or uses derivatives or other investments, such as ETFs, that have embedded leverage, your investment may be subject to heightened volatility, risk of loss and costs. Other risks also will be compounded because leverage generally magnifies the effect of a change in the value of an asset and creates a risk of loss of value on a larger pool of assets than the fund would otherwise have. Use of leverage may result in the loss of a substantial amount, and possibly all, of the fund’s assets. The fund also may have to sell assets at inopportune times to satisfy its obligations.
LIBOR – Many financial instruments, financings or other transactions to which the fund may be a party use or may use a floating rate based on the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”).
The UK Financial Conduct Authority and LIBOR’s administrator announced that the use of LIBOR will be phased out; most LIBOR rates are no longer published as of the end of 2021 and a majority of U.S. dollar LIBOR rates will no longer be published after June 30, 2023. It is possible that a subset of LIBOR rates may be published after these dates on a “synthetic” basis, but any such publications would be considered non-representative of the underlying market. There remains uncertainty regarding the nature of any replacement rate and the impact of the transition from LIBOR on the fund, issuers of instruments in which the fund invests, and financial markets generally. As such, the potential effect of a transition away from LIBOR on the fund or the fund’s investments cannot yet be determined.
Loans – Loans are subject to the credit risk of nonpayment of principal or interest. Economic downturns or increases in interest rates may cause an increase in defaults, interest rate risk and liquidity risk. Loans may or may not be collateralized at the time of acquisition, and any collateral may be relatively illiquid or lose all or substantially all of its value subsequent to investment. The fund's investments in loans are also subject to prepayment or call risk.
Medium Capitalization Companies – The fund will be exposed to additional risks as a result of its investments in the securities of medium capitalization companies. Investing in medium capitalization companies involves greater risk than is customarily associated with more established companies. The prices of securities of medium capitalization companies generally are more volatile and are more likely to be adversely affected by changes in earnings results and investor expectations or poor economic or market conditions. Securities of medium capitalization companies may underperform larger capitalization companies, may be harder to sell at times and at prices the portfolio managers believe appropriate and may offer greater potential for losses.
Municipal Securities – The municipal bond market can be susceptible to unusual volatility, particularly for lower-rated and unrated securities. Liquidity can be reduced unpredictably in response to overall economic conditions or credit tightening. Municipal issuers may be adversely affected by rising health care costs, increasing unfunded pension liabilities, and by the phasing out of federal programs providing financial support. The value of municipal securities can also be adversely affected by changes in the financial condition of one or more individual municipal issuers or insurers of municipal issuers, regulatory and political developments, tax law changes or other legislative actions, and by uncertainties and public perceptions concerning these and other factors. To the extent the fund invests significantly in a single state or in securities the payments on which are dependent upon a single project or source of revenue, or that relate to a sector or industry, the fund will be more susceptible to associated risks and developments. Municipal issuers may be more susceptible to downgrades or defaults during recessions or similar periods of economic stress. A number of municipal issuers have defaulted on obligations, commenced insolvency proceedings, or suffered credit downgrading. Financial difficulties of municipal issuers may continue or worsen.
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Investment in municipal securities of issuers in Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or other U.S. territories, may have more risks than tax-exempt securities issued by other issuers due to the political, social and/or economic conditions in the particular territory.
Preferred Stock – Preferred stock’s right to dividends and liquidation proceeds is junior to the rights of a company’s debt securities. The value of preferred stock may be subject to factors that affect fixed-income and equity securities. The value of preferred stock tends to vary more with fluctuations in the underlying common stock and less with fluctuations in interest rates and tends to exhibit greater volatility.
Privately Placed and Other Restricted Securities – Restricted securities, which include private placements of private and public companies, are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on their resale. Restricted securities may be difficult to sell at the time and price a fund prefers. Restricted securities may be difficult to value properly and may involve greater risks than securities that are not subject to restrictions on resale, both of which may result in substantial losses. An insufficient number of eligible buyers interested in purchasing restricted securities held by a fund could adversely affect the marketability of such securities and a fund might be unable to dispose of such securities promptly or at reasonable prices, adversely affecting a fund’s overall liquidity and performance. Restricted securities may not be listed on an exchange and may have no active trading market. A fund may incur additional expense when disposing of restricted securities. Restricted securities may involve a high degree of business and financial risk and may result in substantial losses to the fund.
Repurchase Agreements – In a repurchase agreement, the fund purchases securities from a broker-dealer or a bank, called the counterparty, upon the agreement of the counterparty to repurchase the securities from the fund at a later date, and at a specified price. The securities purchased serve as the fund's collateral for the obligation of the counterparty to repurchase the securities. If the counterparty does not repurchase the securities, the fund is entitled to sell the securities, but the fund may not be able to sell them for the price at which they were purchased, thus causing a loss. If the counterparty becomes insolvent, there is some risk that the fund will not have a right to the securities, or the immediate right to sell the securities.
Small Capitalization Companies – The fund will be exposed to additional risks as a result of its investments in the securities of small capitalization companies. Small capitalization companies may be more at risk than larger capitalization companies because, among other things, they may have limited product lines, operating history, market or financial resources, or because they may depend on limited management groups. Securities of small capitalization companies are generally more volatile than and may underperform larger capitalization companies, may be harder to sell at times and at prices the portfolio managers believe appropriate and may offer greater potential for losses.
Sovereign Debt – Sovereign debt instruments are subject to the risk that the governmental entity may delay or fail to pay interest or repay principal on its sovereign debt. If a governmental entity defaults, it may ask for more time in which to pay or for further loans, or the debt may be restructured. There may be no established legal process for collecting sovereign debt that a government does
not pay, nor are there bankruptcy proceedings through which all or part of the sovereign debt that a governmental entity has not repaid may be collected.
Sustainability and/or Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) Considerations – The sub-adviser considers sustainability and/or ESG factors that it deems relevant, along with other factors and analysis, when sub-advising the fund. This usage of sustainability and/or ESG factors or criteria is sometimes referred to as “ESG integration.” The sub-adviser may consider sustainability and/or ESG factors on a meaningful portion of the fund’s investments. The sub-adviser may give little or no weight to sustainability and/or ESG factors for certain investments, and not every sustainability and/or ESG factor may be identified or evaluated for every investment. Consideration of sustainability and/or ESG factors is not determinative in the sub-adviser’s investment process, and the sub-adviser may conclude that other attributes of an investment outweigh sustainability and/or ESG considerations when making investment decisions. Applying sustainability and/or ESG factors as part of the fund’s security selection process may impact the sub-adviser’s investment decisions. Sustainability and ESG factors are not uniformly defined and applying such factors involves subjective assessments. Sustainability and ESG ratings and assessments of issuers can vary across investment advisers (including sub-advisers) and third party data providers and may change over time. Sustainability and ESG factors can be difficult to apply consistently across issuers, regions, countries, industries and sectors. The application of these factors could negatively impact the fund’s performance. Sustainability and ESG information from issuers and from third party data providers may be incomplete, delayed, inaccurate or unavailable, which could lead to an incorrect assessment of a company’s sustainability or ESG characteristics. Regulation of sustainability and ESG investing in the U.S. and abroad is evolving. Regulatory changes with respect to ESG integration could impact the sub-adviser’s ability to consider sustainability and/or ESG criteria as part of its investment process.
To Be Announced (TBA) Transactions – Although the securities that are delivered in TBA transactions must meet certain standards, there is a risk that the actual securities received by the fund may be less favorable than what was anticipated when entering into the transaction. TBA transactions also involve the risk that a counterparty will fail to deliver the security, exposing the fund to further losses.
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations – Government agency obligations have different levels of credit support and, therefore, different degrees of credit risk. Securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities of the U.S. government that are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government generally present a lesser degree of credit risk than securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities sponsored by the U.S. government that are supported only by the issuer’s right to borrow from the U.S. Treasury and securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities sponsored by the U.S. government that are supported only by the credit of the issuing agencies. A security backed by the “full faith and credit” of the U.S. government is guaranteed only as to its stated interest rate and face value at maturity, not its current market price.
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Valuation – The sales price the fund could receive for any particular portfolio investment may differ from the fund's valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets, that are priced based upon valuations provided by third party pricing services that use matrix or evaluated pricing systems, or that are valued using a fair value methodology. These differences may increase significantly and affect fund investments more broadly during periods of market volatility. Investors who purchase or redeem fund shares on days when the fund is holding fair-valued securities may receive fewer or more shares or lower or higher redemption proceeds than they would have received if the fund had not fair-valued securities or had used a different valuation methodology. The fund’s ability to value its investments may also be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third party service providers. Fair value pricing involves subjective judgment, which may prove to be incorrect.
Value Investing – The prices of securities the sub-adviser believes are undervalued may not appreciate as anticipated or may go down. The value approach to investing involves the risk that stocks may remain undervalued, undervaluation may become more severe, or perceived undervaluation may actually represent intrinsic value. Value stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “growth” stocks.
Yield – The amount of income received by the fund will go up or down depending on day-to-day variations in short-term interest rates, and the fund’s expenses could absorb all or a significant portion of the fund’s income. If interest rates increase, the fund’s yield may not increase proportionately.
Performance: The bar chart and the table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart shows how the fund’s performance has varied from year to year. The table shows how the fund’s average annual total returns for different periods compare to the returns of a broad measure of market performance, as well as comparison to one or more secondary indices.
The past performance information shown below is for Class A shares, which are offered in a separate prospectus. Although Class R shares would have similar annual returns to Class A shares because the classes are invested in the same portfolio of securities, the returns for Class A shares will vary from Class R shares because Class R shares have different expenses and are not subject to sales charges. Performance information for Class R shares will be included after the share class has been in operation for one complete calendar year.
The bar chart does not reflect the impact of sales charges, which, if reflected, would lower the returns. The table includes deduction of applicable sales charges.
As with all mutual funds, past performance (before and after taxes) is not a prediction of future results. Updated performance information is available on our website at www.transamerica.com/investments-fund-center or by calling 1-888-233-4339.
Prior to May 1, 2014, the fund had a different fixed-income sub-adviser and used different investment strategies. The performance set forth for the period prior to that date is attributable to that previous fixed-income sub-adviser.

Annual Total Returns (calendar years ended December 31) - Class A
 
Quarter Ended
Return
Best Quarter:
6/30/2020
14.69%
Worst Quarter:
6/30/2022
-11.91%

Average Annual Total Returns (periods ended December 31, 2022)
 
1 Year
5 Years
10 Years
Inception
Date
Class A
 
 
 
12/2/1994
Return before taxes
-21.10%
4.37%
6.96%
 
Return after taxes on distributions
-21.67%
3.03%
5.74%
 
Return after taxes on distributions
and sale of fund shares
-12.09%
3.29%
5.39%
 
S&P 500® Index (reflects no
deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
-18.11%
9.42%
12.56%
 
Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond
Index (reflects no deduction for fees,
expenses or taxes)
-13.01%
0.02%
1.06%
 
The after-tax returns are calculated using the historic highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns may depend on the investor’s individual tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns may not be relevant if the investment is made through a tax-exempt or tax-deferred account, such as a 401(k) plan.
Management:
Investment Manager: Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Adviser: Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
Portfolio Managers:
Bradley D. Doyle, CFA
Portfolio Manager
since October 2015
Tyler A. Knight, CFA
Portfolio Manager
since October 2015
Brian W. Westhoff, CFA
Portfolio Manager
since May 2014
Sivakumar N. Rajan
Portfolio Manager
since May 2017
Sub-Adviser: J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.
Portfolio Managers:
Tim Snyder, CFA
Portfolio Manager
since May 2013
Raffaele Zingone, CFA
Portfolio Manager
since March 2011
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares: Shares of the fund are available to individual and institutional investors through certain retirement plans. These plans include, but are not limited to, 401(k), 403(b) and 457 Plans, Money Purchase Plans, Profit Sharing Plans, Simplified Employee Pension Plans, Keogh Plans, defined benefit plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans and IRAs. Shares may be purchased by these investors through a plan administrator,
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recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary. If you are a participant in a plan, you should obtain the plan’s conditions for participation from your plan administrator. Shares of the fund are also available to other investors, including endowment funds and foundations, any state, county or city, or its instrumentality, department, authority or agency, and accounts registered to insurance companies, trust companies and bank trust departments. Such investors may purchase shares in the fund through the transfer agent directly. You may purchase shares of the fund on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for business. Requests to purchase shares for the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. Participants in retirement plans administered by Transamerica Retirement Solutions should contact Transamerica Retirement Solutions at 1-800-755-5801 for additional information. If you would like to purchase shares in a fund by a wire transfer, please call 1-888-233-4339 for wire transfer instructions. You buy and redeem shares at the fund’s next-determined net asset value (“NAV”) after receipt of your request in good order. There is no minimum investment for eligible retirement plans investing in Class R shares. There is no minimum for subsequent investments in Class R shares. A retirement plan may, however, impose minimum investment requirements. Plan participants or IRA holders should consult their plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary.
Redemption requests may be made by mail and, in certain circumstances, telephone. The proceeds of the redemption will be sent by mail or, if authorized on the Account Application, wire transfer. Requests to redeem shares of the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. You may redeem shares by telephone if you authorized telephone redemptions on your Account Application. The fund reserves the right to refuse a telephone redemption request if it is believed it is advisable to do so. The telephone redemption option may be suspended or terminated at any time without advance notice.
Tax Information: Fund distributions may be taxable as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax-advantaged investment plan. In that case, you may be taxed when you take a distribution from such plan, depending on the type of plan, the circumstances of your distribution and other factors.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries: If you purchase the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the fund and/or its affiliates 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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Transamerica Short-Term Bond
Investment Objective: Seeks a high level of income consistent with minimal fluctuation in principal value and liquidity.
Fees and Expenses: This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Class:
R4
R
I3
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on
purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
None
None
None
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a
percentage of purchase price or redemption
proceeds, whichever is lower)
None
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Class:
R4
R
I3
Management fees
0.37%
0.37%
0.37%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees
0.25%
0.50%
None
Other expenses1
0.04%
0.03%
0.04%
Total annual fund operating expenses
0.66%
0.90%
0.41%
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement2
0.01%
0.00%
0.00%
Total annual fund operating expenses after fee
waiver and/or expense reimbursement
0.65%
0.90%
0.41%
1
Other expenses are based on estimates for the current fiscal year.
2
Contractual arrangements have been made with the fund’s investment manager, Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (“TAM”), through March 1, 2024 to waive fees and/or reimburse fund expenses to the extent that total annual fund operating expenses exceed 1.00% for Class R shares, 0.65% for Class R4 shares and 0.51% for Class I3 shares, excluding, as applicable, acquired fund fees and expenses, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, dividend and interest expenses on securities sold short, extraordinary expenses and other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the fund’s business. These arrangements cannot be terminated prior to March 1, 2024 without the Board of Trustees’ consent. TAM is permitted to recapture amounts waived and/or reimbursed to a class during any of the 36 months from the date on which TAM waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses for the class if the class’ total annual fund operating expenses have fallen to a level below the limits described above. In no case will TAM recapture any amount that would result, on any particular business day of the fund, in the class’ total annual operating expenses exceeding the applicable limits described above or any other lower limit then in effect.
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 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. The Example reflects applicable waivers and/or reimbursements for the duration of such arrangement(s). 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 R4
$66
$210
$367
$822
Class R
$92
$287
$498
$1,108
Class I3
$42
$132
$230
$518
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 portfolio turnover rate for the fund was 56% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies: The fund’s sub-adviser, Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC (the “sub-adviser”), seeks to achieve the fund’s objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the fund’s net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in fixed-income securities. The fund’s portfolio weighted average duration will typically range from 1 to 2.5 years. Duration is a measure used to determine the sensitivity of a security’s price to changes in interest rates. The longer a security’s duration, the more sensitive it will be to changes in interest rates.
Securities in which the fund may invest include:
corporate debt securities of U.S. issuers;
debt securities of foreign issuers that are denominated in U.S. dollars, including foreign corporate issuers and foreign governments;
obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies and instrumentalities;
asset-backed securities and mortgage-backed securities, including commercial mortgage-backed securities;
dollar rolls; and
bank loans.
The fund expects to typically invest no more than 10% of its net assets, but may invest up to 20% of its net assets, in high-yield debt securities (commonly known as “junk bonds”). Junk bonds are high-risk debt securities rated below investment grade (that is, securities rated below BBB by Standard & Poor’s or Fitch or below Baa by Moody’s or, if unrated, determined to be of comparable quality by the fund’s sub-adviser). The fund may invest up to 10% of its net assets in emerging market securities. The sub-adviser considers emerging market countries as countries that major international financial institutions, such as the World Bank, generally consider to be less economically mature than developed nations.
The sub-adviser uses a combination of a global “top-down” analysis of the macroeconomic and interest rate environment and proprietary “bottom-up” research of corporate and government debt, and other debt instruments. In the sub-adviser’s “top-down” approach, the sub-adviser analyzes various fundamental, technical, sentiment and valuation factors that affect the movement of markets and securities prices worldwide. In its proprietary “bottom-up”
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research, the sub-adviser considers various fundamental and other factors, such as creditworthiness, capital structure, covenants, cash flows and, as applicable, collateral. The sub-adviser uses this combined “top-down” and “bottom-up” approach to determine asset class, sector, security, yield curve and duration positions for the fund. The sub-adviser’s research analysts also generally integrate environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) matters within their analytical process for corporate debt securities of U.S. issuers, debt securities of foreign issuers that are denominated in U.S. dollars (including foreign corporate issuers and foreign governments), emerging markets debt securities, certain asset-backed securities, private residential mortgage-backed securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities, privately issued debt securities issued pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S and certain cash equivalents (including corporate commercial paper) alongside traditional credit metrics as a risk management tool and as a method to identify financially material ESG factors and arrive at an independent, comprehensive view of the investment. The sub-adviser’s research analysts typically do not consider ESG factors when analyzing other investments, including, but not limited to, obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies and instrumentalities, mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by U.S. government agencies and instrumentalities, dollar rolls, certain bank loans, bank obligations, savings association obligations, derivatives, repurchase agreements, asset-backed commercial paper, cash, certain cash equivalent securities and money market instruments. Consideration of ESG matters is subjective and not determinative in the sub-adviser’s investment process. The sub-adviser may conclude that other attributes of an investment outweigh ESG considerations when making investment decisions. The sub-adviser’s research analysts do not take ESG factors into consideration with respect to every investment in the fund.
The fund may, but is not required to, engage in certain investment strategies involving derivatives, such as options, futures, forward currency contracts and swaps, including, but not limited to, interest rate and total return swaps. These investment strategies may be employed as a hedging technique, as a means of altering investment characteristics of the fund’s portfolio (such as shortening or lengthening duration), in an attempt to enhance returns or for other purposes.
The fund may purchase securities on a when-issued, delayed delivery, to be announced or forward commitment basis.
The fund may invest in privately issued securities, including those that are normally purchased pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Principal Risks: Risk is inherent in all investing. Many factors and risks affect the fund's performance, including those described below. The value of your investment in the fund, as well as the amount of return you receive on your investment, may fluctuate significantly day to day and over time. You may lose part or all of your investment in the fund or your investment may not perform as well as other similar investments. The following is a summary description of principal risks (in alphabetical order after certain key risks) of investing in the fund. An investment in the fund is
not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. You may lose money if you invest in this fund.
Market – The market prices of the fund’s securities or other assets may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, due to general market conditions, overall economic trends or events, inflation, changes in interest rates, governmental actions or interventions, actions taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve or foreign central banks, market disruptions caused by tariffs, trade disputes or other factors, political developments, armed conflicts, economic sanctions, cybersecurity events, investor sentiment, public health events such as the spread of infectious disease, and other factors that may or may not be related to the issuer of the security or other asset. If the market prices of the fund’s securities and assets fall, the value of your investment in the fund could go down.
Economies and financial markets throughout the world are increasingly interconnected. Events or circumstances in one or more countries or regions could be highly disruptive to, and have profound impacts on, global economies or markets. As a result, whether or not the fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to the countries directly affected, the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments may go down.
In recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic, the large expansion of government deficits and debt as a result of government actions to mitigate the effects of the pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the rise of inflation have resulted in extreme volatility in the global economy and in global financial markets. These events could be prolonged and could continue to adversely affect the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments, impair the fund’s ability to satisfy redemption requests, and negatively impact the fund’s performance.
Credit – If an issuer or other obligor (such as a party providing insurance or other credit enhancement) of a security held by the fund or a counterparty to a financial contract with the fund is unable or unwilling to meet its financial obligations, or is downgraded or perceived to be less creditworthy (whether by market participants or otherwise), or if the value of any underlying assets declines, the value of your investment will typically decline. A decline may be rapid and/or significant, particularly in certain market environments. In addition, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against an issuer, obligor or counterparty.
Interest Rate –The value of fixed-income securities generally goes down when interest rates rise. A rise in rates tends to have a greater impact on the prices of longer term or duration securities. Changes in interest rates also may affect the liquidity of the fund’s investments. A general rise in interest rates may cause investors to sell fixed-income securities on a large scale, which could adversely affect the price and liquidity of fixed-income securities generally and could also result in increased redemptions from the fund. Increased redemptions could cause the fund to sell securities at inopportune times or depressed prices and result in further losses.
Mortgage-Related and Asset-Backed Securities – The value of mortgage-related and asset-backed securities will be influenced by factors affecting the housing market and the assets underlying such securities. As a result, during periods of declining asset values,
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difficult or frozen credit markets, swings in interest rates, or deteriorating economic conditions, mortgage-related and asset-backed securities may decline in value, face valuation difficulties, become more volatile and/or become illiquid, which could negatively impact the fund. Mortgage-backed securities represent direct or indirect participations in, or are collateralized by and payable from, mortgage loans secured by real property. Asset-backed securities represent participations in, or are secured by and payable from, assets such as installment sales or loan contracts, leases, credit card receivables and other categories of receivables. The value of mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities may be affected by changes in credit quality or value of the mortgage loans or other assets that support the securities. Mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities are subject to prepayment or call and extension risks. Some of these securities may receive little or no collateral protection from the underlying assets.
Fixed-Income Securities – Risks of fixed-income securities include credit risk, interest rate risk, counterparty risk, prepayment risk, extension risk, valuation risk, and liquidity risk. The value of fixed-income securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, due to general market conditions, such as real or perceived adverse economic or political conditions, tariffs and trade disruptions, inflation, changes in interest rates, lack of liquidity in the bond markets or adverse investor sentiment. In addition, the value of a fixed-income security may decline if the issuer or other obligor of the security fails to pay principal and/or interest, otherwise defaults or has its credit rating downgraded or is perceived to be less creditworthy, or the credit quality or value of any underlying assets declines. If the value of fixed-income securities owned by the fund falls, the value of your investment will go down. The fund may lose its entire investment in the fixed-income securities of an issuer.
Privately Placed and Other Restricted Securities – Restricted securities, which include private placements of private and public companies, are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on their resale. Restricted securities may be difficult to sell at the time and price a fund prefers. Restricted securities may be difficult to value properly and may involve greater risks than securities that are not subject to restrictions on resale, both of which may result in substantial losses. An insufficient number of eligible buyers interested in purchasing restricted securities held by a fund could adversely affect the marketability of such securities and a fund might be unable to dispose of such securities promptly or at reasonable prices, adversely affecting a fund’s overall liquidity and performance. Restricted securities may not be listed on an exchange and may have no active trading market. A fund may incur additional expense when disposing of restricted securities. Restricted securities may involve a high degree of business and financial risk and may result in substantial losses to the fund.
Inflation – The value of assets or income from investment may be worth less in the future as inflation decreases the value of money. As inflation increases, the real value of the fund’s assets can decline as can the value of the fund’s distributions.
Liquidity – The fund may make investments that are illiquid or that become illiquid after purchase. Illiquid investments can be difficult to value, may trade at a discount from comparable, more liquid investments, and may be subject to wide fluctuations in
value. Liquidity risk may be magnified in rising interest rate environments. If the fund is forced to sell an illiquid investment to meet redemption requests or other cash needs, the fund may be forced to sell at a substantial loss or may not be able to sell at all. Liquidity of particular investments, or even entire asset classes, including U.S. Treasury securities, can deteriorate rapidly, particularly during times of market turmoil, and those investments may be difficult or impossible for the fund to sell. This may prevent the fund from limiting losses.
Counterparty – The fund could lose money if the counterparties to derivatives, repurchase agreements and/or other financial contracts entered into for the fund do not fulfill their contractual obligations. In addition, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against a counterparty.
Extension – When interest rates rise, payments of fixed-income securities, including asset- and mortgage-backed securities, may occur more slowly than anticipated, causing their market prices to decline.
Prepayment or Call – Many issuers have a right to prepay their fixed-income securities. If this happens, the fund will not benefit from the rise in the market price of the securities that normally accompanies a decline in interest rates and may be forced to reinvest the prepayment proceeds in securities with lower yields.
Management – The value of your investment may go down if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's judgments and decisions are incorrect or otherwise do not produce the desired results, or if the investment strategy does not work as intended. You may also suffer losses if there are imperfections, errors or limitations in the quantitative, analytic or other tools, resources, information and data used, investment techniques applied, or the analyses employed or relied on, by the investment manageror sub-adviser, if such tools, resources, information or data are used incorrectly or otherwise do not work as intended, or if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's investment style is out of favor or otherwise fails to produce the desired results. Any of these things could cause the fund to lose value or its results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.
Active Trading – The fund may purchase and sell securities without regard to the length of time held. Active trading may be more pronounced during periods of market volatility, may have a negative impact on performance and may generate greater amounts of short-term capital gains.
Bank Obligations – Banks are sensitive to changes in money market and general economic conditions. Banks are highly regulated. Decisions by regulators may limit the loans banks make, affect the interest rates and fees they charge and reduce bank profitability.
Currency – The value of a fund’s investments in securities denominated in foreign currencies increases or decreases as the rates of exchange between those currencies and the U.S. dollar change. U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers may also be affected by currency risk. Currency exchange rates can be volatile and may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency conversion costs and currency fluctuations could reduce or eliminate investment gains or add to investment losses. A fund may be unable or may choose not to hedge its foreign currency exposure or any hedge may not be effective.
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Derivatives – The use of derivatives involves a variety of risks, which may be different from, or greater than, the risks associated with investing in traditional securities, such as stocks and bonds. Risks of derivatives include leverage risk, liquidity risk, valuation risk, market risk, counterparty risk, credit risk, operational risk and legal risk. Use of derivatives can increase fund losses, increase costs, reduce opportunities for gains, increase fund volatility, and not produce the result intended. Certain derivatives have the potential for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the initial investment. Even a small investment in derivatives can have a disproportionate impact on the fund. Derivatives may be difficult or impossible to sell, unwind or value, and the counterparty (including, if applicable, the fund’s clearing broker, the derivatives exchange or the clearinghouse) may default on its obligations to the fund. In certain cases, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against or closing out derivatives instruments with a counterparty, which may result in additional losses. Derivatives are also generally subject to the risks applicable to the assets, rates, indices or other indicators underlying the derivative, including market risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, management and valuation risk. Also, suitable derivative transactions may not be available in all circumstances or at reasonable prices. The value of a derivative may fluctuate more or less than, or otherwise not correlate well with, the underlying assets, rates, indices or other indicators to which it relates. The fund may segregate cash or other liquid assets to cover the funding of its obligations under derivatives contracts or make margin payments when it takes positions in derivatives involving obligations to third parties. New Rule 18f-4 under the 1940 Act provides a comprehensive regulatory framework for the use of derivatives by funds and imposes new requirements and restrictions on funds using derivatives. Rule 18f-4 could have an adverse impact on the fund’s performance and its ability to implement its investment strategies as it has historically and may increase costs related to the fund’s use of derivatives. It is not currently clear what impact, if any, the rule will have on the availability, liquidity or performance of derivatives. The rule may not be effective to limit the risk of loss from derivatives.
Dollar Rolls – The use of dollar rolls is a speculative technique involving leverage, and can have an economic effect similar to borrowing money. Dollar roll transactions involve the risk that the market value of the securities the fund is required to purchase may decline below the agreed upon repurchase price of those securities. If the broker/dealer to whom the fund sells securities becomes insolvent, the fund’s ability to purchase or repurchase securities may be restricted.
Emerging Markets – Investments in securities of issuers located or doing business in emerging markets are subject to heightened foreign investments risks and may experience rapid and extreme changes in value. Emerging market countries tend to have less developed and less stable economic, political and legal systems and regulatory and accounting standards, may have policies that restrict investment by foreigners or that prevent foreign investors such as the fund from withdrawing their money at will, and are more likely to experience nationalization, expropriation and confiscatory taxation. In addition, emerging market securities may have low trading volumes and may be or become illiquid.
Floating Rate Loans – Floating rate loans are often made to borrowers whose financial condition is troubled or highly leveraged. These loans frequently are rated below investment grade and are therefore subject to “High-Yield Debt Securities” risk. There is no public market for floating rate loans and the loans may trade infrequently and be subject to wide bid/ask spreads. Many floating rate loans are subject to restrictions on resale. Floating rate loans may have trade settlement periods in excess of seven days, which may result in the fund not receiving proceeds from the sale of a loan for an extended period. As a result, the fund may be subject to greater “Liquidity” risk than a fund that does not invest in floating rate loans and the fund may be constrained in its ability to meet its obligations (including obligations to redeeming shareholders). The lack of an active trading market may also make it more difficult to value floating rate loans. Rising interest rates can lead to increased default rates as payment obligations increase.
Focused Investing – To the extent the fund invests in a limited number of countries, regions, sectors, industries or market segments, in a limited number of issuers, or in issuers in related businesses or that are subject to related operating risks, the fund will be more susceptible to negative events affecting those countries, regions, sectors, industries, segments or issuers, and the value of its shares may be more volatile than if it invested more widely.
Foreign Investments – Investing in securities of foreign issuers or issuers with significant exposure to foreign markets involves additional risks. Foreign markets can be less liquid, less regulated, less transparent and more volatile than U.S. markets. The value of the fund’s foreign investments may decline, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, because of factors affecting the particular issuer as well as foreign markets and issuers generally, such as unfavorable government actions, including nationalization, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, reduction of government or central bank support, tariffs and trade disruptions, sanctions, political or financial instability, social unrest or other adverse economic or political developments. Foreign investments may also be subject to different accounting practices and different regulatory, legal, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping standards and practices, and may be more difficult to value than investments in U.S. issuers. Certain foreign clearance and settlement procedures may result in an inability to execute transactions or delays in settlement.
Hedging – The fund may buy and sell futures contracts, put and call options, forward contracts and other instruments as a hedge. The fund’s hedging strategies may not work as intended, and the fund may be in a less favorable position than if it had not used a hedging instrument.
High-Yield Debt Securities – High-yield debt securities, commonly referred to as “junk” bonds, are securities that are rated below “investment grade” or are of comparable quality. Changes in interest rates, the market’s perception of the issuers, the creditworthiness of the issuers and negative perceptions of the junk bond market generally may significantly affect the value of these bonds. Junk bonds are considered speculative, tend to be volatile, typically have a higher risk of default, tend to be less liquid and more difficult to value than higher grade securities, and may result in losses for the fund.
Inflation-Protected Securities – Inflation-protected debt securities may react differently from other types of debt securities and tend to react to changes in “real” interest rates, which represent
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nominal (stated) interest rates reduced by the expected impact of inflation. In general, the price of an inflation-protected debt security can fall when real interest rates rise, and can rise when real interest rates fall. Interest payments on inflation-protected debt securities can be unpredictable and will vary as the principal and/or interest is adjusted for inflation.
Large Shareholder – A significant portion of the fund’s shares may be owned by other funds sponsored by Transamerica. Transactions by these funds may be disruptive to the management of the fund. For example, the fund may experience large redemptions and could be required to sell securities at a time when it may not otherwise desire to do so. Such transactions may increase the fund’s brokerage and/or other transaction costs. These transactions may also accelerate the realization of taxable income to shareholders if such sales of investments resulted in gains. In addition, sizeable redemptions could cause the fund’s total expenses to increase.
Leveraging – To the extent that the fund borrows or uses derivatives or other investments, such as ETFs, that have embedded leverage, your investment may be subject to heightened volatility, risk of loss and costs. Other risks also will be compounded because leverage generally magnifies the effect of a change in the value of an asset and creates a risk of loss of value on a larger pool of assets than the fund would otherwise have. Use of leverage may result in the loss of a substantial amount, and possibly all, of the fund’s assets. The fund also may have to sell assets at inopportune times to satisfy its obligations.
LIBOR – Many financial instruments, financings or other transactions to which the fund may be a party use or may use a floating rate based on the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). The UK Financial Conduct Authority and LIBOR’s administrator announced that the use of LIBOR will be phased out; most LIBOR rates are no longer published as of the end of 2021 and a majority of U.S. dollar LIBOR rates will no longer be published after June 30, 2023. It is possible that a subset of LIBOR rates may be published after these dates on a “synthetic” basis, but any such publications would be considered non-representative of the underlying market. There remains uncertainty regarding the nature of any replacement rate and the impact of the transition from LIBOR on the fund, issuers of instruments in which the fund invests, and financial markets generally. As such, the potential effect of a transition away from LIBOR on the fund or the fund’s investments cannot yet be determined.
Loans – Loans are subject to the credit risk of nonpayment of principal or interest. Economic downturns or increases in interest rates may cause an increase in defaults, interest rate risk and liquidity risk. Loans may or may not be collateralized at the time of acquisition, and any collateral may be relatively illiquid or lose all or substantially all of its value subsequent to investment. The fund's investments in loans are also subject to prepayment or call risk.
Sovereign Debt – Sovereign debt instruments are subject to the risk that the governmental entity may delay or fail to pay interest or repay principal on its sovereign debt. If a governmental entity defaults, it may ask for more time in which to pay or for further loans, or the debt may be restructured. There may be no established legal process for collecting sovereign debt that a government does
not pay, nor are there bankruptcy proceedings through which all or part of the sovereign debt that a governmental entity has not repaid may be collected.
Sustainability and/or Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) Considerations – The sub-adviser considers sustainability and/or ESG factors that it deems relevant, along with other factors and analysis, when sub-advising the fund. This usage of sustainability and/or ESG factors or criteria is sometimes referred to as “ESG integration.” The sub-adviser may consider sustainability and/or ESG factors on a meaningful portion of the fund’s investments. The sub-adviser may give little or no weight to sustainability and/or ESG factors for certain investments, and not every sustainability and/or ESG factor may be identified or evaluated for every investment. Consideration of sustainability and/or ESG factors is not determinative in the sub-adviser’s investment process, and the sub-adviser may conclude that other attributes of an investment outweigh sustainability and/or ESG considerations when making investment decisions. Applying sustainability and/or ESG factors as part of the fund’s security selection process may impact the sub-adviser’s investment decisions. Sustainability and ESG factors are not uniformly defined and applying such factors involves subjective assessments. Sustainability and ESG ratings and assessments of issuers can vary across investment advisers (including sub-advisers) and third party data providers and may change over time. Sustainability and ESG factors can be difficult to apply consistently across issuers, regions, countries, industries and sectors. The application of these factors could negatively impact the fund’s performance. Sustainability and ESG information from issuers and from third party data providers may be incomplete, delayed, inaccurate or unavailable, which could lead to an incorrect assessment of a company’s sustainability or ESG characteristics. Regulation of sustainability and ESG investing in the U.S. and abroad is evolving. Regulatory changes with respect to ESG integration could impact the sub-adviser’s ability to consider sustainability and/or ESG criteria as part of its investment process.
To Be Announced (TBA) Transactions – Although the securities that are delivered in TBA transactions must meet certain standards, there is a risk that the actual securities received by the fund may be less favorable than what was anticipated when entering into the transaction. TBA transactions also involve the risk that a counterparty will fail to deliver the security, exposing the fund to further losses.
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations – Government agency obligations have different levels of credit support and, therefore, different degrees of credit risk. Securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities of the U.S. government that are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government generally present a lesser degree of credit risk than securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities sponsored by the U.S. government that are supported only by the issuer’s right to borrow from the U.S. Treasury and securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities sponsored by the U.S. government that are supported only by the credit of the issuing agencies. A security backed by the “full faith and credit” of the U.S. government is guaranteed only as to its stated interest rate and face value at maturity, not its current market price.
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Valuation – The sales price the fund could receive for any particular portfolio investment may differ from the fund's valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets, that are priced based upon valuations provided by third party pricing services that use matrix or evaluated pricing systems, or that are valued using a fair value methodology. These differences may increase significantly and affect fund investments more broadly during periods of market volatility. Investors who purchase or redeem fund shares on days when the fund is holding fair-valued securities may receive fewer or more shares or lower or higher redemption proceeds than they would have received if the fund had not fair-valued securities or had used a different valuation methodology. The fund’s ability to value its investments may also be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third party service providers. Fair value pricing involves subjective judgment, which may prove to be incorrect.
Yield – The amount of income received by the fund will go up or down depending on day-to-day variations in short-term interest rates, and the fund’s expenses could absorb all or a significant portion of the fund’s income. If interest rates increase, the fund’s yield may not increase proportionately.
Performance: The bar chart and the table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart shows how the fund’s performance has varied from year to year. The table shows how the fund’s average annual total returns for different periods compare to the returns of a broad measure of market performance.
The past performance information shown below is for Class A shares, which are offered in a separate prospectus. Although Class R4, Class R and Class I3 shares would have similar annual returns to Class A shares because the classes are invested in the same portfolio of securities, the returns for Class A shares will vary from Class R4, Class R and Class I3 shares because Class R4, Class R and Class I3 shares have different expenses and are not subject to sales charges. Performance information for Class R4, Class R and Class I3 shares will be included after the share classes have been in operation for one complete calendar year.
The bar chart does not reflect the impact of sales charges, which, if reflected, would lower the returns. The table includes deduction of applicable sales charges.
Absent any applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations, performance would be lower.
As with all mutual funds, past performance (before and after taxes) is not a prediction of future results. Updated performance information is available on our website at www.transamerica.com/investments-fund-center or by calling 1-888-233-4339.

Annual Total Returns (calendar years ended December 31) - Class A
 
Quarter Ended
Return
Best Quarter:
6/30/2020
6.02%
Worst Quarter:
3/31/2020
-4.90%

Average Annual Total Returns (periods ended December 31, 2022)
 
1 Year
5 Years
10 Years
Inception
Date
Class A
 
 
 
11/1/2007
Return before taxes
-6.02%
0.55%
1.16%
 
Return after taxes on distributions
-6.70%
-0.26%
0.27%
 
Return after taxes on distributions
and sale of fund shares
-3.56%
0.08%
0.50%
 
ICE BofAML U.S. Corporate &
Government 1-3 Years Index (reflects
no deduction for fees, expenses or
taxes)
-3.79%
0.93%
0.89%
 
The after-tax returns are calculated using the historic highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns may depend on the investor’s individual tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns may not be relevant if the investment is made through a tax-exempt or tax-deferred account, such as a 401(k) plan.
Management:
Investment Manager: Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Adviser: Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
Portfolio Managers:
Tyler A. Knight, CFA
Portfolio Manager
since May 2017
Brian W. Westhoff, CFA
Portfolio Manager
since September 2015
Norbert King
Portfolio Manager
since May 2017
Sivakumar N. Rajan
Portfolio Manager
since November 2022
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares: Shares of the fund are available to individual and institutional investors through certain retirement plans. These plans include, but are not limited to, 401(k), 403(b) and 457 Plans, Money Purchase Plans, Profit Sharing Plans, Simplified Employee Pension Plans, Keogh Plans, defined benefit plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans and IRAs. Shares may be purchased by these investors through a plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary. If you are a participant in a plan, you should obtain the plan’s conditions for participation from your plan administrator. Shares of the fund are also available to other investors, including endowment funds and foundations, any state, county or city, or its instrumentality, department, authority or agency, and accounts registered to insurance companies, trust companies and bank trust departments. Such investors may purchase shares in the fund through the transfer agent directly. You may purchase shares of the fund on any day the
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New York Stock Exchange is open for business. Requests to purchase shares for the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. Participants in retirement plans administered by Transamerica Retirement Solutions should contact Transamerica Retirement Solutions at 1-800-755-5801 for additional information. If you would like to purchase shares in a fund by a wire transfer, please call 1-888-233-4339 for wire transfer instructions. You buy and redeem shares at the fund’s next-determined net asset value (“NAV”) after receipt of your request in good order. There is no minimum investment for eligible retirement plans investing in Class R shares. The minimum initial investment for Class R4 shares is $5,000. There is no minimum for subsequent investments in Class R or R4 shares. A retirement plan may, however, impose minimum investment requirements. Plan participants or IRA holders should consult their plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary.
Redemption requests may be made by mail and, in certain circumstances, telephone. The proceeds of the redemption will be sent by mail or, if authorized on the Account Application, wire transfer. Requests to redeem shares of the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. You may redeem shares by telephone if you authorized telephone redemptions on your Account Application. The fund reserves the right to refuse a telephone redemption request if it is believed it is advisable to do so. The telephone redemption option may be suspended or terminated at any time without advance notice.
Class I3 shares are only available to certain funds of funds, registered and unregistered insurance company separate accounts and collective investment trusts. Class I3 shares do not have a minimum initial investment for those that qualify for the share class or a minimum subsequent investment amount.
Tax Information: Fund distributions may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax-advantaged investment plan. In that case, you may be taxed when you take a distribution from such plan, depending on the type of plan, the circumstances of your distribution and other factors.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries: If you purchase the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the fund and/or its affiliates 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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Transamerica Small Cap Growth
Investment Objective: Seeks long-term capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses: This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Class:
R4
R
I3
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on
purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
None
None
None
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a
percentage of purchase price or redemption
proceeds, whichever is lower)
None
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Class:
R4
R
I3
Management fees
0.87%
0.87%
0.87%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees
0.25%
0.50%
None
Other expenses
0.13%
0.12%
0.13%
Total annual fund operating expenses
1.25%
1.49%
1.00%
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement1
0.10%
0.00%
0.00%
Total annual fund operating expenses after fee
waiver and/or expense reimbursement
1.15%
1.49%
1.00%
1
Contractual arrangements have been made with the fund’s investment manager, Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (“TAM”), through March 1, 2024 to waive fees and/or reimburse fund expenses to the extent that total annual fund operating expenses exceed 1.15% for Class R4 shares, 1.54% for Class R shares and 1.00% for Class I3 shares, excluding, as applicable, acquired fund fees and expenses, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, dividend and interest expenses on securities sold short, extraordinary expenses and other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the fund’s business. These arrangements cannot be terminated prior to March 1, 2024 without the Board of Trustees’ consent. TAM is permitted to recapture amounts waived and/or reimbursed to a class during any of the 36 months from the date on which TAM waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses for the class if the class’ total annual fund operating expenses have fallen to a level below the limits described above. In no case will TAM recapture any amount that would result, on any particular business day of the fund, in the class’ total annual operating expenses exceeding the applicable limits described above or any other lower limit then in effect.
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 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. The Example reflects applicable waivers and/or reimbursements for the duration of such arrangement(s). 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 R4
$117
$387
$677
$1,502
Class R
$152
$471
$813
$1,779
Class I3
$102
$318
$552
$1,225
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 portfolio turnover rate for the fund was 38% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies: Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowing, if any, for investment purposes) in stocks of small capitalization companies. The fund’s sub-adviser, Ranger Investment Management, L.P. (the “sub-adviser”), primarily focuses on seeking to identify high quality, high-growth small capitalization companies. The sub-adviser considers small capitalization companies to be companies with market capitalizations that, at the time of initial purchase, have either market capitalizations between $100 million and $2 billion or within the range of the Russell 2000® Growth Index1, which as of May 6, 2022, the most recent reconstitution date of the index, was between $240.1 million and $6.4 billion.
The sub-adviser’s approach to security selection seeks quality growth companies by implementing a “bottom-up”, fundamental research driven security selection process. The sub-adviser’s focus is to attempt to identify companies with characteristics such as high recurring revenue, steady and/or accelerating sales growth, strong balance sheets and free cash flows, stable/expanding margins, and superior return on equity/return on invested capital.
In addition to the extensive quantitative analysis, careful consideration is given to qualitative analysis. The sub-adviser incorporates a preference towards companies with certain qualitative characteristics such as conservative accounting practices, seasoned management team with high corporate integrity, sustainable competitive advantage and ability to grow market share, sound corporate governance, and unique demand drivers. Once these quantitative and qualitative characteristics are analyzed, the sub-adviser then determines whether it believes a company is undervalued and has sufficient upside to the stock price to warrant an investment. The fund is managed using the growth style of investing. At any given time, growth stocks may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market.
The sub-adviser also views environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) factors as another input alongside traditional fundamental financial analysis when making investment decisions. This ESG integration applies to companies held in the fund. The sub-adviser evaluates a company's ESG strengths and weaknesses based on its internal research process, public company documents, websites,
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SEC filings, third-party research, and conversations with management. The sub-adviser seeks to identify financially material ESG risks and/or opportunities for a company and the potential for financial impacts. The sub-adviser's ESG analysis is subjective and ESG factors are not determinative in the sub-adviser’s investment process. The sub-adviser may conclude that other attributes of a company outweigh factors when making investment decisions.
The fund may invest in foreign securities through American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), and generally will not invest more than 10% of the fund’s assets in foreign securities. The fund only invests in securities traded on U.S. exchanges.
1 “Russell®” and other service marks and trademarks related to the Russell indexes are trademarks of the London Stock Exchange Group companies.
Principal Risks: Risk is inherent in all investing. Many factors and risks affect the fund's performance, including those described below. The value of your investment in the fund, as well as the amount of return you receive on your investment, may fluctuate significantly day to day and over time. You may lose part or all of your investment in the fund or your investment may not perform as well as other similar investments. The following is a summary description of principal risks (in alphabetical order after certain key risks) of investing in the fund. An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. You may lose money if you invest in this fund.
Market – The market prices of the fund’s securities or other assets may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, due to general market conditions, overall economic trends or events, inflation, changes in interest rates, governmental actions or interventions, actions taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve or foreign central banks, market disruptions caused by tariffs, trade disputes or other factors, political developments, armed conflicts, economic sanctions, cybersecurity events, investor sentiment, public health events such as the spread of infectious disease, and other factors that may or may not be related to the issuer of the security or other asset. If the market prices of the fund’s securities and assets fall, the value of your investment in the fund could go down.
Economies and financial markets throughout the world are increasingly interconnected. Events or circumstances in one or more countries or regions could be highly disruptive to, and have profound impacts on, global economies or markets. As a result, whether or not the fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to the countries directly affected, the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments may go down.
In recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic, the large expansion of government deficits and debt as a result of government actions to mitigate the effects of the pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the rise of inflation have resulted in extreme volatility in the global economy and in global financial markets. These events could be prolonged and could continue to adversely affect the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments, impair the fund’s ability to satisfy redemption requests, and negatively impact the fund’s performance.
Growth Stocks – Returns on growth stocks may not move in tandem with returns on other categories of stocks or the market as a whole. Growth stocks typically are particularly sensitive to market movements and may involve larger price swings because
their market prices tend to reflect future expectations. When it appears those expectations may not be met, the prices of growth stocks typically fall. Growth stocks may also be more volatile because they often do not pay dividends. The values of growth stocks tend to go down when interest rates rise because the rise in interest rates reduces the current value of future cash flows. Growth stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “value” stocks.
Small Capitalization Companies – The fund will be exposed to additional risks as a result of its investments in the securities of small capitalization companies. Small capitalization companies may be more at risk than larger capitalization companies because, among other things, they may have limited product lines, operating history, market or financial resources, or because they may depend on limited management groups. Securities of small capitalization companies are generally more volatile than and may underperform larger capitalization companies, may be harder to sell at times and at prices the portfolio managers believe appropriate and may offer greater potential for losses.
Focused Investing – To the extent the fund invests in a limited number of countries, regions, sectors, industries or market segments, in a limited number of issuers, or in issuers in related businesses or that are subject to related operating risks, the fund will be more susceptible to negative events affecting those countries, regions, sectors, industries, segments or issuers, and the value of its shares may be more volatile than if it invested more widely.
Equity Securities – Equity securities generally have greater risk of loss than debt securities. Stock markets are volatile and the value of equity securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. The value of equity securities fluctuates based on real or perceived changes in a company’s financial condition, factors affecting a particular industry or industries, and overall market, economic and political conditions. If the market prices of the equity securities owned by the fund fall, the value of your investment in the fund will decline. The fund may lose its entire investment in the equity securities of an issuer. A change in financial condition or other event affecting a single issuer may adversely impact securities markets as a whole.
Liquidity – The fund may make investments that are illiquid or that become illiquid after purchase. Illiquid investments can be difficult to value, may trade at a discount from comparable, more liquid investments, and may be subject to wide fluctuations in value. Liquidity risk may be magnified in rising interest rate environments. If the fund is forced to sell an illiquid investment to meet redemption requests or other cash needs, the fund may be forced to sell at a substantial loss or may not be able to sell at all. Liquidity of particular investments, or even entire asset classes, including U.S. Treasury securities, can deteriorate rapidly, particularly during times of market turmoil, and those investments may be difficult or impossible for the fund to sell. This may prevent the fund from limiting losses.
Valuation – The sales price the fund could receive for any particular portfolio investment may differ from the fund's valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets, that are priced based upon valuations provided by third party pricing services that use matrix or evaluated pricing systems, or that are valued using a fair value methodology. These
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differences may increase significantly and affect fund investments more broadly during periods of market volatility. Investors who purchase or redeem fund shares on days when the fund is holding fair-valued securities may receive fewer or more shares or lower or higher redemption proceeds than they would have received if the fund had not fair-valued securities or had used a different valuation methodology. The fund’s ability to value its investments may also be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third party service providers. Fair value pricing involves subjective judgment, which may prove to be incorrect.
Management – The value of your investment may go down if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's judgments and decisions are incorrect or otherwise do not produce the desired results, or if the investment strategy does not work as intended. You may also suffer losses if there are imperfections, errors or limitations in the quantitative, analytic or other tools, resources, information and data used, investment techniques applied, or the analyses employed or relied on, by the investment manageror sub-adviser, if such tools, resources, information or data are used incorrectly or otherwise do not work as intended, or if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's investment style is out of favor or otherwise fails to produce the desired results. Any of these things could cause the fund to lose value or its results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.
Active Trading – The fund may purchase and sell securities without regard to the length of time held. Active trading may be more pronounced during periods of market volatility, may have a negative impact on performance and may generate greater amounts of short-term capital gains.
Currency – The value of a fund’s investments in securities denominated in foreign currencies increases or decreases as the rates of exchange between those currencies and the U.S. dollar change. U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers may also be affected by currency risk. Currency exchange rates can be volatile and may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency conversion costs and currency fluctuations could reduce or eliminate investment gains or add to investment losses. A fund may be unable or may choose not to hedge its foreign currency exposure or any hedge may not be effective.
Depositary Receipts – Depositary receipts are generally subject to the same risks as are the foreign securities that they evidence or into which they may be converted, and they may be less liquid than the underlying shares in their primary trading market. In addition, depositary receipts expose the fund to risk associated with the non-uniform terms that apply to depositary receipt programs, credit exposure to the depositary bank and to the sponsors and other parties with whom the depositary bank establishes the programs. Holders of depositary receipts may have limited voting rights, and investment restrictions in certain countries may adversely impact the value of depositary receipts because such restrictions may limit the ability to convert equity shares into depositary receipts and vice versa.
Foreign Investments – Investing in securities of foreign issuers or issuers with significant exposure to foreign markets involves additional risks. Foreign markets can be less liquid, less regulated, less transparent and more volatile than U.S. markets. The value of the fund’s foreign investments may decline, sometimes rapidly or
unpredictably, because of factors affecting the particular issuer as well as foreign markets and issuers generally, such as unfavorable government actions, including nationalization, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, reduction of government or central bank support, tariffs and trade disruptions, sanctions, political or financial instability, social unrest or other adverse economic or political developments. Foreign investments may also be subject to different accounting practices and different regulatory, legal, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping standards and practices, and may be more difficult to value than investments in U.S. issuers. Certain foreign clearance and settlement procedures may result in an inability to execute transactions or delays in settlement.
Large Shareholder – A significant portion of the fund’s shares may be owned by other funds sponsored by Transamerica. Transactions by these funds may be disruptive to the management of the fund. For example, the fund may experience large redemptions and could be required to sell securities at a time when it may not otherwise desire to do so. Such transactions may increase the fund’s brokerage and/or other transaction costs. These transactions may also accelerate the realization of taxable income to shareholders if such sales of investments resulted in gains. In addition, sizeable redemptions could cause the fund’s total expenses to increase.
Sustainability and/or Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) Considerations – The sub-adviser considers sustainability and/or ESG factors that it deems relevant, along with other factors and analysis, when sub-advising the fund. This usage of sustainability and/or ESG factors or criteria is sometimes referred to as “ESG integration.” The sub-adviser may consider sustainability and/or ESG factors on a meaningful portion of the fund’s investments. The sub-adviser may give little or no weight to sustainability and/or ESG factors for certain investments, and not every sustainability and/or ESG factor may be identified or evaluated for every investment. Consideration of sustainability and/or ESG factors is not determinative in the sub-adviser’s investment process, and the sub-adviser may conclude that other attributes of an investment outweigh sustainability and/or ESG considerations when making investment decisions. Applying sustainability and/or ESG factors as part of the fund’s security selection process may impact the sub-adviser’s investment decisions. Sustainability and ESG factors are not uniformly defined and applying such factors involves subjective assessments. Sustainability and ESG ratings and assessments of issuers can vary across investment advisers (including sub-advisers) and third party data providers and may change over time. Sustainability and ESG factors can be difficult to apply consistently across issuers, regions, countries, industries and sectors. The application of these factors could negatively impact the fund’s performance. Sustainability and ESG information from issuers and from third party data providers may be incomplete, delayed, inaccurate or unavailable, which could lead to an incorrect assessment of a company’s sustainability or ESG characteristics. Regulation of sustainability and ESG investing in the U.S. and abroad is evolving. Regulatory changes with respect to ESG integration could impact the sub-adviser’s ability to consider sustainability and/or ESG criteria as part of its investment process.
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Performance: The bar chart and the table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart shows how the fund’s performance has varied from year to year. The table shows how the fund’s average annual total returns for different periods compare to the returns of a broad measure of market performance.
Absent any applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations, performance would have been lower.
As with all mutual funds, past performance (before and after taxes) is not a prediction of future results. Updated performance information is available on our website at www.transamerica.com/investments-fund-center or by calling 1-888-233-4339.

Annual Total Returns (calendar years ended December 31) - Class R4
 
Quarter Ended
Return
Best Quarter:
6/30/2020
28.41%
Worst Quarter:
3/31/2020
-22.01%

Average Annual Total Returns (periods ended December 31, 2022)
 
1 Year
5 Years
Since
Inception
Inception
Date
Class R4
 
 
 
3/10/2017
Return before taxes
-30.86%
5.19%
6.84%
 
Return after taxes on
distributions
-31.52%
3.18%
4.67%
 
Return after taxes on
distributions and sale of fund
shares
-17.79%
4.07%
5.34%
 
Class R (Return before taxes only)
-31.12%
4.79%
6.44%
3/10/2017
Class I3 (Return before taxes only)
-30.85%
5.25%
6.95%
3/10/2017
Russell 2000® Growth Index1
(reflects no deduction for fees,
expenses or taxes)
-26.36%
3.51%
6.07%
 
1
“Russell®” and other service marks and trademarks related to the Russell indexes are trademarks of the London Stock Exchange Group companies.
The after-tax returns are calculated using the historic highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns may depend on the investor’s individual tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns may not be relevant if the investment is made through a tax-exempt or tax-deferred account, such as a 401(k) plan.

After-tax returns are presented for only one class, and returns for other classes are presented before taxes only and will vary.
Management:
Investment Manager: Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Adviser: Ranger Investment Management, L.P.
Portfolio Managers:
W. Conrad Doenges1
Portfolio Manager
since September 2012
Andrew Hill
Portfolio Manager
since February 2017
Joseph LaBate
Portfolio Manager
since February 2017
Brown McCullough
Portfolio Manager
since February 2023
1 Portfolio Manager of the predecessor fund.
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares: Shares of the fund are available to individual and institutional investors through certain retirement plans. These plans include, but are not limited to, 401(k), 403(b) and 457 Plans, Money Purchase Plans, Profit Sharing Plans, Simplified Employee Pension Plans, Keogh Plans, defined benefit plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans and IRAs. Shares may be purchased by these investors through a plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary. If you are a participant in a plan, you should obtain the plan’s conditions for participation from your plan administrator. Shares of the fund are also available to other investors, including endowment funds and foundations, any state, county or city, or its instrumentality, department, authority or agency, and accounts registered to insurance companies, trust companies and bank trust departments. Such investors may purchase shares in the fund through the transfer agent directly. You may purchase shares of the fund on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for business. Requests to purchase shares for the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. Participants in retirement plans administered by Transamerica Retirement Solutions should contact Transamerica Retirement Solutions at 1-800-755-5801 for additional information. If you would like to purchase shares in a fund by a wire transfer, please call 1-888-233-4339 for wire transfer instructions. You buy and redeem shares at the fund’s next-determined net asset value (“NAV”) after receipt of your request in good order. There is no minimum investment for eligible retirement plans investing in Class R shares. The minimum initial investment for Class R4 shares is $5,000. There is no minimum for subsequent investments in Class R or R4 shares. A retirement plan may, however, impose minimum investment requirements. Plan participants or IRA holders should consult their plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary.
Redemption requests may be made by mail and, in certain circumstances, telephone. The proceeds of the redemption will be sent by mail or, if authorized on the Account Application, wire transfer. Requests to redeem shares of the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. You may redeem shares by telephone if you authorized telephone redemptions on your Account Application. The fund reserves the right to refuse a telephone redemption request if it is believed it is advisable to do so. The telephone redemption option may be suspended or terminated at any time without advance notice.
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Class I3 shares are only available to certain funds of funds, registered and unregistered insurance company separate accounts and collective investment trusts. Class I3 shares do not have a minimum initial investment for those that qualify for the share class or a minimum subsequent investment amount.
Tax Information: Fund distributions may be taxable as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax-advantaged investment plan. In that case, you may be taxed when you take a distribution from such plan, depending on the type of plan, the circumstances of your distribution and other factors.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries: If you purchase the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the fund and/or its affiliates 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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Transamerica Small Cap Value
Investment Objective: Seeks long-term capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses: This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Class:
R4
R
I3
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on
purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
None
None
None
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a
percentage of purchase price or redemption
proceeds, whichever is lower)
None
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Class:
R4
R
I3
Management fees
0.78%
0.78%
0.78%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees
0.25%
0.50%
None
Other expenses
0.07%
0.06%
0.06%
Recaptured expense1
0.01%
0.00%
0.00%
All other expenses
0.06%
0.06%
0.06%
Total annual fund operating expenses
1.10%
1.34%
0.84%
1
Contractual arrangements have been made with the fund’s investment manager, Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (“TAM”), through March 1, 2024 to waive fees and/or reimburse fund expenses to the extent that total annual fund operating expenses exceed 1.10% for Class R4 shares, 1.40% for Class R shares and 0.89% for Class I3 shares, excluding, as applicable, acquired fund fees and expenses, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, dividend and interest expenses on securities sold short, extraordinary expenses and other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the fund’s business. These arrangements cannot be terminated prior to March 1, 2024 without the Board of Trustees’ consent. TAM is permitted to recapture amounts waived and/or reimbursed to a class during any of the 36 months from the date on which TAM waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses for the class if the class’ total annual fund operating expenses have fallen to a level below the limits described above. In no case will TAM recapture any amount that would result, on any particular business day of the fund, in the class’ total annual operating expenses exceeding the applicable limits described above or any other lower limit then in effect.
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 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 your costs would be:
 
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
Class R4
$112
$350
$606
$1,340
Class R
$136
$425
$734
$1,613
Class I3
$86
$268
$466
$1,037
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 portfolio turnover rate for the fund was 38% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies: The fund’s sub-adviser, Peregrine Capital Management, LLC (the “sub-adviser”) invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the fund’s net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in equity securities of small-capitalization companies. The fund generally considers a small-capitalization company to be a company with a market capitalization within the range of the Russell 2000® Value Index1 at the time of initial purchase. As of December 31, 2022, the market capitalization range of the Russell 2000® Value Index was between $6.1 million and $6.7 billion. The equity securities in which the fund invests are primarily common stocks of U.S. companies.
The sub-adviser uses a proprietary, quantitative screening process designed to identify the least expensive small-capitalization stocks across each sector. This screening process narrows the investment universe and allows the sub-adviser to focus its fundamental research and analysis on the stocks that the sub-adviser believes are the most undervalued relative to their respective sector peer group. Fundamental research is primarily conducted through financial statement analysis, meetings with company management teams, and interacting with sell-side research analysts. Through its fundamental research and analysis, the sub-adviser seeks to uncover one or more of the following five Value Buy Criteria that the sub-adviser believes may act as a catalyst for stock appreciation:
Resolvable Short-Term Problem – Companies that may have gone through a negative fundamental event that has had an impact on stock price and valuation, and the sub-adviser believes the company has a pathway to resolve the problem within a reasonable period of time.
Catalyst for Change – Companies that may have a material fundamental event going on that the sub-adviser believes the market is not pricing in to the valuation of the stock.
Unrecognized Assets – Companies that the sub-adviser believes may have some intrinsic value that the market is not appreciating and the sub-adviser believes there is a pathway to unlocking that value within the near to moderate term.
Fundamental Undervaluation – Companies that the sub-adviser believes lack significant sponsorship from the sell-side community and may have strong margins and growth but are in the 10-15% of the lowest valued names in a sector.
Take-Over Potential – Companies that the sub-adviser believes have assets that would be more attractive in the hands of other owners.
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The sub-adviser may sell a stock when the sub-adviser believes it has become fairly valued or when signs of fundamental deterioration appear. The sub-adviser may actively trade portfolio securities. Value stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “growth” stocks.
From time to time, the fund may invest up to 10% of its assets in exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) in order to manage market liquidity and equitize cash. The fund may also invest some of its assets in cash or in money market instruments, including U.S. Government obligations and repurchase agreements, or make other short-term debt investments to maintain liquidity.
1 “Russell®” and other service marks and trademarks related to the Russell indexes are trademarks of the London Stock Exchange Group companies.
Principal Risks: Risk is inherent in all investing. Many factors and risks affect the fund's performance, including those described below. The value of your investment in the fund, as well as the amount of return you receive on your investment, may fluctuate significantly day to day and over time. You may lose part or all of your investment in the fund or your investment may not perform as well as other similar investments. The following is a summary description of principal risks (in alphabetical order after certain key risks) of investing in the fund. An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. You may lose money if you invest in this fund.
Market – The market prices of the fund’s securities or other assets may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, due to general market conditions, overall economic trends or events, inflation, changes in interest rates, governmental actions or interventions, actions taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve or foreign central banks, market disruptions caused by tariffs, trade disputes or other factors, political developments, armed conflicts, economic sanctions, cybersecurity events, investor sentiment, public health events such as the spread of infectious disease, and other factors that may or may not be related to the issuer of the security or other asset. If the market prices of the fund’s securities and assets fall, the value of your investment in the fund could go down.
Economies and financial markets throughout the world are increasingly interconnected. Events or circumstances in one or more countries or regions could be highly disruptive to, and have profound impacts on, global economies or markets. As a result, whether or not the fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to the countries directly affected, the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments may go down.
In recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic, the large expansion of government deficits and debt as a result of government actions to mitigate the effects of the pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the rise of inflation have resulted in extreme volatility in the global economy and in global financial markets. These events could be prolonged and could continue to adversely affect the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments, impair the fund’s ability to satisfy redemption requests, and negatively impact the fund’s performance.
Value Investing – The prices of securities the sub-adviser believes are undervalued may not appreciate as anticipated or may go down. The value approach to investing involves the risk that
stocks may remain undervalued, undervaluation may become more severe, or perceived undervaluation may actually represent intrinsic value. Value stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “growth” stocks.
Small Capitalization Companies – The fund will be exposed to additional risks as a result of its investments in the securities of small capitalization companies. Small capitalization companies may be more at risk than larger capitalization companies because, among other things, they may have limited product lines, operating history, market or financial resources, or because they may depend on limited management groups. Securities of small capitalization companies are generally more volatile than and may underperform larger capitalization companies, may be harder to sell at times and at prices the portfolio managers believe appropriate and may offer greater potential for losses.
Equity Securities – Equity securities generally have greater risk of loss than debt securities. Stock markets are volatile and the value of equity securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. The value of equity securities fluctuates based on real or perceived changes in a company’s financial condition, factors affecting a particular industry or industries, and overall market, economic and political conditions. If the market prices of the equity securities owned by the fund fall, the value of your investment in the fund will decline. The fund may lose its entire investment in the equity securities of an issuer. A change in financial condition or other event affecting a single issuer may adversely impact securities markets as a whole.
Liquidity – The fund may make investments that are illiquid or that become illiquid after purchase. Illiquid investments can be difficult to value, may trade at a discount from comparable, more liquid investments, and may be subject to wide fluctuations in value. Liquidity risk may be magnified in rising interest rate environments. If the fund is forced to sell an illiquid investment to meet redemption requests or other cash needs, the fund may be forced to sell at a substantial loss or may not be able to sell at all. Liquidity of particular investments, or even entire asset classes, including U.S. Treasury securities, can deteriorate rapidly, particularly during times of market turmoil, and those investments may be difficult or impossible for the fund to sell. This may prevent the fund from limiting losses.
Valuation – The sales price the fund could receive for any particular portfolio investment may differ from the fund's valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets, that are priced based upon valuations provided by third party pricing services that use matrix or evaluated pricing systems, or that are valued using a fair value methodology. These differences may increase significantly and affect fund investments more broadly during periods of market volatility. Investors who purchase or redeem fund shares on days when the fund is holding fair-valued securities may receive fewer or more shares or lower or higher redemption proceeds than they would have received if the fund had not fair-valued securities or had used a different valuation methodology. The fund’s ability to value its investments may also be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third party service providers. Fair value pricing involves subjective judgment, which may prove to be incorrect.
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Management – The value of your investment may go down if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's judgments and decisions are incorrect or otherwise do not produce the desired results, or if the investment strategy does not work as intended. You may also suffer losses if there are imperfections, errors or limitations in the quantitative, analytic or other tools, resources, information and data used, investment techniques applied, or the analyses employed or relied on, by the investment manageror sub-adviser, if such tools, resources, information or data are used incorrectly or otherwise do not work as intended, or if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's investment style is out of favor or otherwise fails to produce the desired results. Any of these things could cause the fund to lose value or its results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.
Active Trading – The fund may purchase and sell securities without regard to the length of time held. Active trading may be more pronounced during periods of market volatility, may have a negative impact on performance and may generate greater amounts of short-term capital gains.
Large Shareholder – A significant portion of the fund’s shares may be owned by other funds sponsored by Transamerica. Transactions by these funds may be disruptive to the management of the fund. For example, the fund may experience large redemptions and could be required to sell securities at a time when it may not otherwise desire to do so. Such transactions may increase the fund’s brokerage and/or other transaction costs. These transactions may also accelerate the realization of taxable income to shareholders if such sales of investments resulted in gains. In addition, sizeable redemptions could cause the fund’s total expenses to increase.
Underlying Exchange-Traded Funds – To the extent the fund invests its assets in underlying ETFs, its ability to achieve its investment objective will depend in part on the performance of the underlying ETFs in which it invests. Investing in underlying ETFs subjects the fund to the risks of investing in the underlying securities or assets held by those ETFs. Each of the underlying ETFs in which the fund may invest has its own investment risks, and those risks can affect the value of the underlying ETFs’ shares and therefore the value of the fund's investments. There can be no assurance that the investment objective of any underlying ETF will be achieved. To the extent that the fund invests more of its assets in one underlying ETF than in another, the fund will have greater exposure to the risks of that underlying ETF. In addition, the fund will bear a pro rata portion of the operating expenses of the underlying ETFs in which it invests.
Performance: The bar chart and the table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart shows how the fund’s performance has varied from year to year. The table shows how the fund’s average annual total returns for different periods compare to the returns of a broad measure of market performance.
The fund acquired the assets and assumed the liabilities of three Transamerica Partners funds, including Transamerica Partners Institutional Small Value (the “predecessor fund”), on April 21, 2017, and the predecessor fund was the accounting and performance survivor of the reorganizations. This means that the predecessor fund's financial and performance history became the financial
and performance history of the fund. In the reorganization of the predecessor fund, former shareholders of the predecessor fund received Class R4 shares of the fund. The performance of Class R4 shares includes the performance of the predecessor fund prior to the reorganizations, and has not been restated to reflect the annual operating expenses of Class R4 shares.
As with all mutual funds, past performance (before and after taxes) is not a prediction of future results. Updated performance information is available on our website at www.transamerica.com/investments-fund-center or by calling 1-888-233-4339.
Prior to September 28, 2015, the predecessor fund had a different sub-adviser, a different investment objective and used different investment strategies. The performance set forth prior to that date is attributable to that previous sub-adviser.
Prior to November 1, 2018, the fund had a different sub-adviser and used different investment strategies. The performance set forth for the period between September 28, 2015 and October 31, 2018 is attributable to that previous sub-adviser.

Annual Total Returns (calendar years ended December 31) - Class R4
 
Quarter Ended
Return
Best Quarter:
12/31/2020
35.47%
Worst Quarter:
3/31/2020
-38.29%

Average Annual Total Returns (periods ended December 31, 2022)
 
1 Year
5 Years
10 Years
Since
Inception
Inception
Date
Class R4
 
 
 
 
1/23/2003
Return before taxes
-13.00%
2.83%
7.16%
 
 
Return after taxes on
distributions
-16.72%
-2.06%
4.34%
 
 
Return after taxes on
distributions and sale
of fund shares
-5.17%
1.19%
5.15%
 
 
Class R (Return before
taxes only)
-13.30%
2.58%
N/A
3.85%
4/21/2017
Class I3 (Return before
taxes only)
-12.85%
3.05%
N/A
4.35%
4/21/2017
Russell 2000® Value
Index1 (reflects no
deduction for fees,
expenses or taxes)
-14.48%
4.13%
8.48%
5.09%
 
1
“Russell®” and other service marks and trademarks related to the Russell indexes are trademarks of the London Stock Exchange Group companies.
The after-tax returns are calculated using the historic highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns may depend on the investor’s individual tax situation and may differ from those
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shown. After-tax returns may not be relevant if the investment is made through a tax-exempt or tax-deferred account, such as a 401(k) plan.

After-tax returns are presented for only one class, and returns for other classes are presented before taxes only and will vary.
Management:
Investment Manager: Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Adviser: Peregrine Capital Management, LLC
Portfolio Managers:
Jason R. Ballsrud, CFA
Portfolio Manager
since November 2018
Tasso H. Coin, Jr., CFA
Portfolio Manager
since November 2018
Douglas G. Pugh, CFA
Portfolio Manager
since November 2018
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares: Shares of the fund are available to individual and institutional investors through certain retirement plans. These plans include, but are not limited to, 401(k), 403(b) and 457 Plans, Money Purchase Plans, Profit Sharing Plans, Simplified Employee Pension Plans, Keogh Plans, defined benefit plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans and IRAs. Shares may be purchased by these investors through a plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary. If you are a participant in a plan, you should obtain the plan’s conditions for participation from your plan administrator. Shares of the fund are also available to other investors, including endowment funds and foundations, any state, county or city, or its instrumentality, department, authority or agency, and accounts registered to insurance companies, trust companies and bank trust departments. Such investors may purchase shares in the fund through the transfer agent directly. You may purchase shares of the fund on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for business. Requests to purchase shares for the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. Participants in retirement plans administered by Transamerica Retirement Solutions should contact Transamerica Retirement Solutions at 1-800-755-5801 for additional information. If you would like to purchase shares in a fund by a wire transfer, please call 1-888-233-4339 for wire transfer instructions. You buy and redeem shares at the fund’s next-determined net asset value (“NAV”) after receipt of your request in good order. There is no minimum investment for eligible retirement plans investing in Class R shares. The minimum initial investment for Class R4 shares is $5,000. There is no minimum for subsequent investments in Class R or R4 shares. A retirement plan may, however, impose minimum investment requirements. Plan participants or IRA holders should consult their plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary.
Redemption requests may be made by mail and, in certain circumstances, telephone. The proceeds of the redemption will be sent by mail or, if authorized on the Account Application, wire transfer. Requests to redeem shares of the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. You may redeem shares by telephone if you authorized telephone redemptions on your Account Application. The fund reserves the right to refuse a telephone redemption request if it is believed it is advisable to do so. The telephone redemption option may be suspended or terminated at any time without advance notice.
Class I3 shares are only available to certain funds of funds, registered and unregistered insurance company separate accounts and collective investment trusts. Class I3 shares do not have a minimum initial investment for those that qualify for the share class or a minimum subsequent investment amount.
Tax Information: Fund distributions may be taxable as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax-advantaged investment plan. In that case, you may be taxed when you take a distribution from such plan, depending on the type of plan, the circumstances of your distribution and other factors.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries: If you purchase the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the fund and/or its affiliates 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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Transamerica Sustainable Bond
Investment Objective: Seeks to provide high total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses: This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Class:
R4
R
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as
a percentage of offering price)
None
None
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage
of purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
lower)
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Class:
R4
R
Management fees
0.41%
0.41%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees
0.25%
0.50%
Other expenses1
0.63%
0.62%
Total annual fund operating expenses
1.29%
1.53%
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement2
0.59%
0.48%
Total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver
and/or expense reimbursement
0.70%
1.05%
1
Other expenses are based on estimates for the current fiscal year.
2
Contractual arrangements have been made with the fund’s investment manager, Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (“TAM”), through March 1, 2024 to waive fees and/or reimburse fund expenses to the extent that total annual fund operating expenses exceed 0.70% for Class R4 shares and 1.05% for Class R shares, excluding, as applicable, acquired fund fees and expenses, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, dividend and interest expenses on securities sold short, extraordinary expenses and other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the fund’s business. These arrangements cannot be terminated prior to March 1, 2024 without the Board of Trustees’ consent. TAM is permitted to recapture amounts waived and/or reimbursed to a class during any of the 36 months from the date on which TAM waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses for the class if the class’ total annual fund operating expenses have fallen to a level below the limits described above. In no case will TAM recapture any amount that would result, on any particular business day of the fund, in the class’ total annual operating expenses exceeding the applicable limits described above or any other lower limit then in effect.
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 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. The Example reflects applicable waivers and/or reimbursements for the duration of such arrangement(s). 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 R4
$72
$351
$651
$1,505
Class R
$107
$436
$789
$1,783
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 portfolio turnover rate for the fund was 18% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies: The fund’s sub-adviser, Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC (the “sub-adviser”), seeks to achieve the fund’s objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the fund’s net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in fixed-income securities.
The fund’s investments in fixed-income securities may include U.S. government and foreign government bonds and notes (including emerging markets), mortgage-backed, commercial mortgage-backed, and asset-backed securities (including collateralized mortgage obligations), investment grade and below (commonly known as “junk bonds”) corporate bonds of issuers in the U.S. and foreign countries (including emerging markets), convertible bonds and other convertible securities, bank loans and loan participations, structured notes, municipal bonds and preferred securities.
The fund’s investment in fixed-income securities may also include dollar rolls, inflation-protected securities, repurchase agreements and to be announced (“TBA”) transactions.
The fund may invest in securities of any maturity and does not have a target average duration.
Under normal circumstances, the fund has an average credit rating of investment grade.
The fund’s sub-adviser focuses on fixed-income securities of issuers that are, in the sub-adviser’s view, aligned with sustainability initiatives. The fund’s investment universe is defined by the sub-adviser’s Sustainable Investment Committee (“SIC”) which consists of employees of the sub-adviser and affiliated entities within the global Aegon Asset Management organization, who have responsible investing expertise.
Potential investments, except as described below, are screened utilizing the sub-adviser’s proprietary sustainability assessment framework which evaluates issuers or securities using internal and external inputs. The sub-adviser uses positive screening to identify issuers and securities that the sub-adviser believes align with sustainability themes. Using this approach, the sub-adviser avoids investments in issuers, industries or sectors that are in its view inconsistent with its sustainable investing philosophy. The sub-adviser does not utilize a specific exclusions list as part of its sustainability assessment framework.
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Eligible investments include issuers or securities that are viewed by the sub-adviser as offering products or services that are aligned with long-term sustainability initiatives including, but not limited to, various environmental and societal initiatives.
The sub-adviser’s sustainability assessment focuses on key sustainability pillars, including climate change, eco solutions, resource efficiency, health and well-being, inclusion and sustainable growth. These sustainable investment opportunities may also align with many of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (“SDGs”), a set of goals that seek to address the world’s most pressing sustainability issues. While the SDGs provide a helpful framework for identifying sustainable themes, the sub-adviser relies on its proprietary sustainability assessment to determine the eligible investment universe.
The sub-adviser uses a research-driven process in an effort to identify sustainable investment opportunities. The process consists of five primary steps:
1. Sustainability research: The sub-adviser generates sustainable investment ideas using a sustainability assessment process to identify fixed-income investments that the sub-adviser believes will contribute to or benefit from the long-term sustainability of the global economy, environment and society. The process combines internal expertise alongside external data to analyze a potential investment’s sustainability profile. Sustainable investment ideas are presented to the SIC for further evaluation.
2. Sustainability determination: The SIC reviews the sustainability research and ultimately determines the sustainable investment universe for the fund. The SIC reviews investments for alignment with sustainable initiatives and identifies an eligible investment universe consisting of issuers or securities that are viewed as offering products or services that are aligned with long-term sustainability. Issuers and securities are classified into one of five categories depending on their level of alignment with sustainability initiatives. As an example, category one, category two, and category three may include companies with varying levels of revenues tied to products or services aligned with sustainability initiatives (category one representing “leaders” with the highest amount of such revenues, and category three representing “improvers” with the lowest amount of such revenues). Category four may include companies that the sub-adviser believes do not have a material amount of revenues aligned with sustainability initiatives but are likely not involved in activities that are counter to sustainable initiatives. Category five may include companies that may be involved in controversial activities that are against sustainable initiatives. The sustainability criteria is tailored to the fixed-income sector.
3. Economic research and recommendation: In its proprietary, “bottom-up” research, the sub-adviser considers various fundamental and other factors, such as creditworthiness, capital structure, covenants, cash-flows and, as applicable, collateral. The sub-adviser’s research analysts also generally integrate environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) matters within
their analytical process for private residential mortgage-backed securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities, certain asset-backed securities (including collateralized loan obligations), investment grade and below (commonly known as “junk bonds”), corporate bonds of issuers in the U.S. and foreign countries (including emerging markets), certain bank loans and loan participations, structured notes, certain preferred securities and certain cash equivalents (including corporate commercial paper) alongside traditional credit metrics, as a risk management tool and as a method to identify financially material ESG factors and arrive at an independent, comprehensive view of the investment. The sub-adviser’s research analysts typically do not consider ESG factors when analyzing other investments, including obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies and instrumentalities, convertible bonds, other convertible securities, municipal bonds, derivatives instruments, dollar rolls, inflation-protected securities, repurchase agreements, to be announced transactions, cash and certain cash equivalents. Consideration of ESG matters is subjective and not determinative in the investment process. ESG factors are evaluated separately from the sustainability analysis, and the sub-adviser may conclude that other attributes of an investment outweigh ESG considerations. While the sub-adviser performs sustainability analysis on all holdings in the fund, except as described below, the sub-adviser does not take ESG factors into consideration with respect to every investment in the fund.
4. Portfolio construction: The sub-adviser combines the proprietary “bottom-up” research with “top-down” analysis of the macroeconomic and interest rate environments. In the sub-adviser’s “top-down” approach, the sub-adviser analyzes various fundamental, technical, sentiment, and valuation factors that affect the movement of markets and securities prices worldwide. This “top-down” analysis includes a relative value assessment across asset classes as the sub-adviser constructs a sustainability-themed portfolio based on the eligible sustainable investment universe set by the SIC. The fund invests in issuers or securities within categories one through three of the sub-adviser’s sustainability criteria described above.
5. Engagement: The sub-adviser’s dedicated Responsible Investment team may engage with issuers in an effort to encourage issuers to enhance the sustainability of their businesses and make positive change.
The fund may utilize derivatives, such as options, futures, forward currency contracts and swaps, including, but not limited to, interest rate, total return and credit default swaps. These investment strategies may be employed as a hedging technique, as a means of altering investment characteristics of the fund’s portfolio (such as shortening or lengthening duration), in an attempt to enhance returns or for other purposes.
The fund may purchase securities on a when-issued, delayed delivery or forward-commitment basis.
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All investments by the fund, with the exception of cash, cash equivalents and derivatives instruments, in each case used for duration and/or temporary cashflow management purposes, are subject to the sub-adviser’s sustainability screening process.
Principal Risks: Risk is inherent in all investing. Many factors and risks affect the fund's performance, including those described below. The value of your investment in the fund, as well as the amount of return you receive on your investment, may fluctuate significantly day to day and over time. You may lose part or all of your investment in the fund or your investment may not perform as well as other similar investments. The following is a summary description of principal risks (in alphabetical order after certain key risks) of investing in the fund. An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. You may lose money if you invest in this fund.
Market – The market prices of the fund’s securities or other assets may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, due to general market conditions, overall economic trends or events, inflation, changes in interest rates, governmental actions or interventions, actions taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve or foreign central banks, market disruptions caused by tariffs, trade disputes or other factors, political developments, armed conflicts, economic sanctions, cybersecurity events, investor sentiment, public health events such as the spread of infectious disease, and other factors that may or may not be related to the issuer of the security or other asset. If the market prices of the fund’s securities and assets fall, the value of your investment in the fund could go down.
Economies and financial markets throughout the world are increasingly interconnected. Events or circumstances in one or more countries or regions could be highly disruptive to, and have profound impacts on, global economies or markets. As a result, whether or not the fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to the countries directly affected, the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments may go down.
In recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic, the large expansion of government deficits and debt as a result of government actions to mitigate the effects of the pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the rise of inflation have resulted in extreme volatility in the global economy and in global financial markets. These events could be prolonged and could continue to adversely affect the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments, impair the fund’s ability to satisfy redemption requests, and negatively impact the fund’s performance.
Fixed-Income Securities – Risks of fixed-income securities include credit risk, interest rate risk, counterparty risk, prepayment risk, extension risk, valuation risk, and liquidity risk. The value of fixed-income securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, due to general market conditions, such as real or perceived adverse economic or political conditions, tariffs and trade disruptions, inflation, changes in interest rates, lack of liquidity in the bond markets or adverse investor sentiment. In addition, the value of a fixed-income security may decline if the issuer or other obligor of the security fails to pay principal and/or interest, otherwise defaults or has its credit rating downgraded or is perceived to be less creditworthy, or the credit quality or value of any underlying
assets declines. If the value of fixed-income securities owned by the fund falls, the value of your investment will go down. The fund may lose its entire investment in the fixed-income securities of an issuer.
Interest Rate –The value of fixed-income securities generally goes down when interest rates rise. A rise in rates tends to have a greater impact on the prices of longer term or duration securities. Changes in interest rates also may affect the liquidity of the fund’s investments. A general rise in interest rates may cause investors to sell fixed-income securities on a large scale, which could adversely affect the price and liquidity of fixed-income securities generally and could also result in increased redemptions from the fund. Increased redemptions could cause the fund to sell securities at inopportune times or depressed prices and result in further losses.
Credit – If an issuer or other obligor (such as a party providing insurance or other credit enhancement) of a security held by the fund or a counterparty to a financial contract with the fund is unable or unwilling to meet its financial obligations, or is downgraded or perceived to be less creditworthy (whether by market participants or otherwise), or if the value of any underlying assets declines, the value of your investment will typically decline. A decline may be rapid and/or significant, particularly in certain market environments. In addition, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against an issuer, obligor or counterparty.
Mortgage-Related and Asset-Backed Securities – The value of mortgage-related and asset-backed securities will be influenced by factors affecting the housing market and the assets underlying such securities. As a result, during periods of declining asset values, difficult or frozen credit markets, swings in interest rates, or deteriorating economic conditions, mortgage-related and asset-backed securities may decline in value, face valuation difficulties, become more volatile and/or become illiquid, which could negatively impact the fund. Mortgage-backed securities represent direct or indirect participations in, or are collateralized by and payable from, mortgage loans secured by real property. Asset-backed securities represent participations in, or are secured by and payable from, assets such as installment sales or loan contracts, leases, credit card receivables and other categories of receivables. The value of mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities may be affected by changes in credit quality or value of the mortgage loans or other assets that support the securities. Mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities are subject to prepayment or call and extension risks. Some of these securities may receive little or no collateral protection from the underlying assets.
Inflation – The value of assets or income from investment may be worth less in the future as inflation decreases the value of money. As inflation increases, the real value of the fund’s assets can decline as can the value of the fund’s distributions.
High-Yield Debt Securities – High-yield debt securities, commonly referred to as “junk” bonds, are securities that are rated below “investment grade” or are of comparable quality. Changes in interest rates, the market’s perception of the issuers, the creditworthiness of the issuers and negative perceptions of the junk bond market generally may significantly affect the value of these bonds.
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Junk bonds are considered speculative, tend to be volatile, typically have a higher risk of default, tend to be less liquid and more difficult to value than higher grade securities, and may result in losses for the fund.
Liquidity – The fund may make investments that are illiquid or that become illiquid after purchase. Illiquid investments can be difficult to value, may trade at a discount from comparable, more liquid investments, and may be subject to wide fluctuations in value. Liquidity risk may be magnified in rising interest rate environments. If the fund is forced to sell an illiquid investment to meet redemption requests or other cash needs, the fund may be forced to sell at a substantial loss or may not be able to sell at all. Liquidity of particular investments, or even entire asset classes, including U.S. Treasury securities, can deteriorate rapidly, particularly during times of market turmoil, and those investments may be difficult or impossible for the fund to sell. This may prevent the fund from limiting losses.
Sustainability Investing – Applying sustainability criteria to the sub-adviser’s investment analysis for the fund may impact the sub-adviser’s investment decisions as to securities of certain issuers and, therefore, the fund may forgo some investment opportunities available to funds that do not apply sustainability investing principals or that apply different sustainability criteria. Applying sustainability criteria may impact the fund’s exposure to risks associated with certain issuers, asset classes, industries and sectors, which may impact the fund’s investment performance. The relevance and weightings of sustainability criteria to the sub-adviser’s investment process may vary significantly across issuers, asset classes, industries and sectors. Securities of companies meeting the sub-adviser’s sustainability criteria at the time of investment may shift into and out of favor depending on market and economic conditions, and a company’s sustainability practices, or the sub-adviser’s assessment of such practices, may change over time. The fund’s performance may at times be better or worse than the performance of similar funds that do not utilize sustainability investing principals or that apply different sustainability criteria. “Sustainability” is not a uniformly defined characteristic and applying sustainability criteria involves subjective assessments. There may be significant differences in views in what constitutes positive or negative sustainability characteristics of a company. The sub-adviser’s sustainability assessment of a company may differ from that of other funds or investors. The fund’s investments may include securities of issuers that derive revenue from non-sustainable activities. Sustainability ratings and assessments of issuers can vary across third party data providers, and sustainability data may be incomplete, delayed, inaccurate or unavailable, which could lead to an incorrect assessment of a company’s sustainability characteristics. Data inputs may include information self-reported by companies or from third party data providers. Regulation of sustainability investing in the U.S. and abroad is evolving. Regulatory change regarding the definition and/or use of sustainability criteria could have a material adverse effect on the fund’s ability to invest in accordance with its sustainability strategy.
Counterparty – The fund could lose money if the counterparties to derivatives, repurchase agreements and/or other financial contracts entered into for the fund do not fulfill their contractual obligations. In addition, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against a counterparty.
Extension – When interest rates rise, payments of fixed-income securities, including asset- and mortgage-backed securities, may occur more slowly than anticipated, causing their market prices to decline.
Prepayment or Call – Many issuers have a right to prepay their fixed-income securities. If this happens, the fund will not benefit from the rise in the market price of the securities that normally accompanies a decline in interest rates and may be forced to reinvest the prepayment proceeds in securities with lower yields.
Management – The value of your investment may go down if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's judgments and decisions are incorrect or otherwise do not produce the desired results, or if the investment strategy does not work as intended. You may also suffer losses if there are imperfections, errors or limitations in the quantitative, analytic or other tools, resources, information and data used, investment techniques applied, or the analyses employed or relied on, by the investment manageror sub-adviser, if such tools, resources, information or data are used incorrectly or otherwise do not work as intended, or if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's investment style is out of favor or otherwise fails to produce the desired results. Any of these things could cause the fund to lose value or its results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.
Active Trading – The fund may purchase and sell securities without regard to the length of time held. Active trading may be more pronounced during periods of market volatility, may have a negative impact on performance and may generate greater amounts of short-term capital gains.
Bank Obligations – Banks are sensitive to changes in money market and general economic conditions. Banks are highly regulated. Decisions by regulators may limit the loans banks make, affect the interest rates and fees they charge and reduce bank profitability.
Convertible Securities – Convertible securities are subject to risks associated with both fixed-income and equity securities. For example, if market interest rates rise, the value of a convertible security typically falls. In addition, a convertible security is subject to the risk that the issuer will not be able to pay interest or dividends when due, and the market value of the security may change based on the issuer’s actual or perceived creditworthiness. Since the convertible security derives a portion of its value from the underlying common stock, the security is also subject to the same types of market and issuer-specific risks that apply to the underlying common stock. Convertible securities generally offer lower interest or dividend yields than non-convertible securities of similar quality.
Currency – The value of a fund’s investments in securities denominated in foreign currencies increases or decreases as the rates of exchange between those currencies and the U.S. dollar change. U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers may also be affected by currency risk. Currency exchange rates can be volatile and may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency conversion costs and currency fluctuations could reduce or eliminate investment gains or add to investment losses. A fund may be unable or may choose not to hedge its foreign currency exposure or any hedge may not be effective.
Currency Hedging – The fund may hedge its currency risk using currency futures, forwards or options. However, hedging strategies and/or these instruments may not always work as intended, and a fund may be worse off than if it had not used a hedging
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strategy or instrument. Certain countries may also impose restrictions on the exchange or export of currency or adverse currency exchange rates and may be characterized by a lack of available currency hedging instruments.
Derivatives – The use of derivatives involves a variety of risks, which may be different from, or greater than, the risks associated with investing in traditional securities, such as stocks and bonds. Risks of derivatives include leverage risk, liquidity risk, valuation risk, market risk, counterparty risk, credit risk, operational risk and legal risk. Use of derivatives can increase fund losses, increase costs, reduce opportunities for gains, increase fund volatility, and not produce the result intended. Certain derivatives have the potential for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the initial investment. Even a small investment in derivatives can have a disproportionate impact on the fund. Derivatives may be difficult or impossible to sell, unwind or value, and the counterparty (including, if applicable, the fund’s clearing broker, the derivatives exchange or the clearinghouse) may default on its obligations to the fund. In certain cases, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against or closing out derivatives instruments with a counterparty, which may result in additional losses. Derivatives are also generally subject to the risks applicable to the assets, rates, indices or other indicators underlying the derivative, including market risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, management and valuation risk. Also, suitable derivative transactions may not be available in all circumstances or at reasonable prices. The value of a derivative may fluctuate more or less than, or otherwise not correlate well with, the underlying assets, rates, indices or other indicators to which it relates. The fund may segregate cash or other liquid assets to cover the funding of its obligations under derivatives contracts or make margin payments when it takes positions in derivatives involving obligations to third parties. New Rule 18f-4 under the 1940 Act provides a comprehensive regulatory framework for the use of derivatives by funds and imposes new requirements and restrictions on funds using derivatives. Rule 18f-4 could have an adverse impact on the fund’s performance and its ability to implement its investment strategies as it has historically and may increase costs related to the fund’s use of derivatives. It is not currently clear what impact, if any, the rule will have on the availability, liquidity or performance of derivatives. The rule may not be effective to limit the risk of loss from derivatives.
Distressed or Defaulted Securities – Investments in defaulted securities and obligations of distressed issuers, including securities that are, or may be, involved in reorganizations or other financial restructurings, either out of court or in bankruptcy, involve substantial risks in addition to the risks of investing in high-yield debt securities. These securities are considered speculative. The fund may incur costs to protect its investment, and the fund could lose its entire investment. Distressed securities and any securities received in an exchange for such securities may be subject to restrictions on resale.
Dollar Rolls – The use of dollar rolls is a speculative technique involving leverage, and can have an economic effect similar to borrowing money. Dollar roll transactions involve the risk that the market value of the securities the fund is required to purchase may decline below the agreed upon repurchase price of those securities.
If the broker/dealer to whom the fund sells securities becomes insolvent, the fund’s ability to purchase or repurchase securities may be restricted.
Emerging Markets – Investments in securities of issuers located or doing business in emerging markets are subject to heightened foreign investments risks and may experience rapid and extreme changes in value. Emerging market countries tend to have less developed and less stable economic, political and legal systems and regulatory and accounting standards, may have policies that restrict investment by foreigners or that prevent foreign investors such as the fund from withdrawing their money at will, and are more likely to experience nationalization, expropriation and confiscatory taxation. In addition, emerging market securities may have low trading volumes and may be or become illiquid.
Equity Securities – Equity securities generally have greater risk of loss than debt securities. Stock markets are volatile and the value of equity securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. The value of equity securities fluctuates based on real or perceived changes in a company’s financial condition, factors affecting a particular industry or industries, and overall market, economic and political conditions. If the market prices of the equity securities owned by the fund fall, the value of your investment in the fund will decline. The fund may lose its entire investment in the equity securities of an issuer. A change in financial condition or other event affecting a single issuer may adversely impact securities markets as a whole.
Floating Rate Loans – Floating rate loans are often made to borrowers whose financial condition is troubled or highly leveraged. These loans frequently are rated below investment grade and are therefore subject to “High-Yield Debt Securities” risk. There is no public market for floating rate loans and the loans may trade infrequently and be subject to wide bid/ask spreads. Many floating rate loans are subject to restrictions on resale. Floating rate loans may have trade settlement periods in excess of seven days, which may result in the fund not receiving proceeds from the sale of a loan for an extended period. As a result, the fund may be subject to greater “Liquidity” risk than a fund that does not invest in floating rate loans and the fund may be constrained in its ability to meet its obligations (including obligations to redeeming shareholders). The lack of an active trading market may also make it more difficult to value floating rate loans. Rising interest rates can lead to increased default rates as payment obligations increase.
Focused Investing – To the extent the fund invests in a limited number of countries, regions, sectors, industries or market segments, in a limited number of issuers, or in issuers in related businesses or that are subject to related operating risks, the fund will be more susceptible to negative events affecting those countries, regions, sectors, industries, segments or issuers, and the value of its shares may be more volatile than if it invested more widely.
Foreign Investments – Investing in securities of foreign issuers or issuers with significant exposure to foreign markets involves additional risks. Foreign markets can be less liquid, less regulated, less transparent and more volatile than U.S. markets. The value of the fund’s foreign investments may decline, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, because of factors affecting the particular issuer as well as foreign markets and issuers generally, such as unfavorable government actions, including nationalization, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, reduction of government or central bank
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support, tariffs and trade disruptions, sanctions, political or financial instability, social unrest or other adverse economic or political developments. Foreign investments may also be subject to different accounting practices and different regulatory, legal, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping standards and practices, and may be more difficult to value than investments in U.S. issuers. Certain foreign clearance and settlement procedures may result in an inability to execute transactions or delays in settlement.
Hedging – The fund may buy and sell futures contracts, put and call options, forward contracts and other instruments as a hedge. The fund’s hedging strategies may not work as intended, and the fund may be in a less favorable position than if it had not used a hedging instrument.
Inflation-Protected Securities – Inflation-protected debt securities may react differently from other types of debt securities and tend to react to changes in “real” interest rates, which represent nominal (stated) interest rates reduced by the expected impact of inflation. In general, the price of an inflation-protected debt security can fall when real interest rates rise, and can rise when real interest rates fall. Interest payments on inflation-protected debt securities can be unpredictable and will vary as the principal and/or interest is adjusted for inflation.
Large Shareholder – A significant portion of the fund’s shares may be owned by other funds sponsored by Transamerica. Transactions by these funds may be disruptive to the management of the fund. For example, the fund may experience large redemptions and could be required to sell securities at a time when it may not otherwise desire to do so. Such transactions may increase the fund’s brokerage and/or other transaction costs. These transactions may also accelerate the realization of taxable income to shareholders if such sales of investments resulted in gains. In addition, sizeable redemptions could cause the fund’s total expenses to increase.
Leveraging – To the extent that the fund borrows or uses derivatives or other investments, such as ETFs, that have embedded leverage, your investment may be subject to heightened volatility, risk of loss and costs. Other risks also will be compounded because leverage generally magnifies the effect of a change in the value of an asset and creates a risk of loss of value on a larger pool of assets than the fund would otherwise have. Use of leverage may result in the loss of a substantial amount, and possibly all, of the fund’s assets. The fund also may have to sell assets at inopportune times to satisfy its obligations.
LIBOR – Many financial instruments, financings or other transactions to which the fund may be a party use or may use a floating rate based on the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). The UK Financial Conduct Authority and LIBOR’s administrator announced that the use of LIBOR will be phased out; most LIBOR rates are no longer published as of the end of 2021 and a majority of U.S. dollar LIBOR rates will no longer be published after June 30, 2023. It is possible that a subset of LIBOR rates may be published after these dates on a “synthetic” basis, but any such publications would be considered non-representative of the underlying market. There remains uncertainty regarding the nature of any replacement rate and the impact of the transition from LIBOR on the fund, issuers of instruments in which the fund invests, and
financial markets generally. As such, the potential effect of a transition away from LIBOR on the fund or the fund’s investments cannot yet be determined.
Loans – Loans are subject to the credit risk of nonpayment of principal or interest. Economic downturns or increases in interest rates may cause an increase in defaults, interest rate risk and liquidity risk. Loans may or may not be collateralized at the time of acquisition, and any collateral may be relatively illiquid or lose all or substantially all of its value subsequent to investment. The fund's investments in loans are also subject to prepayment or call risk.
Municipal Securities – The municipal bond market can be susceptible to unusual volatility, particularly for lower-rated and unrated securities. Liquidity can be reduced unpredictably in response to overall economic conditions or credit tightening. Municipal issuers may be adversely affected by rising health care costs, increasing unfunded pension liabilities, and by the phasing out of federal programs providing financial support. The value of municipal securities can also be adversely affected by changes in the financial condition of one or more individual municipal issuers or insurers of municipal issuers, regulatory and political developments, tax law changes or other legislative actions, and by uncertainties and public perceptions concerning these and other factors. To the extent the fund invests significantly in a single state or in securities the payments on which are dependent upon a single project or source of revenue, or that relate to a sector or industry, the fund will be more susceptible to associated risks and developments. Municipal issuers may be more susceptible to downgrades or defaults during recessions or similar periods of economic stress. A number of municipal issuers have defaulted on obligations, commenced insolvency proceedings, or suffered credit downgrading. Financial difficulties of municipal issuers may continue or worsen.
Investment in municipal securities of issuers in Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or other U.S. territories, may have more risks than tax-exempt securities issued by other issuers due to the political, social and/or economic conditions in the particular territory.
Preferred Stock – Preferred stock’s right to dividends and liquidation proceeds is junior to the rights of a company’s debt securities. The value of preferred stock may be subject to factors that affect fixed-income and equity securities. The value of preferred stock tends to vary more with fluctuations in the underlying common stock and less with fluctuations in interest rates and tends to exhibit greater volatility.
Privately Placed and Other Restricted Securities – Restricted securities, which include private placements of private and public companies, are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on their resale. Restricted securities may be difficult to sell at the time and price a fund prefers. Restricted securities may be difficult to value properly and may involve greater risks than securities that are not subject to restrictions on resale, both of which may result in substantial losses. An insufficient number of eligible buyers interested in purchasing restricted securities held by a fund could adversely affect the marketability of such securities and a fund might be unable to dispose of such securities promptly or at reasonable prices, adversely affecting a fund’s overall liquidity and performance. Restricted securities may not be listed on an exchange and may have no active trading market. A fund may incur additional
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expense when disposing of restricted securities. Restricted securities may involve a high degree of business and financial risk and may result in substantial losses to the fund.
Repurchase Agreements – In a repurchase agreement, the fund purchases securities from a broker-dealer or a bank, called the counterparty, upon the agreement of the counterparty to repurchase the securities from the fund at a later date, and at a specified price. The securities purchased serve as the fund's collateral for the obligation of the counterparty to repurchase the securities. If the counterparty does not repurchase the securities, the fund is entitled to sell the securities, but the fund may not be able to sell them for the price at which they were purchased, thus causing a loss. If the counterparty becomes insolvent, there is some risk that the fund will not have a right to the securities, or the immediate right to sell the securities.
Sovereign Debt – Sovereign debt instruments are subject to the risk that the governmental entity may delay or fail to pay interest or repay principal on its sovereign debt. If a governmental entity defaults, it may ask for more time in which to pay or for further loans, or the debt may be restructured. There may be no established legal process for collecting sovereign debt that a government does not pay, nor are there bankruptcy proceedings through which all or part of the sovereign debt that a governmental entity has not repaid may be collected.
Structured Instruments – The fund may invest in, or have exposure to, various types of structured instruments, including securities that have demand, tender or put features, or interest rate reset features. Structured instruments are a type of derivative instrument and the payment and credit qualities of these instruments derive from the assets embedded in the structure from which they are issued. Structured instruments may be leveraged and may behave in ways not anticipated by the fund, or they may not receive tax, accounting or regulatory treatment anticipated by the fund. Structured instruments may also be less liquid and more difficult to value accurately than more traditional securities and instruments.
Sustainability and/or Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) Considerations – The sub-adviser considers sustainability and/or ESG factors that it deems relevant, along with other factors and analysis, when sub-advising the fund. This usage of sustainability and/or ESG factors or criteria is sometimes referred to as “ESG integration.” The sub-adviser may consider sustainability and/or ESG factors on a meaningful portion of the fund’s investments. The sub-adviser may give little or no weight to sustainability and/or ESG factors for certain investments, and not every sustainability and/or ESG factor may be identified or evaluated for every investment. Consideration of sustainability and/or ESG factors is not determinative in the sub-adviser’s investment process, and the sub-adviser may conclude that other attributes of an investment outweigh sustainability and/or ESG considerations when making investment decisions. Applying sustainability and/or ESG factors as part of the fund’s security selection process may impact the sub-adviser’s investment decisions. Sustainability and ESG factors are not uniformly defined and applying such factors involves subjective assessments. Sustainability and ESG ratings and assessments of issuers can vary across investment advisers (including sub-advisers) and third party data providers and may change over time. Sustainability and ESG factors can be difficult to apply
consistently across issuers, regions, countries, industries and sectors. The application of these factors could negatively impact the fund’s performance. Sustainability and ESG information from issuers and from third party data providers may be incomplete, delayed, inaccurate or unavailable, which could lead to an incorrect assessment of a company’s sustainability or ESG characteristics. Regulation of sustainability and ESG investing in the U.S. and abroad is evolving. Regulatory changes with respect to ESG integration could impact the sub-adviser’s ability to consider sustainability and/or ESG criteria as part of its investment process.
To Be Announced (TBA) Transactions – Although the securities that are delivered in TBA transactions must meet certain standards, there is a risk that the actual securities received by the fund may be less favorable than what was anticipated when entering into the transaction. TBA transactions also involve the risk that a counterparty will fail to deliver the security, exposing the fund to further losses.
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations – Government agency obligations have different levels of credit support and, therefore, different degrees of credit risk. Securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities of the U.S. government that are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government generally present a lesser degree of credit risk than securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities sponsored by the U.S. government that are supported only by the issuer’s right to borrow from the U.S. Treasury and securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities sponsored by the U.S. government that are supported only by the credit of the issuing agencies. A security backed by the “full faith and credit” of the U.S. government is guaranteed only as to its stated interest rate and face value at maturity, not its current market price.
Valuation – The sales price the fund could receive for any particular portfolio investment may differ from the fund's valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets, that are priced based upon valuations provided by third party pricing services that use matrix or evaluated pricing systems, or that are valued using a fair value methodology. These differences may increase significantly and affect fund investments more broadly during periods of market volatility. Investors who purchase or redeem fund shares on days when the fund is holding fair-valued securities may receive fewer or more shares or lower or higher redemption proceeds than they would have received if the fund had not fair-valued securities or had used a different valuation methodology. The fund’s ability to value its investments may also be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third party service providers. Fair value pricing involves subjective judgment, which may prove to be incorrect.
Warrants and Rights – Warrants and rights may be considered more speculative than certain other types of investments because they do not entitle a holder to the dividends or voting rights for the securities that may be purchased, and they do not represent any rights in the assets of the issuing company. If the warrant is not exercised before the expiration date, it generally expires without any value and the fund will lose any amount it paid for the warrant.
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Yield – The amount of income received by the fund will go up or down depending on day-to-day variations in short-term interest rates, and the fund’s expenses could absorb all or a significant portion of the fund’s income. If interest rates increase, the fund’s yield may not increase proportionately.
Performance: The bar chart and the table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart shows how the fund’s performance has varied from year to year. The table shows how the fund’s average annual total returns for different periods compare to the returns of a broad measure of market performance.
The past performance information shown below is for Class I shares, which are offered in a separate prospectus. Although Class R and Class R4 shares would have similar returns as Class I shares because the classes are invested in the same portfolio of securities, the returns for Class R and Class R4 shares will differ from Class I shares to the extent that the classes have different expenses. Performance information for Class R and Class R4 shares will be included after the share classes have been in operation for one complete calendar year.
Absent any applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations, performance would be lower.
As with all mutual funds, past performance (before and after taxes) is not a prediction of future results. Updated performance information is available on our website at www.transamerica.com/investments-fund-center or by calling 1-888-233-4339.

Annual Total Returns (calendar years ended December 31) - Class I
 
Quarter Ended
Return
Best Quarter:
6/30/2021
2.25%
Worst Quarter:
3/31/2022
-6.21%

Average Annual Total Returns (periods ended December 31, 2022)
 
1 Year
Since
Inception
Inception
Date
Class I
 
 
7/31/2020
Return before taxes
-14.73%
-7.03%
 
Return after taxes on distributions
-15.63%
-7.76%
 
Return after taxes on distributions and sale
of fund shares
-8.70%
-5.55%
 
Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index
(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or
taxes)
-13.01%
-6.25%
 
The total return information for Class I of the fund reflects the impact of certain payments by Transamerica to the class in 2022.
The after-tax returns are calculated using the historic highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns may depend on the investor’s individual tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns may not be relevant if the investment is made through a tax-exempt or tax-deferred account, such as a 401(k) plan.
Management:
Investment Manager: Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Adviser: Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
Portfolio Managers:
Bradley D. Doyle, CFA
Portfolio Manager
since July 2020
Charles Foster, CFA
Portfolio Manager
since July 2020
James Rich
Portfolio Manager
since July 2020
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares: Shares of the fund are available to individual and institutional investors through certain retirement plans. These plans include, but are not limited to, 401(k), 403(b) and 457 Plans, Money Purchase Plans, Profit Sharing Plans, Simplified Employee Pension Plans, Keogh Plans, defined benefit plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans and IRAs. Shares may be purchased by these investors through a plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary. If you are a participant in a plan, you should obtain the plan’s conditions for participation from your plan administrator. Shares of the fund are also available to other investors, including endowment funds and foundations, any state, county or city, or its instrumentality, department, authority or agency, and accounts registered to insurance companies, trust companies and bank trust departments. Such investors may purchase shares in the fund through the transfer agent directly. You may purchase shares of the fund on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for business. Requests to purchase shares for the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. Participants in retirement plans administered by Transamerica Retirement Solutions should contact Transamerica Retirement Solutions at 1-800-755-5801 for additional information. If you would like to purchase shares in a fund by a wire transfer, please call 1-888-233-4339 for wire transfer instructions. You buy and redeem shares at the fund’s next-determined net asset value (“NAV”) after receipt of your request in good order. There is no minimum investment for eligible retirement plans investing in Class R shares. The minimum initial investment for Class R4 shares is $5,000. There is no minimum for subsequent investments in Class R or R4 shares. A retirement plan may, however, impose minimum investment requirements. Plan participants or IRA holders should consult their plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary.
Redemption requests may be made by mail and, in certain circumstances, telephone. The proceeds of the redemption will be sent by mail or, if authorized on the Account Application, wire transfer. Requests to redeem shares of the fund should be mailed to Transamerica Fund Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219945, Kansas City, MO 64121-9945. You may redeem shares by telephone if you authorized telephone redemptions on your Account Application.
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The fund reserves the right to refuse a telephone redemption request if it is believed it is advisable to do so. The telephone redemption option may be suspended or terminated at any time without advance notice.
The fund does not currently offer Class R and Class R4 shares.
Tax Information: Fund distributions may be taxable as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax-advantaged investment plan. In that case, you may be taxed when you take a distribution from such plan, depending on the type of plan, the circumstances of your distribution and other factors.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries: If you purchase the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the fund and/or its affiliates 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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More on Each Fund’s Strategies and Investments
The following provides additional information regarding each fund’s strategies and investments described at the front of this prospectus. Except as otherwise expressly stated for a particular fund in this prospectus or in the statement of additional information or as required by law, there is no limit on the amount of each fund’s assets that may be invested in a particular type of security or investment. Each fund’s investment objective may be changed by the Board without shareholder approval.
Transamerica Asset Allocation Intermediate Horizon: Transamerica Asset Allocation Intermediate Horizon is a fund of funds that invests in a combination of Transamerica Funds (“underlying funds”). Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (the “Investment Manager”) selects the combination and amount of underlying funds to invest in based on the fund’s investment objective.
The following chart shows approximately how much of the assets of the fund are normally invested in underlying bond, stock and money market funds. These allocations reflect the Investment Manager’s present strategy for asset allocation during what it considers normal market conditions, and may be changed at any time without notice to shareholders and without shareholder approval. Actual asset allocations may vary, including due to short-term changes in cash flows caused by purchases and redemptions in the fund.
The Investment Manager normally adjusts the fund’s asset allocation and/or mix of underlying funds in order to implement its strategic allocation process.
 
Normal Approximate Allocations
 
Bond Funds
Stock Funds
Money Market
Fund
Intermediate Horizon
49.8%
50%
0.2%
The underlying bond funds normally invest principally in fixed-income securities, the underlying stock funds normally invest principally in equity securities, and the underlying money market fund, Transamerica Government Money Market, normally invests principally in U.S. government securities and/or repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities. In attempting to respond to adverse market or other conditions or to process a large purchase or redemption within the fund, the Investment Manager may allocate assets of the fund without limit to the underlying money market fund.
Each underlying fund has its own investment objective, principal investment strategies and investment risks. The sub-adviser for each underlying fund decides which securities to purchase and sell for that underlying fund. The fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective depends largely on the performance of the underlying funds in which it invests.
It is not possible to predict the extent to which the fund will be invested in a particular underlying fund at any time. The fund may be a significant shareholder in certain underlying funds. The Investment Manager may change the underlying funds in which the fund invests from time to time at its discretion without notice or shareholder approval.
The fund may invest its assets in cash, cash equivalent securities or short-term debt securities, repurchase agreements and money market instruments. Under adverse or unstable market, economic or political conditions, the fund may take temporary defensive positions in cash and short-term debt securities without limit. Although the fund would do this only in seeking to avoid losses, the fund may be unable to pursue its investment objective during that time, and it could reduce the benefit from any upswing in the market. To the extent that the fund has any uninvested cash, the fund would also be subject to risk with respect to the depository institution holding the cash.
Transamerica Asset Allocation Long Horizon: Transamerica Asset Allocation Long Horizon is a fund of funds that invests in a combination of Transamerica Funds (“underlying funds”). Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (the “Investment Manager”) selects the combination and amount of underlying funds to invest in based on the fund’s investment objective.
The following chart shows approximately how much of the assets of the fund normally are invested in underlying bond, stock and money market funds. These allocations reflect the Investment Manager’s present strategy for asset allocation during what it considers normal market conditions, and may be changed at any time without notice to shareholders and without shareholder approval. Actual asset allocations may vary, including due to short-term changes in cash flows caused by purchases and redemptions in the fund.
The Investment Manager normally adjusts the fund’s asset allocation and/or mix of underlying funds in order to implement its strategic allocation process.
 
Normal Approximate Allocations
 
Bond Funds
Stock Funds
Money Market
Fund
Long Horizon
9.8%
90%
0.2%
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The underlying bond funds normally invest principally in fixed-income securities, the underlying stock funds normally invest principally in equity securities, and the underlying money market fund, Transamerica Government Money Market, normally invests principally in U.S. government securities and/or repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities. In attempting to respond to adverse market or other conditions or to process a large purchase or redemption within the fund, the Investment Manager may allocate assets of the fund without limit to the underlying money market fund.
Each underlying fund has its own investment objective, principal investment strategies and investment risks. The sub-adviser for each underlying fund decides which securities to purchase and sell for that underlying fund. The fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective depends largely on the performance of the underlying funds in which it invests.
It is not possible to predict the extent to which the fund will be invested in a particular underlying fund at any time. The fund may be a significant shareholder in certain underlying funds. The Investment Manager may change the underlying funds in which the fund invests from time to time at its discretion without notice or shareholder approval.
The fund may invest its assets in cash, cash equivalent securities or short-term debt securities, repurchase agreements and money market instruments. Under adverse or unstable market, economic or political conditions, the fund may take temporary defensive positions in cash and short-term debt securities without limit. Although the fund would do this only in seeking to avoid losses, the fund may be unable to pursue its investment objective during that time, and it could reduce the benefit from any upswing in the market. To the extent that the fund has any uninvested cash, the fund would also be subject to risk with respect to the depository institution holding the cash.
Transamerica Asset Allocation Short Horizon: Transamerica Asset Allocation Short Horizon is a fund of funds that invests in a combination of Transamerica Funds (“underlying funds”). Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (the “Investment Manager”) selects the combination and amount of underlying funds to invest in based on the fund’s investment objective.
The following chart shows approximately how much of the assets of the fund are normally invested in underlying bond, stock and money market funds. These allocations reflect the Investment Manager’s present strategy for asset allocation during what it considers normal market conditions, and may be changed at any time without notice to shareholders and without shareholder approval. Actual asset allocations may vary, including due to short-term changes in cash flows caused by purchases and redemptions in the fund.
The Investment Manager normally adjusts the fund’s asset allocation and/or mix of underlying funds in order to implement its strategic allocation process.
 
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The underlying bond funds normally invest principally in fixed-income securities, the underlying stock funds normally invest principally in equity securities, and the underlying money market fund, Transamerica Government Money Market, normally invests principally in U.S. government securities and/or repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities. In attempting to respond to adverse market or other conditions or to process a large purchase or redemption within the fund, the Investment Manager may allocate assets of the fund without limit to the underlying money market fund.
Each underlying fund has its own investment objective, principal investment strategies and investment risks. The sub-adviser for each underlying fund decides which securities to purchase and sell for that underlying fund. The fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective depends largely on the performance of the underlying funds in which it invests.
It is not possible to predict the extent to which the fund will be invested in a particular underlying fund at any time. The fund may be a significant shareholder in certain underlying funds. The Investment Manager may change the underlying funds in which the fund invests from time to time at its discretion without notice or shareholder approval.
The fund may invest its assets in cash, cash equivalent securities or short-term debt securities, repurchase agreements and money market instruments. Under adverse or unstable market, economic or political conditions, the fund may take temporary defensive positions in cash and short-term debt securities without limit. Although the fund would do this only in seeking to avoid losses, the fund may be unable to pursue its investment objective during that time, and it could reduce the benefit from any upswing in the market. To the extent that the fund has any uninvested cash, the fund would also be subject to risk with respect to the depository institution holding the cash.
Transamerica Balanced II: Under normal circumstances, the fund invests approximately 60% of its net assets in equity securities and approximately 40% of its net assets in fixed-income securities (investing at least 25% of its net assets in fixed-income senior securities). The fund has two sub-advisers. J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. (the “equity sub-adviser”) manages the equity component of the fund and Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC (the “fixed-income sub-adviser”) manages the fixed-income component of the fund.
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Each sub-adviser varies the percentage of assets invested in any one type of security in accordance with its interpretation of economic and market conditions, fiscal and monetary policy, and underlying securities values. The fund’s investment manager, Transamerica Asset Management, Inc., monitors the allocation of the fund's assets between the equity sub-adviser and the fixed-income sub-adviser and rebalances the allocation periodically to maintain these approximate allocations.
● Equity component – The equity sub-adviser seeks to achieve the fund's objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the equity component’s net assets in equity securities of large- and medium- capitalization U.S. companies. The fund may invest in foreign companies. The equity sub-adviser will normally keep the equity component as fully invested in equity securities as practicable. Industry by industry, the fund's weightings are generally similar to those of the S&P 500® Index. The equity sub-adviser normally does not look to overweight or underweight industries. Holdings by industry sector will normally approximate those of the S&P 500® Index.
The equity sub-adviser also integrates financially material environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) factors as part of the fund’s investment process (“J.P. Morgan ESG Integration”). J.P. Morgan ESG Integration involves the systematic inclusion of ESG issues in investment analysis and investment decisions. As part of its investment process, the equity sub-adviser seeks to assess the impact of environmental, social and governance factors on many issuers in the universe in which the fund invests. The equity sub-adviser’s assessment is based on an analysis of key opportunities and risks across industries to seek to identify financially material issues with respect to the fund’s investments in securities and ascertain key issues that merit engagement with issuers. These assessments may not be conclusive and securities of issuers that may be negatively impacted by such factors may be purchased and retained by the fund while the fund may divest or not invest in securities of issuers that may be positively impacted by such factors. In particular, J.P. Morgan ESG Integration does not change the fund’s investment objective, exclude specific types of industries or companies or limit the fund’s investable universe. The fund is not designed for investors who wish to screen out particular types of companies or investments or are looking for funds that meet specific ESG goals.
● Fixed-income component – Under normal circumstances, the fixed-income component of the fund is invested primarily in investment grade debt securities, which may include: investment grade corporate debt securities, U.S. government obligations, mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by U.S. government agencies and instrumentalities, and private residential mortgage-backed securities. Investment grade debt securities carry a rating of at least BBB from Standard & Poor’s or Fitch or Baa from Moody’s or are of comparable quality as determined by the fixed-income sub-adviser. The fixed-income component’s portfolio weighted average duration will typically range from 3 to 10 years.
The fixed-income sub-adviser may also invest the fund's assets in U.S. Treasury and agency securities, municipal bonds, asset-backed securities (including collateralized loan obligations (“CLO”s), collateralized bond obligations (“CBO”s) and collateralized debt obligations (“CDO”s)), commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”), high quality short-term debt obligations and repurchase agreements. The fixed-income sub-adviser’s investments for the fund may include debt securities of foreign issuers, including emerging market debt securities. The fixed-income sub-adviser may invest the fund's assets in securities that are denominated in U.S. dollars and in foreign currencies.
The fund may invest up to 10% of the fixed-income component’s net assets in emerging market debt securities and up to 10% of the fixed-income component’s net assets in high-yield debt securities (commonly referred to as “junk bonds”), but may invest no more than 15% of the fixed-income component’s net assets in emerging market debt securities and high-yield debt securities combined. The sub-adviser considers emerging market countries as countries that major international financial institutions, such as the World Bank, generally consider to be less economically mature than developed nations. Junk bonds are high-risk debt securities rated below investment grade.
In managing the fund’s fixed-income component, the fixed-income sub-adviser uses a combination of a global “top-down” analysis of the macroeconomic and interest rate environment and proprietary “bottom-up” research of corporate and government debt, and other debt instruments. In the fixed-income sub-adviser’s “top-down” approach, the fixed-income sub-adviser analyzes various fundamental, technical, sentiment and valuation factors that affect the movement of markets and securities prices worldwide. In its proprietary “bottom-up” research, the fixed-income sub-adviser considers various fundamental and other factors, such as creditworthiness, capital structure, covenants, cash flows and, as applicable, collateral. The fixed-income sub-adviser uses this combined “top-down” and “bottom-up” approach to determine sector, security, yield, curve positioning, and duration positions for the fixed-income component of the fund. The fixed-income sub-adviser’s research analysts also generally integrate ESG matters within their analytical process for investment grade corporate debt securities, private residential mortgage-backed securities, certain asset-backed securities (including CLOs, CBOs and CDOs), certain cash equivalents (including corporate commercial paper), foreign issuers (including emerging markets debt securities) denominated in U.S. dollars and in foreign currencies and privately issued debt securities issued pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S alongside traditional credit metrics as a risk management tool and as a method to identify financially material ESG factors and arrive at an independent, comprehensive view of the investment. The fixed-income sub-adviser’s research analysts typically do not consider ESG factors when analyzing other investments, including, but not limited to, investments in U.S. government obligations, U.S. Treasury and agency securities, municipal bonds, repurchase agreements, derivatives, asset-backed commercial paper, cash, certain cash equivalent securities and money market instruments. ESG factors considered can vary across issuers and industries and may include, but are not limited to, greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity impacts, product and employee
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safety, labor management and corporate governance. For asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities, ESG considerations may also include, but are not limited to, affordability and energy efficiency of collateral, underwriting standards and policies, alignment of interest and control provisions. Consideration of ESG matters is subjective and not determinative in the fixed-income sub-adviser’s investment process. The fixed-income sub-adviser may conclude that other attributes of an investment outweigh ESG considerations when making investment decisions. The fixed-income sub-adviser’s research analysts do not take ESG factors into consideration with respect to every investment in the fund.
The fixed-income sub-adviser may sell a security for different reasons, including due to changes in credit outlook or security values.
The equity sub-adviser may sell a security for several reasons. A security may be sold due to a change in the company’s fundamentals or if the equity sub-adviser believes the security is no longer attractively valued. Investments may also be sold if the equity sub-adviser identifies a stock that it believes offers a better investment opportunity.
The fund may, but is not required to, engage in certain investment strategies involving derivatives, such as options, futures, forward currency contracts and swaps, including, but not limited to, interest rate, total return and credit default swaps. These investment strategies may be employed as a hedging technique, as a means of altering investment characteristics of the fund's portfolio (such as shortening or lengthening duration), in an attempt to enhance returns or for other purposes.
As a part of its investment process, the equity sub-adviser seeks to assess and integrate into the analytical process the sub-adviser’s views of the impact of environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) factors (including accounting and tax policies, disclosure and investor communication, shareholder rights and remuneration policies) on the cash flows of many in which it may invest to seek to identify issuers that the sub-adviser believes will be negatively impacted by such factors relative to other issuers. These determinations may not be conclusive and securities of such issuers may be purchased and retained by the fund.
The fund may purchase securities on a when-issued, delayed delivery or forward commitment basis.
The fund may invest in privately issued securities, including those that are normally purchased pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The fund may invest its assets in cash, cash equivalent securities or short-term debt securities, repurchase agreements and money market instruments. Under adverse or unstable market, economic or political conditions, the fund may take temporary defensive positions in cash and short-term debt securities without limit. Although the fund would do this only in seeking to avoid losses, the fund may be unable to pursue its investment objective during that time, and it could reduce the benefit from any upswing in the market. To the extent that the fund has any uninvested cash, the fund would also be subject to risk with respect to the depository institution holding the cash.
Transamerica Bond: The fund’s sub-adviser, Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC (the “sub-adviser”), invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the fund’s net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in fixed-income securities, which may include dollar rolls, U.S. government and foreign government bonds and notes (including emerging markets), mortgage-backed, commercial mortgage-backed, and asset-backed securities (including collateralized mortgage obligations), corporate bonds of issuers in the U.S. and foreign countries (including emerging markets), convertible bonds and other convertible securities, bank loans and loan participations, structured notes, and preferred securities. The sub-adviser considers emerging market countries as countries that major international financial institutions, such as the World Bank, generally consider to be less economically mature than developed nations.
Under normal circumstances, at least 50% of the fund’s net assets will be invested in (a) debt securities rated investment grade or higher (rated at least BBB by Standard & Poor’s or Fitch or Baa by Moody’s) by at least two rating agencies or, if unrated, are determined to be of comparable quality by the sub-adviser; (b) securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities; (c) commercial paper rated Prime, Prime-1 or Prime-2 by NCO/Moody’s Commercial Paper Division, or A-1 or A-2 by Standard & Poor’s; and/or (d) cash or cash equivalents. Up to 50% of the fund’s net assets may be invested in debt securities that do not meet the investment grade criteria referred to above (commonly known as “junk bonds”). Junk bonds are high-risk debt securities rated below investment grade (that is, securities rated below BBB by Standard & Poor’s or Fitch or below Baa by Moody’s or, if unrated, determined to be of comparable quality by the fund’s sub-adviser). The fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in equity securities, such as common stocks, rights, warrants or preferred stock. The fund may invest in securities of any maturity and does not have a target average duration.
The sub-adviser uses a combination of a global “top-down” analysis of the macroeconomic and interest rate environments and global asset classes and proprietary “bottom-up” research of sectors, industries, issuers, and individual securities. In the sub-adviser’s “top-down” approach, the sub-adviser analyzes various fundamental, technical, sentiment and valuation factors that affect the movement and relative value of markets and securities prices worldwide. In its proprietary “bottom-up” research of corporate and sovereign debt and other fixed-income securities, the sub-adviser considers various fundamental and other factors, such as creditworthiness, capital structure, covenants, cash flows and, as applicable, collateral. The sub-adviser uses this combined “top-down” and “bottom-up” approach to determine asset class, sector, security, yield curve and duration positions for the fund. The sub-adviser’s research analysts
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also generally integrate environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) matters within their analytical process for foreign government bonds and notes (including emerging markets), private residential mortgage-backed securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities, certain asset-backed securities (including collateralized mortgage obligations), corporate bonds of issuers in the U.S. and foreign countries (including emerging markets), structured notes, certain preferred securities, certain cash equivalents (including corporate commercial paper) and privately issued debt securities issued pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S alongside traditional credit metrics as a risk management tool and as a method to identify financially material ESG factors and arrive at an independent, comprehensive view of the investment. The sub-adviser’s research analysts typically do not consider ESG factors when analyzing other investments, including, but not limited to, investments in dollar rolls, U.S. government bonds and notes, U.S. agency securities, convertible bonds, other convertible securities, certain bank loans and loan participations, asset-backed commercial paper, cash, certain cash equivalent securities, equity securities, common stocks, rights, warrants, derivatives, repurchase agreements and money market instruments. ESG factors considered can vary across issuers and industries and may include, but are not limited to, greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity impacts, product and employee safety, labor management and corporate governance. For asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities, ESG considerations may also include, but are not limited to, affordability and energy efficiency of collateral, underwriting standards and policies, alignment of interest and control provisions. Consideration of ESG matters is subjective and not determinative in the sub-adviser’s investment process. The sub-adviser may conclude that other attributes of an investment outweigh ESG considerations when making investment decisions. The sub-adviser’s research analysts do not take ESG factors into consideration with respect to every investment in the fund.
The fund may, but is not required to, engage in certain investment strategies involving derivatives, such as options, futures, forward currency contracts and swaps, including, but not limited to, interest rate, total return and credit default swaps. These investment strategies may be employed as a hedging technique, as a means of altering investment characteristics of the fund’s portfolio (such as shortening or lengthening duration), in an attempt to enhance returns or for other purposes.
The fund may purchase securities on a when-issued, delayed delivery, to be announced or forward commitment basis.
The fund may invest in privately issued securities, including those that are normally purchased pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The sub-adviser may sell a security for different reasons, including due to changes in credit outlook or security values.
The fund may invest its assets in cash, cash equivalent securities or short-term debt securities, repurchase agreements and money market instruments. Under adverse or unstable market, economic or political conditions, the fund may take temporary defensive positions in cash and short-term debt securities without limit. Although the fund would do this only in seeking to avoid losses, the fund may be unable to pursue its investment objective during that time, and it could reduce the benefit from any upswing in the market. To the extent that the fund has any uninvested cash, the fund would also be subject to risk with respect to the depository institution holding the cash.
Transamerica Capital Growth: The fund’s sub-adviser, Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. (the “sub-adviser”), under normal circumstances, seeks long-term capital growth by investing primarily in established and emerging companies with capitalizations at the time of purchase within the range of companies included in the Russell 1000® Growth Index, which as of December 31, 2022, was between $735.67 million and $2.07 trillion. The fund typically invests in a relatively small number of companies. Growth stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “value” stocks.
The sub-adviser emphasizes a “bottom-up” stock selection process, seeking attractive investments on an individual company basis. The sub-adviser typically invests in unique companies it believes have sustainable competitive advantages with above average business visibility, the ability to deploy capital at high rates of return, strong balance sheets and an attractive risk/reward. The sub-adviser seeks to understand how environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) initiatives within companies can create value by strengthening durable competitive advantages, creating growth opportunities, driving profitability and/or aligning with secular growth trends.
Conversely, the team will evaluate how environmental and social oriented trends create material risks to the prospects of the enterprise. The sub-adviser generally engages with company management teams to discuss their ESG practices, with the aim of identifying how ESG themes present opportunities and risks that can be material to the value of the security over the long-term. Other aspects of the investment process include a proprietary, systematic evaluation of governance policies, specifically focusing on compensation alignment with long-term value creation. The sub-adviser does not treat ESG factors as a deterministic, reductive screen, nor as a portfolio construction tool layered on top of a passive vehicle.
The fund may invest up to 25% of its net assets in securities of foreign issuers, including issuers located in emerging market or developing countries, securities classified as American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”), American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) or Global Depositary Shares (“GDSs”), foreign U.S. dollar denominated securities that are traded on a U.S. exchange and local shares of non-U.S. issuers. The sub-adviser considers an issuer to be from a particular country if (i) its principal securities trading market is in that country; (ii) alone or on a consolidated basis it derives 50% or more of its annual revenue from goods produced, sales made or services performed in that country; or (iii) it is organized under the laws of, or has a
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principal office in, that country. By applying these tests, it is possible that a particular company could be deemed to be from more than one country. The securities in which the fund may invest may be denominated in U.S. dollars or in currencies other than U.S. dollars. The fund may utilize foreign currency forward exchange contracts, which are derivatives, in connection with its investments in foreign securities. The fund’s equity investments may include common and preferred stocks, convertible securities and equity-linked securities, rights and warrants to purchase common stocks, depositary receipts, exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), and other specialty securities having equity features.
The fund may purchase and sell certain derivative instruments, such as options, future contracts, options on futures contracts or foreign currency, contracts for difference, swaps and structured investments, for various portfolio management purposes, including to earn income, facilitate portfolio management and mitigate risks. Foreign currency option contracts may be used for hedging purposes or non-hedging purposes in pursuing the fund’s investment objective. In determining compliance with any percentage limitation or requirement regarding the use or investment of fund assets, the fund will take into account derivative or synthetic instruments or other positions that, in the judgment of the sub-adviser, have economic characteristics similar to the applicable category of investments.
The fund may invest in initial public offerings. The fund may also invest up to 10% of its assets in real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) and foreign real estate companies.
The fund may invest its assets in cash, cash equivalent securities or short-term debt securities, repurchase agreements and money market instruments. Under adverse or unstable market, economic or political conditions, the fund may take temporary defensive positions in cash and short-term debt securities without limit. Although the fund would do this only in seeking to avoid losses, the fund may be unable to pursue its investment objective during that time, and it could reduce the benefit from any upswing in the market. To the extent that the fund has any uninvested cash, the fund would also be subject to risk with respect to the depository institution holding the cash.
Transamerica Core Bond: The fund’s sub-adviser, Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC (the “sub-adviser”), seeks to achieve the fund’s objective by investing, under normal circumstances, primarily in investment grade debt securities, which may include: investment grade corporate securities, U.S. government obligations, mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by U.S. government agencies and instrumentalities, and private residential mortgage-backed securities. Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in fixed-income securities. Investment grade debt securities carry a rating of at least BBB from Standard & Poor’s or Fitch or Baa from Moody’s or are of comparable quality as determined by the sub-adviser. The fund’s portfolio weighted average duration will typically range from 3 to 10 years. Duration is a measure used to determine the sensitivity of a security’s price to changes in interest rates. The longer a security’s duration, the more sensitive it will be to changes in interest rates. The fund may also invest in U.S. Treasury and agency securities, municipal bonds, asset-backed securities (including collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”), collateralized bond obligations (“CBOs”) and collateralized debt obligations (“CDOs”)), commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”), high quality short-term debt obligations, dollar rolls and repurchase agreements. The fund’s investments may include debt securities of foreign issuers, including emerging market debt securities. The fund may invest in securities that are denominated in U.S. dollars and in foreign currencies.
The fund may invest up to 10% of its net assets in emerging market debt securities and up to 10% of its net assets in high-yield debt securities (commonly referred to as “junk bonds”), but may invest no more than 15% of its net assets in emerging market debt securities and high-yield debt securities combined. The sub-adviser considers emerging market countries as countries that major international financial institutions, such as the World Bank, generally consider to be less economically mature than developed nations. Junk bonds are high-risk debt securities rated below investment grade (that is, securities rated below BBB by Standard & Poor’s or Fitch or below Baa by Moody’s or, if unrated, determined to be of comparable quality by the fund’s sub-adviser).
The sub-adviser uses a combination of a global “top-down” analysis of the macroeconomic and interest rate environment and proprietary “bottom-up” research of corporate, government and agency debt, and other debt instruments. In the sub-adviser’s “top-down” approach, the sub-adviser analyzes various fundamental, technical, sentiment and valuation factors that affect the movements of markets and securities prices worldwide. In its proprietary “bottom-up” research, the sub-adviser considers various fundamental and other factors, such as creditworthiness, capital structure, covenants, cash flows and, as applicable, collateral. The sub-adviser uses this combined “top-down” and “bottom-up” approach to determine sector, security, yield curve, and duration positions for the fund. The sub-adviser’s research analysts also generally integrate environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) matters within their analytical process for investment grade corporate debt securities, foreign government bonds and notes (including emerging markets), private residential mortgage-backed securities, certain asset-backed securities (including CLOs, CBOs and CDOs), CMBS, certain cash equivalents (including corporate commercial paper) and privately issued debt securities issued pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S alongside traditional credit metrics as a risk management tool and as a method to identify financially material ESG factors and arrive at an independent, comprehensive view of the investment. The sub-adviser’s research analysts typically do not consider ESG factors when analyzing other investments, including, but not limited to, investments in U.S. government obligations, mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by U.S. government agencies and instrumentalities, U.S. Treasury and agency securities, municipal bonds, asset-backed commercial paper, dollar rolls, repurchase agreements, derivatives, cash, certain cash equivalent securities and money market instruments. ESG factors considered can vary across issuers and industries and may include, but are not limited to, greenhouse gas
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emissions, biodiversity impacts, product and employee safety, labor management and corporate governance. For asset-backed securities and mortgage-backed, ESG considerations may also include, but are not limited to, affordability and energy efficiency of collateral, underwriting standards and policies, alignment of interest and control provisions. Consideration of ESG matters is subjective and not determinative in the sub-adviser’s investment process. The sub-adviser may conclude that other attributes of an investment outweigh ESG considerations when making investment decisions. The sub-adviser’s research analysts do not take ESG factors into consideration with respect to every investment in the fund.
The fund may, but is not required to, engage in certain investment strategies involving derivatives, such as options, futures, forward currency contracts and swaps, including, but not limited to, interest rate, total return and credit default swaps. These investment strategies may be employed as a hedging technique, as a means of altering investment characteristics of the fund’s portfolio (such as shortening or lengthening duration), in an attempt to enhance returns or for other purposes.
The fund may purchase securities on a when-issued, delayed delivery, to be announced or forward commitment basis.
The fund may invest in privately issued securities, including those that are normally purchased pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The sub-adviser may sell a security for different reasons, including due to changes in credit outlook or security values.
The fund may invest its assets in cash, cash equivalent securities or short-term debt securities, repurchase agreements and money market instruments. Under adverse or unstable market, economic or political conditions, the fund may take temporary defensive positions in cash and short-term debt securities without limit. Although the fund would do this only in seeking to avoid losses, the fund may be unable to pursue its investment objective during that time, and it could reduce the benefit from any upswing in the market. To the extent that the fund has any uninvested cash, the fund would also be subject to risk with respect to the depository institution holding the cash.
Transamerica Emerging Markets Opportunities: Under normal circumstances, the fund’s sub-adviser, Wellington Management Company LLP (the “sub-adviser”), will invest at least 80% of the fund’s net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in equity securities (including American Depository Receipts (“ADRs”), Global Depository Receipts (“GDRs”) and European Depository Receipts (“EDRs”)) of companies that are located and/or conduct substantial business activities in emerging markets, including frontier markets. The sub-adviser considers emerging markets countries to be those countries (1) included in emerging market or equivalent classifications by the United Nations (and its agencies); (2) having per capita income in the low to middle ranges, as determined by the World Bank; or (3) designated by the fund’s benchmark index provider as emerging. The fund will normally invest primarily in emerging market companies which the sub-adviser believes have above-average potential for capital appreciation based on its “bottom-up” fundamental research and analysis.
Emerging market countries may be found in regions such as Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Many emerging market securities are denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar.
The sub-adviser seeks to develop a portfolio that is generally broadly diversified across issuers, countries, industries and styles. The fund’s portfolio may include stocks that are considered to be either growth stocks or value stocks. Because the sub-adviser’s process is driven primarily by individual stock selection, the overall portfolio’s yield, price-to-earnings ratio, price-to-book ratio, growth rate and other characteristics will vary over time and, at any given time, the fund may emphasize either growth stocks or value stocks, as the overall market may favor growth stocks, or value stocks, as a group for extended periods. The sub-adviser seeks to sub-advise the fund according to traditional methods of “active” management, which involve buying and selling securities based upon economic, financial and market analysis and investment judgment.
The fund’s sub-adviser typically may sell investments when it believes that they no longer offer attractive future returns compared with other investment opportunities, the underlying investment thesis has changed, they present undesirable risks, or in an attempt to limit losses on investments that may decline or have declined in value.
The fund may invest in securities of foreign issuers in the form of depositary receipts or other securities that are convertible into securities of foreign issuers. The sub-adviser will generally invest in mid and large capitalization companies. The sub-adviser considers such companies to be those with market capitalizations generally above $2 billion at the time of purchase. The market capitalization range of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index was $843.39 million to $1.88 trillion as of December 31, 2022, and is expected to change frequently.
The fund’s sub-adviser will not typically utilize derivatives with the exception of purchasing futures for cash equitization purposes or purchasing market access products to seek to achieve efficient investment exposure (e.g., instances where local markets may not be available for trading). Market access products can include warrants on equities, options on equities and equity swaps. The fund may also invest in exchange-traded funds for these purposes.
The fund may invest in China A-shares (equity securities of Chinese companies) listed and traded on stock exchanges such as the Shanghai Stock Exchange or the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.
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The fund may invest its assets in cash, cash equivalent securities or short-term debt securities, repurchase agreements and money market instruments. Under adverse or unstable market, economic or political conditions, the fund may take temporary defensive positions in cash and short-term debt securities without limit. Although the fund would do this only in seeking to avoid losses, the fund may be unable to pursue its investment objective during that time, and it could reduce the benefit from any upswing in the market. To the extent that the fund has any uninvested cash, the fund would also be subject to risk with respect to the depository institution holding the cash.
Transamerica Government Money Market: The fund is a government money market fund. The fund seeks to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share by investing in:
high-quality, U.S. dollar-denominated short-term money market securities issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities;
repurchase agreements that are fully collateralized by U.S. government securities or cash; and
cash.
The fund's sub-adviser, BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (the “sub-adviser”), invests at least 99.5% of the fund's total assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in cash, U.S. Treasury bills, notes and other obligations issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities, and repurchase agreements fully collateralized by such obligations or cash. Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in U.S. Treasury bills, notes and other obligations issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities, and repurchase agreements fully collateralized by such obligations.
The fund will enter into repurchase agreements only with financial institutions that the sub-adviser determines are creditworthy. A financial institution must furnish collateral to the fund at least equal in value to the amount of its repurchase obligation. This collateral must consist of U.S. government securities or cash. The sub-adviser is responsible for ensuring that each repurchase agreement is eligible for purchase by the fund.
In managing the fund's assets, the sub-adviser uses a combination of “top-down” analysis of macroeconomic and interest rate environments and “bottom-up” research of sectors and issuers. In the sub-adviser’s “top-down” approach, the sub-adviser analyzes various fundamental and technical factors that may affect the movement of markets. In its “bottom-up” research, the sub-adviser considers various fundamental and other factors, such as creditworthiness and collateral and covenants to specific markets and individual issuers.
The fund invests in securities with a maximum remaining maturity of 397 days or less (with certain exceptions) and maintains a dollar-weighted average fund maturity of 60 days or less and a dollar-weighted average life of 120 days or less. The fund may invest in variable and floating rate instruments, and transact in securities on a when-issued, delayed delivery or forward commitment basis.
The fund invests in accordance with the quality, maturity, liquidity and diversification requirements of Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and other rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund will only purchase securities that present minimal credit risk as determined by the sub-adviser pursuant to guidelines approved by the fund's Board of Trustees.
The fund may invest in other government money market funds to the extent permitted by law.
The sub-adviser employs relative value strategies when selling securities that are focused on identifying discrepancies in prices among securities that share similar economic or financial characteristics. This strategy is based on the premise that certain securities are mispriced given that they have consistent valuation factors in common, such as liquidity, interest rate, maturity, or spread. The sub-adviser may employ a variety of qualitative techniques to identify securities they believe to be mispriced relative to fundamental or technical factors.
If the fund takes a temporary defensive position, it will be more difficult for the fund to achieve its investment objective. Although the sub-adviser has the ability to take temporary defensive positions, it may choose not to do so for a variety of reasons, including during volatile market conditions.
Transamerica High Yield Bond: The fund’s sub-adviser, Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC (the “sub-adviser”), seeks to achieve the fund’s objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the fund’s net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in high-yield bonds (commonly known as “junk bonds”). The fund normally invests primarily in U.S. securities.
Junk bonds are high-risk debt securities rated below investment grade (that is, securities rated below BBB by Standard & Poor’s or Fitch or below Baa by Moody’s or, if unrated, determined to be of comparable quality by the sub-adviser). The sub-adviser seeks to achieve high returns for the fund while maintaining a reasonable risk profile.
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The sub-adviser uses a combination of a global “top-down” analysis of the macroeconomic and interest rate environment and proprietary “bottom-up” research of corporate and sovereign debt, stressed and distressed securities, and other debt instruments. In the sub-adviser’s “top-down” approach, the sub-adviser analyzes various fundamental, technical, sentiment, and valuation factors that the sub-adviser believes affect the movement of markets and securities prices worldwide. This “top-down” analysis assists the sub-adviser in analyzing fund risk and allocating assets among sectors, industries, and credit quality categories. In its proprietary “bottom-up” research, the sub-adviser considers various fundamental and other factors, such as creditworthiness and capital structure. The sub-adviser uses this combined “top-down” and “bottom-up” approach to determine asset class, sector, security, yield curve and duration positions for the fund. The sub-adviser’s research analysts also generally integrate environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) matters within their analytical process for high-yield bonds, foreign securities (including emerging markets), investment grade bonds, certain asset-backed securities, private residential mortgage-backed securities, certain preferred equity, privately issued debt securities issued pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S and certain cash equivalents (including corporate commercial paper) alongside traditional credit metrics as a risk management tool and as a method to identify financially material ESG factors and arrive at an independent, comprehensive view of the investment. The sub-adviser’s research analysts typically do not consider ESG factors when analyzing other investments, including, but not limited to, investments in certain bank loans, U.S. Treasury and agency mortgage-backed securities, common equity, cash, certain cash equivalent securities, asset-backed commercial paper, repurchase agreements and money market instruments. ESG factors considered can vary across issuers and industries and may include, but are not limited to, greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity impacts, product and employee safety, labor management and corporate governance. Consideration of ESG matters is subjective and not determinative in the sub-adviser’s investment process. The sub-adviser may conclude that other attributes of an investment outweigh ESG considerations when making investment decisions. The sub-adviser’s research analysts do not take ESG factors into consideration with respect to every investment in the fund.
The fund has no maturity or duration requirements or limitations. The fund may invest in foreign securities, including up to 10% of its net assets in emerging market securities. The sub-adviser considers emerging market countries as countries that major international financial institutions, such as the World Bank, generally consider to be less economically mature than developed nations.
To a lesser extent, the fund may invest in investment grade bonds, bank loans, asset backed and mortgage backed securities, preferred equity securities, common equity securities (received in connection with exchanges or restructurings) and cash equivalents. The fund may also invest in hybrid instruments having both debt and equity characteristics.
The fund may invest in privately issued securities, including those that are normally purchased pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The sub-adviser may sell a security for different reasons, including due to changes in credit outlook or security values.
The fund may invest its assets in cash, cash equivalent securities or short-term debt securities, repurchase agreements and money market instruments. Under adverse or unstable market, economic or political conditions, the fund may take temporary defensive positions in cash and short-term debt securities without limit. Although the fund would do this only in seeking to avoid losses, the fund may be unable to pursue its investment objective during that time, and it could reduce the benefit from any upswing in the market. To the extent that the fund has any uninvested cash, the fund would also be subject to risk with respect to the depository institution holding the cash.
Transamerica High Yield ESG: The fund’s sub-adviser, Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC (the “sub-adviser”), seeks to achieve the fund’s objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the fund’s net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in high-yield securities. The sub-adviser focuses on investments that the sub-adviser views as having a favorable environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) profile based on the sub-adviser’s internal ESG evaluation process. The fund normally invests primarily in U.S. securities.
High yield securities (commonly known as “junk” bonds) are high-risk debt securities rated, at the time of investment, below BBB by Standard & Poor’s or Fitch or below Baa by Moody’s or, if unrated, determined to be of comparable quality by the fund’s sub-adviser. Normally, the high yield securities in which the fund invests are primarily corporate bonds.
The sub-adviser’s ESG evaluation process is designed to emphasize positive selection of investments with favorable ESG characteristics in the view of the sub-adviser, while minimizing exposure to companies considered by the sub-adviser as having less favorable ESG qualities. In this process, the sub-adviser excludes companies involved in certain industries and/or business practices that are viewed as exhibiting the most negative ESG impacts. The sub-adviser then employs a fundamental, proprietary research approach to identify potential investments and categorizes them as belonging to one of five ESG categories.
Category one includes companies viewed by the sub-adviser as having fundamentals that are positively affected by effective ESG practices. Category two companies are judged by the sub-adviser to have fundamentally low exposure to ESG risks or the presence of factors that mitigate ESG risks. Category three companies are those, in the view of the sub-adviser, with ESG risk exposures that could negatively affect fundamentals, but the effect is not measurable and the timing is uncertain. Category four companies are those which
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the sub-adviser views as having ESG risks resulting in negative pressure on fundamentals, but having a limited impact on its credit rating. Category five includes companies that, in the sub-adviser’s view, have ESG factors resulting in a negative material effect on fundamentals that may or may not be currently reflected in its credit rating.
The fund’s investment universe consists of companies classified by the sub-adviser within categories one through four with the fund’s investments generally predominantly falling in categories one through three.
When assessing a company’s ESG practices, the sub-adviser may take into account a number of ESG considerations of an environmental, social or governance nature. Environmental considerations may include, but are not limited to, climate change and carbon emissions, energy efficiency, waste and pollution, water use and conservation, deforestation, natural resource use and renewable energy. Social considerations may include, but are not limited to, human rights and labor standards, product safety and liability, workplace safety, workplace benefits, employee relations, diversity/inclusion policies, data protection and privacy, community involvement, nutrition and health, and supply chain sourcing. Governance considerations may include, but are not limited to, board independence, board diversity, anticorruption policies, shareholder rights, compensation structures, corporate political contributions and corporate behavior.
The sub-adviser’s research-intensive process uses a combination of a global “top-down” analysis of the macroeconomic and interest rate environment and proprietary “bottom-up” research of corporate debt, stressed and distressed securities, and other debt instruments. In the sub-adviser’s “top-down” approach, the sub-adviser analyzes various fundamental, technical, sentiment, and valuation factors that it believes affect the movement of markets and securities prices worldwide. This “top-down” analysis assists the sub-adviser in analyzing fund risk and allocating assets among sectors, industries, and credit quality categories. In its proprietary “bottom-up” research, the sub-adviser considers various fundamental and other factors, such as creditworthiness and capital structure.
The fund has no maturity or duration requirements or limitations. The fund may invest in foreign securities, including up to 10% of its net assets in emerging market securities. The sub-adviser considers emerging market countries as countries that major international financial institutions, such as the World Bank, generally consider to be less economically mature than developed nations.
To a lesser extent, the fund may invest in investment grade bonds, bank loans, preferred equity securities, common equity securities (received in connection with exchanges or restructurings) and cash equivalents. The fund may also invest in hybrid instruments having both debt and equity characteristics.
The fund may invest in privately issued securities, including those that are normally purchased pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
All investments by the fund, with the exception of cash and certain cash equivalents (including asset-backed commercial paper), repurchase agreements and money market instruments, are subject to the sub-adviser’s ESG assessment framework.
The sub-adviser may sell a security for different reasons, including due to changes in credit outlook, security values or when it no longer meets the sub-adviser’s ESG criteria.
The fund may invest its assets in cash, cash equivalent securities or short-term debt securities, repurchase agreements and money market instruments. Under adverse or unstable market, economic or political conditions, the fund may take temporary defensive positions in cash and short-term debt securities without limit. Although the fund would do this only in seeking to avoid losses, the fund may be unable to pursue its investment objective during that time, and it could reduce the benefit from any upswing in the market. To the extent that the fund has any uninvested cash, the fund would also be subject to risk with respect to the depository institution holding the cash.
Transamerica Inflation-Protected Securities: The fund’s sub-adviser, PineBridge Investments LLC (the “sub-adviser”), seeks to achieve the fund’s investment objective by normally investing primarily in inflation-protected securities issued by the U.S. government, its agencies and instrumentalities. The fund may also invest in inflation-protected securities of U.S. issuers, foreign governments, and other foreign issuers. Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in inflation-protected securities and other investments with similar economic characteristics.
Inflation-protected securities are structured to provide protection against the negative effects of inflation. The value of an inflation-protected security’s principal or the interest income paid on the security is adjusted to track changes in an official inflation measure, usually the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers with respect to domestic issuers.
In an effort to reduce interest rate risk and enhance return, the fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in securities not issued by the U.S. government, its agencies and instrumentalities. These investments may include inflation-linked securities issued by non-U.S. governments and inflation-linked securities issued by corporations. The fund may also invest in securities that pay nominal rates of interest (i.e., pay a rate of interest that is not adjusted for the rate of inflation), including U.S. Treasury and agency securities, non-U.S. government bonds, corporate bonds, asset-backed securities, mortgage-backed securities, high quality, short-term obligations, and repurchase agreements. Any credit or structured securities held by the fund will typically be those that benefit from inflation either by paying a floating rate of interest or by the underlying fundamental correlation to key components of inflation.
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The fund normally invests primarily in investment-grade debt securities, but may also invest in lower quality debt securities. Investment-grade debt securities carry a rating of at least BBB from Standard & Poor’s or Fitch or Baa from Moody’s or are of comparable quality as determined by the fund’s sub-adviser. The fund may not invest more than 10% of its net assets in below investment-grade debt securities (commonly referred to as “junk” bonds).
The fund generally seeks to maintain an average portfolio duration that is within ±20% of the duration of the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities Index, an index of inflation-protected securities. As of December 31, 2022, the duration of the index was 6.6 years. Duration is a measure used to determine the sensitivity of a security’s price to changes in interest rates. The longer a security’s duration, the more sensitive it will be to changes in interest rates. The fund may invest in securities of any maturity and securities that are denominated in U.S. dollars and in foreign currencies.
The sub-adviser uses both “top-down” and “bottom-up” analysis to determine security and duration positions for the fund. Both “top-down” and “bottom-up” approaches rely upon the same fundamental, valuation and technical framework for what the sub-adviser considers to be a comprehensive analysis of all factors which affect asset pricing. These factors are jointly determined and are interdependent. Security sales decisions are driven by the same criteria as purchase decisions.
The fund may, but is not required to, engage in certain investment strategies involving derivatives, such as options, futures, forward currency contracts and swaps, including, but not limited to, interest rate or foreign currency transactions, total return and credit default swaps. These investment strategies may be employed to either mitigate risk or generate income.
The fund may invest in privately issued securities, including those that are normally purchased pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The sub-adviser may sell a security for several reasons, including when its price target is attained or when the sub-adviser sees better opportunities in other securities or identifies a change in fundamentals or investment story.
The fund may invest its assets in cash, cash equivalent securities or short-term debt securities, repurchase agreements and money market instruments. Under adverse or unstable market, economic or political conditions, the fund may take temporary defensive positions in cash and short-term debt securities without limit. Although the fund would do this only in seeking to avoid losses, the fund may be unable to pursue its investment objective during that time, and it could reduce the benefit from any upswing in the market. To the extent that the fund has any uninvested cash, the fund would also be subject to risk with respect to the depository institution holding the cash.
Transamerica International Equity: Under normal circumstances, the fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in equity securities of foreign companies representing at least three countries other than the United States. The fund’s sub-adviser, Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC (the “sub-adviser”), currently anticipates investing in at least 12 countries other than the United States. The sub-adviser emphasizes established companies in individual foreign markets and seeks to stress companies and markets that it believes are undervalued. The sub-adviser expects capital growth to be the predominant component of the fund’s total return.
Generally, the fund will invest primarily in common stocks of companies listed on foreign securities exchanges, but it may also invest in depositary receipts including American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”) and European Depositary Receipts (“EDRs”). Although the fund will emphasize larger, more seasoned or established companies, it may invest in companies of varying sizes as measured by assets, sales or market capitalization. The fund will invest primarily in securities of companies domiciled in developed markets, but may invest up to 10% of its assets in securities of companies in emerging markets. The sub-adviser seeks to diversify the fund’s investments around the world and within markets in an effort to minimize specific country and currency risks.
The sub-adviser employs a relative value process utilizing a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods based on a four-factor valuation screen designed to outperform the MSCI Europe, Australasia and Far East (“EAFE”) Index. The initial universe consists of approximately 3,000 actively traded non-U.S. stocks. Parts one and two of the screen attempt to assess a company’s attractiveness based on cash flows relative to other international stocks and as compared to their industry or sector peers. The third factor considers the relative earnings prospects of the company. The fourth factor involves looking at the company’s recent price action. From the model, approximately 300 stocks are identified for further research. These are the stocks that rank the highest on the basis of these four factors combined. The sub-adviser generally limits its investment universe to companies with a minimum of three years of operating history.
The sub-adviser also performs rigorous fundamental analysis, exploring numerous factors that may affect the outlook for a company. It evaluates publicly available information including sell-side research, company filings, and trade periodicals. The analysts may speak with company management to hear their perspectives and outlook on pertinent business issues. It applies a consistent and disciplined review in a team environment that encourages critical thinking and analysis for each company considered for investment. The fund’s portfolio is typically composed of approximately 80-110 stocks as a result of this process.
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Established positions in the fund are ranked daily and are reviewed regularly in the same manner to re-examine their fundamental and valuation characteristics. The product team meets periodically to discuss each stock’s place in the fund. The sub-adviser employs a consistent sell discipline which includes a significant negative earnings revision, a stock being sold when the catalyst is no longer valid or another stock presents a more attractive opportunity.
The sub-adviser may use derivatives for a variety of purposes, including to earn income and enhance returns, to increase or decrease exposure to a particular market, to manage or adjust the risk profile of the fund, or as alternatives to direct investments.
The fund may invest its assets in cash, cash equivalent securities or short-term debt securities, repurchase agreements and money market instruments. Under adverse or unstable market, economic or political conditions, the fund may take temporary defensive positions in cash and short-term debt securities without limit. Although the fund would do this only in seeking to avoid losses, the fund may be unable to pursue its investment objective during that time, and it could reduce the benefit from any upswing in the market. To the extent that the fund has any uninvested cash, the fund would also be subject to risk with respect to the depository institution holding the cash.
Transamerica International Focus: The fund’s sub-adviser, Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. (the “sub-adviser”), invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the fund’s net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in common stocks and related equity securities, such as preferred stock, convertible securities and depositary receipts, of issuers economically tied to a number of countries throughout the world, including emerging market countries.
In selecting investments for the fund, the sub-adviser seeks companies that have demonstrated superior earnings growth, positive business momentum and sustainable profitability while seeking not to overpay for these growth characteristics. Growth stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “value” stocks. The sub-adviser may invest the fund’s assets in companies of any size. The fund may also invest in warrants and rights.
The sub-adviser will normally invest the fund’s assets in investments economically tied to at least three countries not including the United States. The sub-adviser may invest a large percentage of the fund’s assets in issuers in a single country, a small number of countries, or a particular geographic region. The sub-adviser generally considers an issuer of a security or other investment to be economically tied to a particular country if (a) the security or other investment is issued or guaranteed by the government of that country or any of its agencies, authorities or instrumentalities; (b) the issuer is organized under the laws of, and maintains a principal office in, that country; (c) the issuer has its principal securities trading market in that country; (d) the issuer derives 50% or more of its total revenues from goods sold or services performed in that country; (e) the issuer has 50% or more of its assets in that country; or (f) the issuer is included in an index which is representative of that country. For purposes of determining if a security or other investment is considered a foreign security, revenues from goods sold or services performed in all countries other than the United States and assets in all countries other than the United States may be aggregated. For purposes of determining if a security or other investment is considered an emerging market security, revenues from goods sold or services performed in all emerging market countries and assets in all emerging market countries may be aggregated.
The sub-adviser normally allocates the fund's investments across different industries and sectors, but the sub-adviser may invest a significant percentage of the fund's assets in issuers in a single or small number of industries or sectors.
The sub-adviser uses a “bottom-up” investment approach to buying and selling investments for the fund. A “bottom-up” approach is looking at individual companies against the context of broader market factors. Investments are selected primarily based on fundamental analysis of individual issuers and their potential in light of their financial condition, and market, economic, political, and regulatory conditions. Factors considered may include analysis of an issuer’s earnings, cash flows, competitive position, and management ability. The sub-adviser uses a quantitative screen to seek to identify companies with growth characteristics, positive earnings sentiment, stable profitability and reasonable valuations. The sub-adviser may engage in active and frequent trading in pursuing the fund’s principal investment strategies.
The fund may invest up to 5% of its assets in China A-shares (equity securities of Chinese companies) listed and traded on Chinese stock exchanges such as the Shanghai Stock Exchange or the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.
When a stock displays characteristic no longer consistent with the sub-adviser's style, it is reviewed by the investment professional with the appropriate sector coverage. The sub-adviser typically bases sell decisions on negative changes to the ranking of the stock, a deterioration of the fundamental or qualitative reasons for the original purchase, or to enhance the fund’s portfolio with a superior investment idea.
The fund may invest its assets in cash, cash equivalent securities or short-term debt securities, repurchase agreements and money market instruments. Under adverse or unstable market, economic or political conditions, the fund may take temporary defensive positions in cash and short-term debt securities without limit. Although the fund would do this only in seeking to avoid losses, the fund may be unable to pursue its investment objective during that time, and it could reduce the benefit from any upswing in the market. To the extent that the fund has any uninvested cash, the fund would also be subject to risk with respect to the depository institution holding the cash.
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Transamerica Large Core ESG: Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in securities of large-cap companies that have an MSCI ESG rating of A or higher. The fund considers large-cap companies to be the top approximately 1,000 companies by market capitalizations in the U.S. market. As of December 31, 2022, the top 1,000 companies by market capitalization in the U.S. market had a market capitalization of at least $2.1 billion.
The fund’s sub-adviser, PineBridge Investments LLC (the “sub-adviser”), believes companies should be analyzed in the context of their life cycle. The sub-adviser employs a process that categorizes companies according to where the sub-adviser believes they reside in their respective company life cycles, and then lets the categorization drive how the companies are analyzed for investment attractiveness. Through a quantitative framework, the sub-adviser ranks companies within what are considered fundamentally similar groups of stocks based on six life-cycle stages (three types for growth companies and three for mature companies). After quantitatively categorizing each company in the investment universe into their six main life-cycle categorizations, the sub-adviser’s alpha model then quantitatively assesses the attractiveness of each company based on numerous factors that are considered relevant to each life-cycle category. The model generates a numerical ranking based on this quantitative categorization and factor-based assessment, which indicates the attractiveness of each stock.
The sub-adviser then employs an optimization process to construct the fund’s portfolio. The optimization process incorporates the output from the sub-adviser’s alpha model and includes an MSCI ESG ratings constraint and certain exclusionary constraints. Under the ratings constraint, the sub-adviser will normally invest at least 80% of the fund’s net assets in companies with an MSCI ESG rating of A or higher. The sub-adviser generally expects, as measured on a monthly basis, that at least 85% of the companies the fund holds will have an MSCI ESG rating of A or higher. The sub-adviser obtains third party ESG ratings information from MSCI. MSCI ESG ratings are intended to measure how well a company manages its material ESG risks and opportunities relative to industry peers. MSCI assigns each company an ESG rating on a seven-point scale ranging between “AAA” and “CCC,” with “AAA” being the highest followed by “AA” and “A.” To arrive at a final ESG rating, MSCI uses a quantitative model to weigh a company’s environmental and social key issue scores and a governance pillar score relative to its industry peers. Under the exclusionary constraints, the sub-adviser will exclude investments in: companies that derive 10% or more of total annual revenue from thermal coal; companies that are United Nations Global Compact violators; and companies involved in controversial weapons (landmines, cluster munitions, chemical and biological weapons). These exclusions are based on third party classifications by MSCI obtained by the sub-adviser.
Final stock selection and portfolio positioning are subject to the discretion of the fund’s portfolio management team.
The equity securities in which the fund may invest include, but are not limited to, common stocks, depositary receipts, preferred stocks, and securities convertible into common stocks (such as warrants and rights). The fund may also invest up to 5% of its assets in index exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”).
Additionally, the fund may also invest its assets in U.S. government securities.
The fund may invest its assets in cash, cash equivalent securities or short-term debt securities, repurchase agreements and money market instruments. Under adverse or unstable market, economic or political conditions, the fund may take temporary defensive positions in cash and short-term debt securities without limit. Although the fund would do this only in seeking to avoid losses, the fund may be unable to pursue its investment objective during that time, and it could reduce the benefit from any upswing in the market. To the extent that the fund has any uninvested cash, the fund would also be subject to risk with respect to the depository institution holding the cash.
Transamerica Large Growth: The fund normally invests primarily in common stocks of companies that its sub-advisers, Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. (“MSIM”) and Wellington Management Company LLP (“Wellington Management”), believe have the potential for above average growth in earnings. Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in equity securities of large cap companies and other investments with similar economic characteristics. The fund considers large cap companies to be companies with market capitalizations that, at the time of initial purchase, exceed the market capitalization of the smallest company included in the Russell 1000® Growth Index. As of December 31, 2022, the market capitalization of the smallest company in the Russell 1000® Growth Index was $735.67 million. The fund generally emphasizes common and preferred stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange and other U.S. securities exchanges and, to a lesser extent, equity securities that are listed on foreign securities exchanges and those traded over-the-counter. The fund’s investment manager, Transamerica Asset Management, Inc., determines the allocation of the fund’s assets between MSIM and Wellington Management and rebalances the allocation periodically to normally maintain approximately a 50% allocation of the fund’s assets to each sub-adviser.
The fund may invest up to 25% of its net assets in securities of foreign issuers, including issuers located in emerging market or developing countries and securities classified as American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”), American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) or Global Depositary Shares (“GDSs”), foreign U.S. dollar denominated securities that are traded on a U.S. exchange or local shares of non-U.S. issuers. The fund considers an issuer to be from a particular country if (i) its principal securities trading market is in that country; (ii) alone or on a consolidated basis it derives 50% or more of its annual revenue
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from goods produced, sales made or services performed in that country; or (iii) it is organized under the laws of, or has a principal office in, that country. By applying these tests, it is possible that a particular company could be deemed to be from more than one country. The securities in which the fund may invest may be denominated in U.S. dollars or in currencies other than U.S. dollars. The fund may utilize foreign currency forward exchange contracts, which are derivatives, in connection with its investment in foreign securities, for hedging purposes. The fund may also invest in warrants and rights.
The fund may purchase and sell certain derivative instruments, such as options, future contracts, options on futures contracts or foreign currency, contracts for difference, swaps and structured investments, for various portfolio management purposes, including to earn income, facilitate portfolio management and mitigate risks. Foreign currency option contracts may be used for hedging purposes or non-hedging purposes in pursuing the fund’s investment objective. In determining compliance with any percentage limitation or requirement regarding the use or investment of fund assets, the fund will take into account derivative or synthetic instruments or other positions that, in the judgment of the sub-adviser, have economic characteristics similar to the applicable category of investments.
The fund may invest in initial public offerings. The fund may also invest up to 10% of its assets in real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) and foreign real estate companies.
MSIM typically invests in unique companies it believes have sustainable competitive advantages with above average business visibility, the ability to deploy capital at high rates of return, strong balance sheets and an attractive risk/reward. MSIM seeks to understand how environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) initiatives within companies can create value by strengthening durable competitive advantages, creating growth opportunities, driving profitability and/or aligning with secular growth trends. Conversely, the team will evaluate how environmental and social oriented trends create material risks to the prospects of the enterprise. MSIM generally engages with company management teams to discuss their ESG practices, with the aim of identifying how sustainability themes present opportunities and risks that can be material to the value of the security over the long-term. Other aspects of the investment process include a proprietary, systematic evaluation of governance policies, specifically focusing on compensation alignment on long-term value creation. MSIM does not treat ESG factors as a deterministic, reductive screen, nor as a portfolio construction tool layered on top of a passive vehicle.
Wellington Management conducts fundamental analysis of a company to assess its business environment, management quality, balance sheet, income statement, anticipated earnings, revenues and dividends, and other related measures or indicators of value. Wellington Management identifies candidates for fundamental research with an internally-developed quantitative analytical approach. This quantitative approach evaluates each security, favoring those with attractive valuation, momentum, balance sheet and situations and events factors. Valuation factors capture cheapness. Momentum factors focus on stocks with favorable earnings and stock price momentum to assess the appropriate time for purchase. Balance sheet factors analyze the quality of earnings and capital. Situations and events factors exploit opportunities arising from idiosyncratic events or transient situations. Wellington Management generally considers selling an investment when it determines the company no longer satisfies its investment criteria.
The fund uses multiple sub-advisers in an effort to control the volatility often associated with growth funds, but there can be no assurance that this strategy will succeed. Growth stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “value” stocks.
The fund may invest its assets in cash, cash equivalent securities or short-term debt securities, repurchase agreements and money market instruments. Under adverse or unstable market, economic or political conditions, the fund may take temporary defensive positions in cash and short-term debt securities without limit. Although the fund would do this only in seeking to avoid losses, the fund may be unable to pursue its investment objective during that time, and it could reduce the benefit from any upswing in the market. To the extent that the fund has any uninvested cash, the fund would also be subject to risk with respect to the depository institution holding the cash.
Transamerica Large Value Opportunities: The fund normally invests primarily in issuers listed on U.S. exchanges with a focus on value stocks. Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in securities of large-cap value companies and other investments with similar economic characteristics. The fund considers large-cap value companies to be companies with market capitalizations that, at the time of initial purchase, exceed the market capitalization of the smallest company included in the MSCI USA Value Index. As of December 31, 2022, the market capitalization of the smallest company in the MSCI USA Value Index was approximately $1.08 billion.
The fund’s sub-adviser, PineBridge Investments LLC (the “sub-adviser”), employs a process that categorizes companies according to where the sub-adviser believes they reside in their respective company life cycles, and then lets the categorization drive how the companies are analyzed for investment attractiveness. Through a quantitative framework, the sub-adviser ranks companies within what are considered fundamentally similar groups of stocks based on six life-cycle stages (three types for growth companies and three for mature companies). After quantitatively categorizing each company in the investment universe into their six main life-cycle categorizations, the sub-adviser’s alpha model then quantitatively assesses the attractiveness of each company based on numerous factors that are relevant to each life-cycle category. The model generates a numerical ranking based on this quantitative categorization
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and factor-based assessment, which indicates the attractiveness of each stock. An optimization process is then used by the sub-adviser to build the fund’s portfolio using constraints relative to the fund’s primary benchmark. Final stock selection and portfolio positioning are subject to the discretion of the fund’s portfolio management team.
The equity securities in which the fund may invest include, but are not limited to, common stocks, depository receipts, preferred stocks and securities convertible into common stocks (such as warrants and rights). The fund may also invest up to 5% of its assets in index exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”). Value stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “growth” stocks.
The sub-adviser’s sell decisions are generally based on its ranking of stocks.
The fund may invest its assets in cash, cash equivalent securities or short-term debt securities, repurchase agreements and money market instruments. Under adverse or unstable market, economic or political conditions, the fund may take temporary defensive positions in cash and short-term debt securities without limit. Although the fund would do this only in seeking to avoid losses, the fund may be unable to pursue its investment objective during that time, and it could reduce the benefit from any upswing in the market. To the extent that the fund has any uninvested cash, the fund would also be subject to risk with respect to the depository institution holding the cash.
Transamerica Mid Cap Growth: The fund normally invests primarily in stocks of medium sized companies which the fund’s sub-adviser, Wellington Management Company LLP (the “sub-adviser”), believes will earn high returns on invested capital, benefit from long term secular growth trends, and meet the sub-adviser’s long term valuation criteria. Under normal circumstances, the sub-adviser invests at least 80% of the fund’s net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in securities of medium sized (or mid-cap) companies and other investments with similar economic characteristics. The sub-adviser considers mid-cap companies to be companies with market capitalizations that, at the time of initial purchase, are within the range of capitalization of the companies that are included in the Russell Midcap® Growth Index. As of December 31, 2022, the market capitalizations of companies in the Russell Midcap® Growth Index ranged from approximately $735.67 million to $52.82 billion. Over time, the capitalizations of the companies in the Russell Midcap® Growth Index will change. As they do, the size of the companies in which the fund invests may change.
The fund’s equity securities may include common stocks and preferred stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange and on other national securities exchanges and, generally to a lesser extent, stocks that are traded over-the-counter. The fund normally emphasizes common stocks. The fund may also invest in foreign securities. Growth stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “value” stocks.
The sub-adviser may sell investments when (i) it believes that they no longer offer attractive future returns compared with other investment opportunities, its underlying investment thesis has changed, it believes the investment presents undesirable risks, or in an attempt to limit losses on the investment.
The fund may also invest its assets in cash, cash equivalent securities or short-term debt securities, repurchase agreements and money market instruments. Generally, 5% or less of the fund’s assets will be invested in cash and cash equivalents.
Under adverse or unstable market, economic or political conditions, the fund may take temporary defensive positions in cash and short-term debt securities without limit. Although the fund would do this only in seeking to avoid losses, the fund may be unable to pursue its investment objective during that time, and it could reduce the benefit from any upswing in the market. To the extent that the fund has any uninvested cash, the fund would also be subject to risk with respect to the depository institution holding the cash.
Transamerica Mid Cap Value Opportunities: Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in equity securities of mid cap companies. The fund's sub-adviser, Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC (the “sub-adviser”), considers mid cap companies to be those companies, at the time of purchase, with market capitalizations within the range of companies included in the Russell Midcap® Value Index (between approximately $6 billion and $47 billion as of June 30, 2022, the date of the last reconstitution). The size of the companies in the Russell Midcap® Value Index will change with market conditions. The fund invests primarily in common stocks. The fund may invest in other equity and non-equity securities, including preferred stocks, convertible securities and foreign securities, which may take the form of depositary receipts.
The sub-adviser seeks to invest in companies it believes present a value or potential worth that is not recognized by prevailing market prices or that have experienced some fundamental changes and are intrinsically undervalued by the investment community. The sub-adviser's mid cap value process uses a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods and is based on a four-factor valuation screen. Parts one and two of the screen attempt to assess a company's discount to private market value relative to other mid cap stocks. The third factor considers the relative earnings prospects of the company. The fourth factor involves looking at the company's recent price action. Value stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “growth” stocks.
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The sub-adviser's analysts also explore numerous factors that might affect the outlook for a company. They evaluate publicly available information including, but not limited to, sell-side research, company filings, and trade periodicals. The analysts may speak with company management to hear their perspectives and outlook on pertinent business issues. They apply a consistent and disciplined review in a team environment that encourages critical thinking and analysis for each company considered for investment.
The sub-adviser generally considers selling a security when the catalyst for the investment is no longer valid, when the sub-adviser believes that another stock will have a higher expected return, or for portfolio risk management. The fund generally engages in active and frequent trading of portfolio securities as part of its principal investment strategy.
The fund may invest its assets in cash, cash equivalent securities or short-term debt securities, repurchase agreements and money market instruments. Under adverse or unstable market, economic or political conditions, the fund may take temporary defensive positions in cash and short-term debt securities without limit. Although the fund would do this only in seeking to avoid losses, the fund may be unable to pursue its investment objective during that time, and it could reduce the benefit from any upswing in the market. To the extent that the fund has any uninvested cash, the fund would also be subject to risk with respect to the depository institution holding the cash.
Transamerica Multi-Managed Balanced: Under normal circumstances, the fund invests approximately 60% of its net assets in equity securities and approximately 40% of its net assets in fixed-income securities (investing at least 25% of its net assets in fixed-income senior securities being those securities that rank above another security in the event of the company’s bankruptcy or liquidation). The fund has two sub-advisers. J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. (the “equity sub-adviser”) manages the equity component of the fund and Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC (the “fixed-income sub-adviser”) manages the fixed-income component of the fund. The fund's investment manager, Transamerica Asset Management, Inc., monitors the allocation of the fund's assets between the equity sub-adviser and the fixed-income sub-adviser and rebalances the allocation periodically to maintain these approximate allocations. Each sub-adviser varies the percentage of assets invested in any one type of security in accordance with its interpretation of economic and market conditions, fiscal and monetary policy, and underlying securities values.
Equity component – The equity sub-adviser seeks to achieve the fund's objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the equity component’s net assets in equity securities of large- and medium-capitalization U.S. companies. The fund may invest in foreign companies. The equity sub-adviser will normally keep the equity component as fully invested in equity securities as practicable. Industry by industry, the fund's weightings are generally similar to those of the S&P 500® Index. The equity sub-adviser normally does not look to overweight or underweight industries. Holdings by industry sector will normally approximate those of the S&P 500® Index. The equity sub-adviser may use stock index futures to equitize cash in order to gain general equity market exposure.
The equity sub-adviser also integrates financially material environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) factors as part of the fund’s investment process (“J.P. Morgan ESG Integration”). J.P. Morgan ESG Integration involves the systematic inclusion of ESG issues in investment analysis and investment decisions. As part of its investment process, the equity sub-adviser seeks to assess the impact of ESG factors on many issuers in the universe in which the fund invests. The equity sub-adviser’s assessment is based on an analysis of key opportunities and risks across industries to seek to identify financially material issues with respect to the fund’s investments in securities and ascertain key issues that merit engagement with issuers. These assessments may not be conclusive and securities of issuers that may be negatively impacted by such factors may be purchased and retained by the fund while the fund may divest or not invest in securities of issuers that may be positively impacted by such factors. In particular, J.P. Morgan ESG Integration does not change the fund’s investment objective, exclude specific types of industries or companies or limit the fund’s investable universe. The fund is not designed for investors who wish to screen out particular types of companies or investments or are looking for funds that meet specific ESG goals.
Fixed-income component – Under normal circumstances, the fixed-income component of the fund is invested primarily in investment grade debt securities, which may include: investment grade corporate debt securities, U.S. government obligations, mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by U.S. government agencies and instrumentalities, and private residential mortgage-backed securities. Investment grade debt securities carry a rating of at least BBB from Standard & Poor's or Fitch or Baa from Moody's or are of comparable quality as determined by the fixed-income sub-adviser. The fixed-income component’s portfolio weighted average duration will typically range from 3 to 10 years.
The fixed-income sub-adviser may also invest the fund's assets in U.S. Treasury and agency securities, municipal bonds, asset-backed securities (including collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”), collateralized bond obligations (“CBOs”) and collateralized debt obligations (“CDOs”)), commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”), high quality short-term debt obligations, dollar rolls and repurchase agreements. The fixed-income sub-adviser’s investments for the fund may include debt securities of foreign issuers, including emerging market debt securities. The fixed-income sub-adviser may invest the fund's assets in securities that are denominated in U.S. dollars and in foreign currencies.
The fund may invest up to 10% of the fixed-income component’s net assets in emerging market debt securities and up to 10% of the fixed-income component’s net assets in high-yield debt securities (commonly referred to as “junk bonds”), but may invest no more than 15% of the fixed-income component’s net assets in emerging market debt securities and high-yield debt securities combined. The
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fixed-income sub-adviser considers emerging market countries as countries that major international financial institutions, such as the World Bank, generally consider to be less economically mature than developed nations. Junk bonds are high-risk debt securities rated below investment grade (that is, securities rated below BBB by Standard & Poor’s or Fitch or below Baa by Moody’s or, if unrated, determined to be of comparable quality by the fund’s sub-adviser).
In managing the fund’s fixed-income component, the fixed-income sub-adviser uses a combination of a global “top-down” analysis of the macroeconomic and interest rate environment and proprietary “bottom-up” research of corporate and government debt, and other debt instruments. In the fixed-income sub-adviser’s “top-down” approach, the fixed-income sub-adviser analyzes various fundamental, technical, sentiment and valuation factors that affect the movement of markets and securities prices worldwide. In its proprietary “bottom-up” research, the fixed-income sub-adviser considers various fundamental and other factors, such as creditworthiness, capital structure, covenants, cash flows and, as applicable, collateral. The fixed-income sub-adviser uses this combined “top-down” and “bottom-up” approach to determine sector, security, yield curve positioning, and duration positions for the fixed-income component of the fund. The fixed-income sub-adviser’s research analysts also generally integrate ESG matters within their analytical process for investment grade debt securities, investment grade corporate debt securities, private residential mortgage-backed securities, certain asset-backed securities (including CLOs, CBOs and CDOs), CMBS, certain cash equivalents (including corporate commercial paper), foreign issuers (including emerging markets debt securities) denominated in U.S. dollars or foreign currency and privately issued debt securities issued pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S alongside traditional credit metrics as a risk management tool and as a method to identify financially material ESG factors and arrive at an independent, comprehensive view of the investment. The fixed-income sub-adviser’s research analysts typically do not consider ESG factors when analyzing other investments, including, but not limited to, investments in U.S. government obligations, mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by U.S. government agencies and instrumentalities, U.S. Treasury and agency securities, municipal bonds, dollars rolls, repurchase agreements, derivatives, asset-backed commercial paper, cash, certain cash equivalent securities and money market instruments. ESG factors considered can vary across issuers and industries and may include, but are not limited to, greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity impacts, product and employee safety, labor management, and corporate governance. For asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities, ESG considerations may also include, but are not limited to, affordability and energy efficiency of collateral, underwriting standards and policies, alignment of interest and control provisions. Consideration of ESG matters is subjective and not determinative in the fixed-income sub-adviser’s investment process. The fixed-income sub-adviser may conclude that other attributes of an investment outweigh ESG considerations when making investment decisions. The fixed-income sub-adviser’s research analysts do not take ESG factors into consideration with respect to every investment in the fund.
The fixed-income sub-adviser may sell a security for different reasons, including due to changes in credit outlook or security values.
The equity sub-adviser may sell a security for several reasons. A security may be sold due to a change in the company’s fundamentals or if the equity sub-adviser believes the security is no longer attractively valued. Investments may also be sold if the equity sub-adviser identifies a stock that it believes offers a better investment opportunity.
The fund may, but is not required to, engage in certain investment strategies involving derivatives, such as options, futures, forward currency contracts and swaps, including, but not limited to, interest rate, total return and credit default swaps. These investment strategies may be employed as a hedging technique, as a means of altering investment characteristics of the fund's portfolio (such as shortening or lengthening duration), in an attempt to enhance returns or for other purposes.
The fund may invest in privately issued securities, including those that are normally purchased pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The fund may purchase securities on a when-issued, delayed delivery, to be announced or forward commitment basis.
The fund may invest its assets in cash, cash equivalent securities or short-term debt securities, repurchase agreements and money market instruments. Under adverse or unstable market, economic or political conditions, the fund may take temporary defensive positions in cash and short-term debt securities without limit. Although the fund would do this only in seeking to avoid losses, the fund may be unable to pursue its investment objective during that time, and it could reduce the benefit from any upswing in the market. To the extent that the fund has any uninvested cash, the fund would also be subject to risk with respect to the depository institution holding the cash.
Transamerica Short-Term Bond: The fund’s sub-adviser, Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC (the “sub-adviser”), seeks to achieve the fund’s objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the fund’s net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in fixed-income securities. The fund’s portfolio weighted average duration will typically range from 1 to 2.5 years. Duration is a measure used to determine the sensitivity of a security’s price to changes in interest rates. The longer a security’s duration, the more sensitive it will be to changes in interest rates.
Securities in which the fund may invest include:
corporate debt securities of U.S. issuers;
debt securities of foreign issuers that are denominated in U.S. dollars, including foreign corporate issuers and foreign governments;
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obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies and instrumentalities;
asset-backed securities and mortgage-backed securities, including commercial mortgage-backed securities;
dollar rolls; and
bank loans.
The fund expects to typically invest no more than 10% of its net assets, but may invest up to 20% of its net assets, in high-yield debt securities (commonly known as “junk bonds”). Junk bonds are high-risk debt securities rated below investment grade (that is, securities rated below BBB by Standard & Poor’s or Fitch or below Baa by Moody’s or, if unrated, determined to be of comparable quality by the fund’s sub-adviser). The fund may invest up to 10% of its net assets in emerging market securities. The sub-adviser considers emerging market countries as countries that major international financial institutions, such as the World Bank, generally consider to be less economically mature than developed nations.
The sub-adviser uses a combination of a global “top-down” analysis of the macroeconomic and interest rate environment and proprietary “bottom-up” research of corporate and government debt, and other debt instruments. In the sub-adviser’s “top-down” approach, the sub-adviser analyzes various fundamental, technical, sentiment and valuation factors that affect the movement of markets and securities prices worldwide. In its proprietary “bottom-up” research, the sub-adviser considers various fundamental and other factors, such as creditworthiness, capital structure, covenants, cash flows and, as applicable, collateral. The sub-adviser uses this combined “top-down” and “bottom-up” approach to determine asset class, sector, security, yield curve and duration positions for the fund. The sub-adviser’s research analysts also generally integrate environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) matters within their analytical process for corporate debt securities of U.S. issuers, debt securities of foreign issuers that are denominated in U.S. dollars (including foreign corporate issuers and foreign governments), emerging markets debt securities, certain asset-backed securities, private residential mortgage-backed securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities, privately issued debt securities issued pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S and certain cash equivalents (including corporate commercial paper) alongside traditional credit metrics as a risk management tool and as a method to identify financially material ESG factors and arrive at an independent, comprehensive view of the investment. The sub-adviser’s research analysts typically do not consider ESG factors when analyzing other investments, including, but not limited to, obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies and instrumentalities, mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by U.S. government agencies and instrumentalities, dollar rolls, certain bank loans, bank obligations, savings association obligations, derivatives, repurchase agreements, asset-backed commercial paper, cash, certain cash equivalent securities and money market instruments. ESG factors considered can vary across issuers and industries and may include, but are not limited to, greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity impacts, product and employee safety, labor management and corporate governance. For asset-backed securities, ESG considerations may also include, but are not limited to, affordability and energy efficiency of collateral, underwriting standards and policies, alignment of interest and control provisions. Consideration of ESG matters is subjective and not determinative in the sub-adviser’s investment process. The sub-adviser may conclude that other attributes of an investment outweigh ESG considerations when making investment decisions. The sub-adviser’s research analysts do not take ESG factors into consideration with respect to every investment in the fund.
The fund may, but is not required to, engage in certain investment strategies involving derivatives, such as options, futures, forward currency contracts and swaps, including, but not limited to, interest rate and total return swaps. These investment strategies may be employed as a hedging technique, as a means of altering investment characteristics of the fund’s portfolio (such as shortening or lengthening duration), in an attempt to enhance returns or for other purposes.
The fund may purchase securities on a when-issued, delayed delivery, to be announced or forward commitment basis.
Bank obligations purchased for the fund are limited to U.S. or foreign banks with total assets of $1.5 billion or more. Similarly, savings association obligations purchased for the fund are limited to U.S. savings association obligations issued by U.S. savings banks with total assets of $1.5 billion or more.
The fund may invest in privately issued securities, including those that are normally purchased pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The sub-adviser may sell a security for different reasons, including due to changes in credit outlook or security values.
The fund may invest its assets in cash, cash equivalent securities or short-term debt securities, repurchase agreements and money market instruments. Under adverse or unstable market, economic or political conditions, the fund may take temporary defensive positions in cash and short-term debt securities without limit. Although the fund would do this only in seeking to avoid losses, the fund may be unable to pursue its investment objective during that time, and it could reduce the benefit from any upswing in the market. To the extent that the fund has any uninvested cash, the fund would also be subject to risk with respect to the depository institution holding the cash.
Transamerica Small Cap Growth: Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowing, if any, for investment purposes) in stocks of small capitalization companies. The fund’s sub-adviser, Ranger Investment Management, L.P. (the “sub-adviser”), primarily focuses on seeking to identify high quality, high-growth small capitalization
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companies. The sub-adviser considers small capitalization companies to be companies with market capitalizations that, at the time of initial purchase, have either market capitalizations between $100 million and $2 billion or within the range of the Russell 2000® Growth Index, which as of May 6, 2022, the most recent reconstitution date of the index, was between $240.1 million and $6.4 billion.
The sub-adviser’s approach to security selection seeks quality growth companies by implementing a “bottom-up”, fundamental research driven security selection process. The sub-adviser’s focus is to attempt to identify companies with characteristics such as high recurring revenue, steady and/or accelerating sales growth, strong balance sheets and free cash flows, stable/expanding margins, and superior return on equity/return on invested capital. In addition to the extensive quantitative analysis, careful consideration is given to qualitative analysis. The sub-adviser incorporates a preference towards companies with certain qualitative characteristics such as conservative accounting practices, seasoned management team with high corporate integrity, sustainable competitive advantage and ability to grow market share, sound corporate governance, and unique demand drivers. Once these quantitative and qualitative characteristics are analyzed, the sub-adviser then determines whether it believes a company is undervalued and has sufficient upside to the stock price to warrant an investment. The fund is managed using the growth style of investing. At any given time, growth stocks may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market.
The sub-adviser also views environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) factors as another input alongside traditional fundamental financial analysis when making investment decisions. This ESG integration applies to companies held in the fund. The sub-adviser evaluates a company's ESG strengths and weaknesses based on its internal research process, public company documents, websites, SEC filings, third-party research, and conversations with management. The sub-adviser seeks to identify financially material ESG risks and/or opportunities for a company and the potential for financial impacts. The sub-adviser's ESG analysis is subjective and ESG factors are not determinative in the sub-adviser’s investment process. The sub-adviser may conclude that other attributes of a company outweigh factors when making investment decisions.
The fund may invest in foreign securities through American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), and generally will not invest more than 10% of the fund’s assets in foreign securities. The fund only invests in securities traded on U.S. exchanges.
The sub-adviser’s identification and evaluation of fundamental, valuation and technical factors generally lead to most sell decisions in the fund.
The fund may invest its assets in cash, cash equivalent securities or short-term debt securities, repurchase agreements and money market instruments. Under adverse or unstable market, economic or political conditions, the fund may take temporary defensive positions in cash and short-term debt securities without limit. Although the fund would do this only in seeking to avoid losses, the fund may be unable to pursue its investment objective during that time, and it could reduce the benefit from any upswing in the market. To the extent that the fund has any uninvested cash, the fund would also be subject to risk with respect to the depository institution holding the cash.
Transamerica Small Cap Value: The fund’s sub-adviser, Peregrine Capital Management, LLC (the “sub-adviser”) invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the fund’s net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in equity securities of small-capitalization companies. The fund generally considers a small-capitalization company to be a company with a market capitalization within the range of the Russell 2000® Value Index at the time of initial purchase. As of December 31, 2022, the market capitalization range of the Russell 2000® Value Index was between $6.1 million and $6.7 billion. The equity securities in which the fund invests are primarily common stocks of U.S. companies.
The sub-adviser uses a proprietary, quantitative screening process designed to identify the least expensive small-capitalization stocks across each sector. This screening process narrows the investment universe and allows the sub-adviser to focus its fundamental research and analysis on the stocks that the sub-adviser believes are the most undervalued relative to their respective sector peer group. Fundamental research is primarily conducted through financial statement analysis, meetings with company management teams, and interacting with sell-side research analysts. Through its fundamental research and analysis, the sub-adviser seeks to uncover one or more of the following five Value Buy Criteria that the sub-adviser believes may act as a catalyst for stock appreciation:
Resolvable Short-Term Problem – Companies that may have gone through a negative fundamental event that has had an impact on stock price and valuation, and the sub-adviser believes the company has a pathway to resolve the problem within a reasonable period of time.
Catalyst for Change – Companies that may have a material fundamental event going on that the sub-adviser believes the market is not pricing in to the valuation of the stock.
Unrecognized Assets – Companies that the sub-adviser believes may have some intrinsic value that the market is not appreciating and the sub-adviser believes there is a pathway to unlocking that value within the near to moderate term.
Fundamental Undervaluation – Companies that the sub-adviser believes lack significant sponsorship from the sell-side community and may have strong margins and growth but are in the 10-15% of the lowest valued names in a sector.
Take-Over Potential – Companies that the sub-adviser believes have assets that would be more attractive in the hands of other owners.
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The sub-adviser may sell a stock when the sub-adviser believes it has become fairly valued or when signs of fundamental deterioration appear. The sub-adviser may actively trade portfolio securities. Value stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “growth” stocks.
From time to time, the fund may invest up to 10% of its assets in exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) in order to manage market liquidity and equitize cash. The fund may also invest some of its assets in cash or in money market instruments, including U.S. Government obligations and repurchase agreements, or make other short-term debt investments to maintain liquidity.
The sub-adviser may sell a holding for different reasons, such as if the security trades at a premium to the intrinsic value assigned to it by the sub-adviser, if the issuer of the security exhibits deteriorating operating results or shows a meaningful increase in financial leverage or if the sub-adviser identifies investment alternatives that it deems more attractive.
The fund may invest its assets in cash, cash equivalent securities or short-term debt securities, repurchase agreements and money market instruments. Under adverse or unstable market, economic or political conditions, the fund may take temporary defensive positions in cash and short-term debt securities without limit. Although the fund would do this only in seeking to avoid losses, the fund may be unable to pursue its investment objective during that time, and it could reduce the benefit from any upswing in the market. To the extent that the fund has any uninvested cash, the fund would also be subject to risk with respect to the depository institution holding the cash.
Transamerica Sustainable Bond: The fund’s sub-adviser, Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC (the “sub-adviser”), seeks to achieve the fund’s objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the fund’s net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in fixed-income securities.
The fund’s investments in fixed-income securities may include U.S. government and foreign government bonds and notes (including emerging markets), mortgage-backed, commercial mortgage-backed, and asset-backed securities (including collateralized mortgage obligations), investment grade and below (commonly known as “junk bonds”) corporate bonds of issuers in the U.S. and foreign countries (including emerging markets), convertible bonds and other convertible securities (including contingent convertible securities), bank loans and loan participations, structured notes, municipal bonds and preferred securities.
The fund’s investment in fixed-income securities may also include dollar rolls, inflation-protected securities, repurchase agreements and to be announced (“TBA”) transactions.
The fund may invest in securities of any maturity and does not have a target average duration.
Under normal circumstances, the fund has an average credit rating of investment grade.
The fund’s sub-adviser focuses on fixed-income securities of issuers that are, in the sub-adviser’s view, aligned with sustainability initiatives. The fund’s investment universe is defined by the sub-adviser’s Sustainable Investment Committee (“SIC”) which consists of employees of the sub-adviser and affiliated entities within the global Aegon Asset Management organization, who have responsible investing expertise.
Potential investments, except as described below, are screened utilizing the sub-adviser’s proprietary sustainability assessment framework which evaluates issuers or securities using internal and external inputs. The sub-adviser uses positive screening to identify issuers and securities that the sub-adviser believes align with sustainability themes. Using this approach, the sub-adviser avoids investments in issuers, industries or sectors that are in its view inconsistent with its sustainable investing philosophy. The sub-adviser does not utilize a specific exclusions list as part of its sustainability assessment framework.
Eligible investments include issuers or securities that are viewed by the sub-adviser as offering products or services that are aligned with long-term sustainability initiatives including, but not limited to, various environmental and societal initiatives.
The sub-adviser’s sustainability assessment focuses on key sustainability pillars, including climate change, eco solutions, resource efficiency, health and well-being, inclusion and sustainable growth. These sustainable investment opportunities may also align with many of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a set of goals that seek to address the world’s most pressing sustainability issues. While the SDGs provide a helpful framework for identifying sustainable themes, the sub-adviser relies on its proprietary sustainability assessment to determine the eligible investment universe.
The sub-adviser uses a research-driven process in an effort to identify sustainable investment opportunities. The process consists of five primary steps:
1. Sustainability research: The sub-adviser generates sustainable investment ideas using a sustainability assessment process to identify fixed-income investments that the sub-adviser believes will contribute to or benefit from the long-term sustainability of the global economy, environment and society. The process combines internal expertise alongside external data to analyze a potential investment’s sustainability profile. Sustainable investment ideas are presented to the SIC for further evaluation.
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2. Sustainability determination: The SIC reviews the sustainability research and ultimately determines the sustainable investment universe for the fund. The SIC reviews investments for alignment with sustainable initiatives and identifies an eligible investment universe consisting of issuers or securities that are viewed as offering products or services that are aligned with long-term sustainability. Issuers and securities are classified into one of five categories depending on level of alignment with sustainability initiatives. As an example, category one, category two, and category three may include companies with varying levels of revenues tied to products or services aligned with sustainability initiatives (category one representing “leaders” with the highest amount of such revenues, and category three representing “improvers” with the lowest amount of such revenues). Category four may include companies that the sub-adviser believes do not have a material amount of revenues aligned with sustainability initiatives but are likely not involved in activities that are counter to sustainable initiatives. Category five may include companies that may be involved in controversial activities that are against sustainable initiatives. The sustainability criteria is tailored to the fixed-income sector.
3. Economic research and recommendation: In its proprietary, “bottom-up” research, the sub-adviser considers various fundamental and other factors, such as creditworthiness, capital structure, covenants, cash-flows and, as applicable, collateral. The sub-adviser’s research analysts also generally integrate environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) matters within their analytical process for private residential mortgage-backed securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities, certain asset-backed securities (including collateralized loan obligations), investment grade and below (commonly known as “junk bonds”), corporate bonds of issuers in the U.S. and foreign countries (including emerging markets), certain bank loans and loan participations, structured notes, certain preferred securities and certain cash equivalents (including corporate commercial paper) alongside traditional credit metrics, as a risk management tool and as a method to identify financially material ESG factors and arrive at an independent, comprehensive view of the investment. The sub-adviser’s research analysts typically do not consider ESG factors when analyzing other investments, including obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies and instrumentalities, convertible bonds, other convertible securities, municipal bonds, derivatives instruments, dollar rolls, inflation-protected securities, repurchase agreements, to be announced transactions, cash and certain cash equivalents. ESG factors considered can vary across issuers and industries and may include, but are not limited to, greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity impacts, product and employee safety, labor management, and corporate governance. For asset-backed securities, ESG considerations may also include, but are not limited to, affordability and energy efficiency of collateral, underwriting standards and policies, alignment of interest and control provisions. Consideration of ESG matters is subjective and not determinative in the investment process. ESG factors are evaluated separately from the sustainability analysis, and the sub-adviser may conclude that other attributes of an investment outweigh ESG considerations. While the sub-adviser performs sustainability analysis on all holdings in the fund, except as described below, the sub-adviser does not take ESG factors into consideration with respect to every investment in the fund.
4. Portfolio construction: The sub-adviser combines the proprietary “bottom-up” research with “top-down” analysis of the macroeconomic and interest rate environments. In the sub-adviser’s “top-down” approach, the sub-adviser analyzes various fundamental, technical, sentiment, and valuation factors that affect the movement of markets and securities prices worldwide. This “top-down” analysis includes a relative value assessment across asset classes as the sub-adviser constructs a sustainability-themed portfolio based on the eligible sustainable investment universe set by the SIC. The fund invests in issuers or securities within categories one through three of the sub-adviser’s sustainability criteria described above.
5. Engagement: The sub-adviser’s dedicated Responsible Investment team may engage with issuers in an effort to encourage issuers to enhance the sustainability of their businesses and make positive change.
The fund may utilize derivatives, such as options, futures, forward currency contracts and swaps, including, but not limited to, interest rate, total return and credit default swaps. These investment strategies may be employed as a hedging technique, as a means of altering investment characteristics of the fund’s portfolio (such as shortening or lengthening duration), in an attempt to enhance returns or for other purposes.
The fund may purchase securities on a when-issued, delayed delivery or forward-commitment basis.
All investments by the fund, with the exception of cash, cash equivalents and derivatives instruments, in each case used for duration and/or temporary cashflow management purposes, are subject to the sub-adviser’s sustainability screening process.
The sub-adviser may sell a security for different reasons, including due to changes in credit outlook, security values or when it no longer meets the sub-adviser’s sustainability criteria.
The fund may invest its assets in cash, cash equivalent securities or short-term debt securities, repurchase agreements and money market instruments. Under adverse or unstable market, economic or political conditions, the fund may take temporary defensive positions in cash and short-term debt securities without limit. Although the fund would do this only in seeking to avoid losses, the fund may be unable to pursue its investment objective during that time, and it could reduce the benefit from any upswing in the market. To the extent that the fund has any uninvested cash, the fund would also be subject to risk with respect to the depository institution holding the cash.
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More on Risks of Investing in the Funds
The value of your investment in a fund changes with the values of that fund’s investments. Many factors and risks can affect those values, including the risks described below. There is no guarantee that a fund will be able to achieve its investment objective. It is possible to lose money by investing in a fund.
Some of the risks of investing in the funds, including the principal risks of the funds, are discussed below. Each fund may be subject to factors and risks other than those identified in this prospectus, and these other factors and risks could adversely affect the fund’s investment results. More information about risks appears in the Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”). Before investing, you should carefully consider the risks that you will assume.
Absence of Regulation: A fund may engage in over-the-counter (“OTC”) transactions, which trade in a dealer network, rather than on an exchange. In general, there is less governmental regulation and supervision of transactions in the OTC markets than of transactions entered into on organized exchanges. Transactions in the OTC markets also are subject to the credit risk of the counterparty.
Active Trading: Certain funds may purchase and sell securities without regard to the length of time held. Active trading may have a negative impact on performance and may generate greater amounts of short-term capital gains, which, for shareholders holding shares in taxable accounts, would generally be subject to tax at ordinary income tax rates upon distribution. During periods of market volatility, active trading may be more pronounced.
Allocation Conflicts: The Investment Manager is subject to conflicts of interest in selecting and allocating an asset allocation fund’s assets among underlying funds. The Investment Manager and its affiliates will receive more revenue when the Investment Manager selects a Transamerica fund rather than an unaffiliated fund for inclusion in an asset allocation fund. The Investment Manager has an incentive to allocate an asset allocation fund’s assets to those underlying funds for which the net management fees payable to the Investment Manager are higher than the fees payable by other underlying funds and/or which are sub-advised by an affiliate of the Investment Manager. The Investment Manager also has an incentive to allocate an asset allocation fund’s assets to subscale underlying funds to provide scale and reduce amounts waived and/or reimbursed by the Investment Manager to maintain applicable expense caps.
In addition, the Investment Manager may have an incentive to take into account the effect that the fund’s purchase or sale of shares of underlying fund would have on that underlying fund.
Asset Allocation: A fund’s investment performance is significantly impacted by the fund’s asset allocation and reallocation from time to time. The Investment Manager's and/or sub-adviser’s decisions whether and when to tactically overweight or underweight asset classes and select a mix of underlying funds may not produce the desired results. These actions may be unsuccessful in maximizing return and/or avoiding investment losses. The value of your investment may decrease if the Investment Manager’s and/or sub-adviser's judgments about the attractiveness, value or market trends affecting a particular asset class, investment style, technique or strategy, underlying fund or other issuer is incorrect. The available underlying funds selected by the Investment Manager and/or sub-adviser may underperform the market or similar funds.
Asset Class Allocation: A fund’s investment performance is significantly impacted by the fund’s asset class allocation and reallocation from time to time. The Investment Manager’s and/or the sub-adviser’s decisions may not produce the desired results. The allocations may be unsuccessful in maximizing return and/or avoiding investment losses. The value of your investment may decrease if the Investment Manager’s and/or the sub-adviser’s judgment about the attractiveness, value or market trends affecting a particular asset class, investment style, technique, strategy or issuer is incorrect. The Investment Manager and/or the sub-adviser may favor an asset class that performs poorly relative to other asset classes.
For certain funds, the Investment Manager’s and/or the sub-adviser’s decisions regarding whether and when to tactically overweight or underweight asset classes may not produce the desired results.
Asset Class Variation: Certain funds may invest in underlying funds and/or ETFs. The underlying funds and/or ETFs invest principally in the securities constituting their asset class (i.e., equity or fixed-income) or underlying index components. However, an underlying fund or ETF may vary the percentage of its assets in these securities (subject to any applicable regulatory requirements). Depending upon the percentage of securities in a particular asset class held by the underlying funds and ETFs at any given time, and the percentage of the fund's assets invested in the various underlying funds and ETFs, the fund's actual exposure to the securities in a particular asset class may vary substantially from its target allocation for that asset class, and this in turn may adversely affect the fund's performance.
Bank Obligations: Bank obligations include certificates of deposit, fixed time deposits, bankers’ acceptances, and other debt and deposit-type instruments issued by banks. To the extent a fund invests in bank obligations, the fund will be more susceptible to negative events affecting the banking industry. Banks are sensitive to changes in money market and general economic conditions, as well as regulatory and political conditions. Banks are highly regulated, and decisions by regulators may limit the loans banks make, affect the interest rates and fees they charge and reduce bank profitability.
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Cash Management and Defensive Investing: The value of investments held by a fund for cash management or defensive investing purposes can fluctuate. Like other fixed-income securities, cash and cash equivalent securities are subject to risk, including market, interest rate and credit risk. If a fund holds cash uninvested, the fund will be subject to the credit risk of the depository institution holding the cash, it will not earn income on the cash and the fund’s yield will go down. If a significant amount of a fund’s assets are used for cash management or defensive investing purposes, it may not achieve its investment objective.
China A–Shares: Certain funds may invest in equity securities of certain Chinese companies, referred to as China A-shares, through the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect program or the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect program (collectively, the “Programs”). The Programs are securities trading and clearing linked programs between either Shanghai Stock Exchange or Shenzhen Stock Exchange, and the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited, and China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited, with an aim to achieve mutual stock market access between the People’s Republic of China (“PRC” or “China”) and Hong Kong. The Programs are subject to daily quota limitations, which may restrict a fund’s ability to invest in China A-shares through the Programs and to enter into or exit trades on a timely basis. The Shanghai and Shenzhen markets may be open at a time when the Programs are not trading, with the result that prices of China A-shares may fluctuate at times when a fund is unable to add to or exit its position. Only certain China A-shares are eligible to be accessed through the Programs. Such securities may lose their eligibility at any time, in which case they could be sold but could no longer be purchased through the Programs. Because the Programs are in their early stages, the actual effect on the market for trading China A-shares with the introduction of large numbers of foreign investors is currently unknown. The Programs are subject to regulations promulgated by regulatory authorities for the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, and existing and additional regulations or restrictions, such as limitations on redemptions, suspension of trading and limitations on profits, may adversely impact the Programs and/or a fund’s investments through the Programs. There is no guarantee that applicable exchanges will continue to support the Programs in the future.
Investments in China A-shares are subject to risks specific to the China market. Any significant change in mainland China’s political, social or economic policies may have a negative impact on investments in the China market. The regulatory and legal framework for capital markets in mainland China may not be as well developed as those of developed countries. Chinese accounting standards and practices may deviate significantly from international accounting standards. The settlement and clearing systems of the Chinese securities markets may not be well tested and may be subject to increased risks of error or inefficiency.
If a fund was considered to be a tax resident of China, it would be subject to Chinese corporate income tax at the rate of 25% on its worldwide taxable income. If a fund was considered to be a non-resident enterprise with a “permanent establishment” in China, it would be subject to Chinese corporate income tax of 25% on the profits attributable to the permanent establishment.
A fund’s investments in securities, including China A-shares, issued by Chinese companies may cause a fund to become subject to withholding and other taxes imposed by China tax authorities. China generally imposes withholding income tax at a rate of 10% on dividends, premiums, interest and capital gains originating in China and paid to a company that is not a resident of China for tax purposes and that has no permanent establishment in China. Currently, the capital gain from disposal of China A-shares by foreign investors via the Programs is temporarily exempt from withholding income tax, but the dividends derived from China A-shares by foreign investors is subject to a 10% withholding income tax. There is no indication of how long the temporary exemption will remain in effect and a fund may be subject to such withholding income tax in the future.
Stamp duty under the PRC laws generally applies to the execution and receipt of taxable documents, which include contracts for the sale of China A-shares traded on PRC stock exchanges. In the case of such contracts, the stamp duty is currently imposed on the seller but not on the purchaser, at the rate of 0.1%. The sale or other transfer by a fund’s sub-adviser of China A-shares will accordingly be subject to PRC stamp duty, but a fund will not be subject to PRC stamp duty when it acquires China A-shares.
A fund may also potentially be subject to PRC value added tax at the rate of 6% on capital gains derived from trading of China A-shares and interest income (if any). Existing guidance provides a temporary value added tax exemption for Hong Kong and overseas investors in respect of their gains derived from trading of PRC securities through the Programs. Since there is no indication how long the temporary exemption will remain in effect, a fund may be subject to such value added tax in the future. In addition, urban maintenance and construction tax (currently at rates ranging from 1% to 7%), educational surcharge (currently at the rate of 3%) and local educational surcharge (currently at the rate of 2%) (collectively, the “surtaxes”) are imposed based on value added tax liabilities, so if a fund were liable for value added tax it would also be required to pay the applicable surtaxes.
Uncertainties in China tax rules governing taxation of income and gains from investments in China A-shares via the Programs could result in unexpected tax liabilities for a fund and therefore could affect the amount of income which may be derived, and the amount of capital returned, from the investments in China A-shares by a fund.
In the event that the depository of the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange defaulted, a fund may not be able to recover fully its losses from the depository or may be delayed in receiving proceeds as part of any recovery process. In addition, because all trades on the Programs in respect of eligible China A-shares must be settled in Renminbi (RMB), the Chinese currency, funds investing through the Programs must have timely access to a reliable supply of offshore RMB, which cannot be guaranteed.
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The Programs are novel in nature and are subject to regulations promulgated by regulatory authorities and implementation rules made by the stock exchanges in China and Hong Kong. The regulations are untested so far and there is no certainty as to how they will be applied. China A-shares purchased through the Programs are held in nominee name and not a fund’s name as the beneficial owner. It is possible, therefore, that a fund’s ability to exercise its rights as a shareholder and to pursue claims against the issuer of China A-shares may be limited because the nominee structure has not been tested in Chinese courts. In addition, a fund may not be able to participate in corporate actions affecting China A-shares held through the Programs due to time constraints or for other operational reasons.
Trades on the Programs are subject to certain requirements prior to trading. If these requirements are not completed prior to the market opening, a fund cannot sell the shares on that trading day. In addition, these requirements may limit the number of brokers that a fund may use to execute trades. If an investor holds 5% or more of the total shares issued by a China A-share issuer, the investor must return any profits obtained from the purchase and sale of those shares if both transactions occur within a six-month period. If a fund holds 5% or more of the total shares of a China A-share issuer through its Program investments, its profits may be subject to these limitations. It is not expressly provided in China law whether all accounts managed by TAM and/or its affiliates will be aggregated for purposes of this 5% limitation. If that is the case, it makes it more likely that a fund’s profits may be subject to these limitations.
Conflicts of Interest: Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (“TAM”) and its affiliates, directors, officers, employees and personnel (collectively, for purposes of this risk, “Transamerica”) are engaged in a variety of businesses and have interests other than those related to managing the funds. Transamerica is a diversified global financial services company with many lines of business providing a wide range of financial services to a sizeable and diversified client base. The broad range of activities and interests of Transamerica gives rise to actual, potential and perceived conflicts of interest that could affect the funds and their shareholders.
Certain actual and potential conflicts of interest are described below. A further discussion of conflicts of interest appears in the SAI. These discussions are not, and are not intended to be, a complete enumeration or description of all the actual and potential conflicts that Transamerica has now or may have in the future. Other conflicts may arise from time to time.
TAM and the funds have adopted practices, policies and procedures that are intended to identify, manage and, where possible, mitigate conflicts of interest. There is no assurance, however, that these practices, policies and procedures will be effective, and these practices, policies and procedures may limit or restrict the funds’ investment activities and adversely affect their performance.
Activities on Behalf of Other Funds and Accounts. Transamerica manages or advises other funds and products in addition to the funds, including Transamerica’s own accounts and accounts in which Transamerica or its personnel have an interest. Certain other funds and products have investment objectives similar to, the same as or opposite to those of the funds and/or engage in transactions in the same types of securities or other instruments, sectors or strategies as the funds. Such transactions could affect the prices and availability of the securities and instruments in which a fund invests, and could have an adverse impact on the fund’s performance. These other accounts and products may buy or sell positions while the funds are undertaking the same or a differing, including potentially opposite, strategy, which could disadvantage the funds. A position taken by Transamerica, on behalf of one or more other funds or products, may be contrary to a position taken on behalf of a fund or may be adverse to a company or issuer in which the fund has invested. A fund on the one hand, and Transamerica or other funds or products, on the other hand, may vote differently on matters affecting, or take or refrain from taking different actions with respect to, the same security, which are disadvantageous to the fund. The results of the investment activities of a fund may differ significantly from the results achieved for other funds or products. Transamerica may receive more compensation, including a performance allocation, with respect to certain other funds or products than is received with respect to a fund.
Selection of Service Providers. TAM and certain of its affiliates provide services including investment management, administration, sub-advisory, shareholder servicing, distribution, and transfer agency services to the funds and earn fees from these relationships with the funds. TAM and its affiliates face conflicts of interest when the funds select affiliated service providers because TAM and/or its affiliates receive greater compensation when they are used. The funds expect to engage unaffiliated service providers that in certain cases also provide services to Transamerica or other funds or products or that hire Transamerica to provide services to the service providers’ clients. These service providers may have business, financial or other relationships with Transamerica, which may influence TAM’s recommendation of these service providers for the funds.
Sales Incentives and Relationships. Transamerica and other financial service providers have conflicts associated with their promotion of the funds or other dealings with the funds that would create incentives for them to promote the funds. Transamerica will benefit from increased amounts of assets under management. Transamerica and its personnel have relationships (both involving and not involving the funds) with distributors, consultants and others who sell or recommend the funds or other funds or products, and such parties may receive compensation from Transamerica or the funds or Other Accounts in connection with such relationships. Transamerica and/or the funds’ sub-advisers or their affiliates, make revenue sharing payments to brokers and other financial intermediaries to promote the distribution of the funds. Transamerica also receives revenue sharing and/or 12b-1 payments from certain of the funds’ sub-advisers or their affiliates. These payments present certain conflicts of interest and provide a disincentive for TAM to recommend the termination of such sub-advisers.
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Transamerica Insurance Companies. The performance of certain funds impacts Transamerica’s financial exposure under guarantees that the Transamerica insurance companies provide as issuers of certain variable insurance contracts. TAM’s investment decisions and the design of the applicable funds may be influenced by these factors. Certain non-public portfolio holdings and certain analytical information and algorithm and trade data concerning certain funds is disclosed to the Transamerica insurance companies solely to allow them to hedge their obligations under the variable insurance contracts. This information may only be provided in accordance with procedures approved by the funds’ Board of Trustees governing the sharing of such information.
Transamerica Asset Allocation Fund Allocations. TAM serves as investment manager to and is responsible for all aspects of the day-to-day investment advice and management of certain funds of funds that invest in underlying Transamerica funds and is subject to conflicts of interest in allocating the funds of funds’ assets among the underlying funds. For certain other funds of funds, TAM has hired a sub-adviser and benefits when the sub-adviser allocates the fund of funds’ assets to a Transamerica fund. TAM has established an investment program for certain funds of funds whereby all or a substantial portion of the fund of funds’ assets are invested in underlying Transamerica funds. This means that TAM or the fund of funds’ sub-adviser does not, nor does it expect to, consider unaffiliated funds as underlying investment options for the fund of funds, even if unaffiliated funds have better investment performance or lower total expenses. TAM and its affiliates will receive more revenue when TAM or a sub-adviser selects a Transamerica fund rather than an unaffiliated fund for inclusion in a fund of funds and could result in the selection of funds with relatively lower historical investment results. TAM has an incentive for the funds of funds’ assets to be allocated to those underlying funds for which the net management fees payable to TAM are higher than the fees payable by other underlying funds or to those underlying funds for which an affiliate of TAM serves as the sub-adviser. TAM also has an incentive for a fund of funds’ assets to be allocated to subscale underlying Transamerica funds to provide scale and reduce amounts waived and/or reimbursed by TAM to maintain applicable expense caps. Sub-advisers to certain funds of funds also have conflicts of interest in allocating the funds of funds’ assets among underlying funds. TAM Compliance monitors allocation changes by the funds of funds.
Fund Structuring and Changes. TAM may have a financial incentive to implement or not to implement certain changes to the funds. For example, TAM may, from time to time, recommend a change in sub-adviser or the combination of two or more funds. Transamerica will benefit to the extent that an affiliated sub-adviser replaces an unaffiliated sub-adviser or additional assets are combined into a fund having a higher net management fee payable to TAM and/or that is sub-advised by an affiliate of TAM. TAM will also benefit to the extent that it replaces a sub-adviser with a new sub-adviser with a lower sub-advisory fee.
Aggregation of Assets. The aggregation of assets of multiple funds and/or other funds or products for purposes of calculating breakpoints or discounts in sub-advisory fees based on the level of assets allocated to a sub-adviser across funds or otherwise, as applicable, give rise to actual, potential and/or perceived conflicts of interest that could disadvantage the funds and their shareholders.
Valuation of Investments. TAM has been designated as the funds’ valuation designee with responsibility for fair valuation subject to oversight by the funds' Board of Trustees. TAM’s service as valuation designee is expressly permitted by applicable regulations. TAM performs such valuation services in accordance with valuation policies and procedures of the funds and TAM. TAM may value an identical asset differently than a Transamerica affiliate. This is particularly the case in respect of difficult-to-value assets. TAM faces a conflict with respect to valuations generally because of their effect on TAM’s fees and other compensation. Valuation decisions by TAM may also result in improved performance of the funds.
Other Relationships and Benefits. Transamerica has existing and may have potential future other business dealings or relationships with current or proposed sub-advisers or other fund service providers (or their affiliates) recommended by TAM. Such other business dealings or relationships present conflicts of interest that could influence TAM’s selection and retention or termination of sub-advisers or service providers. For example, TAM has an incentive to hire as a sub-adviser or other service provider an entity with which TAM or one or more of its affiliates have, or would like to have, significant or other business dealings or arrangements, and TAM has a disincentive to recommend the termination of such a sub-adviser or service provider when doing so could be adverse to TAM’s and/or its affiliates’ relationships or other business dealings with such parties.
Sub-Advisers. The range of activities, services and interests of a sub-adviser gives rise to actual, potential and/or perceived conflicts of interest that could disadvantage a fund and its shareholders. Such conflicts of interest are in some cases similar to and in other cases different from or supplement those described above relating to Transamerica. For example, a sub-adviser’s portfolio managers may manage multiple funds and accounts for multiple clients which gives rise to actual or potential conflicts of interest. A sub-adviser and/or its respective affiliates also may derive ancillary benefits from providing investment sub-advisory services to a fund.
Convertible Securities: Convertible securities share investment characteristics of both fixed-income and equity securities. For example, if market interest rates rise, the value of a convertible security typically falls. In addition, a convertible security is subject to the risk that the issuer will not be able to pay interest or dividends when due, and the market value of the security may change based on the issuer’s actual or perceived creditworthiness. Since the convertible security derives a portion of its value from the underlying common stock, the security is also subject to the same types of market and issuer-specific risks that apply to the underlying common stock. Convertible securities may include corporate notes or preferred stock, but ordinarily are a long-term debt obligation of the issuer convertible at a stated exchange rate into common stock of the issuer. Convertible securities generally offer lower interest or dividend
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yields than non-convertible securities of similar quality. Convertible securities are normally “junior” securities, meaning that the issuers usually must first make payments on non-convertible securities before making payments on convertible securities. If the issuer of a convertible security stops making payments, these securities may become worthless.
Counterparty: A fund could lose money if the counterparties to derivatives, repurchase agreements and/or other financial contracts entered into for the fund do not fulfill their contractual obligations. Adverse changes to counterparties may cause the value of financial contracts to go down. If a counterparty becomes bankrupt or otherwise fails to perform its obligations, the value of your investment in the fund may decline. In addition, the fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against a counterparty.
Credit: The value of your investment in a fund could decline if the issuer of a security held by the fund or another obligor for that security (such as a party providing insurance or other credit enhancement) fails to pay, otherwise defaults, is perceived (whether by market participants, ratings agencies or otherwise) to be less creditworthy, becomes insolvent or files for bankruptcy. Changes in actual or perceived creditworthiness may occur quickly. The value of your investment in a fund could also decline if the credit rating of a security held by the fund is downgraded or the credit quality or value of any assets underlying the security declines. A decline may be rapid and/or significant, particularly in certain market environments. If a single entity provides credit enhancement to more than one of the fund’s investments, the adverse effects resulting from the downgrade or default will increase the adverse effects on a fund. If a fund enters into financial contracts (such as certain derivatives, repurchase agreements, reverse repurchase agreements, and when-issued, delayed delivery, to be announced and forward commitment transactions), the fund will be subject to the credit risk presented by the counterparty. In addition, a fund may incur expenses and may be hindered or delayed in an effort to protect the fund’s interests or to enforce its rights. The degree of credit risk of a security or financial contract depends upon, among other things, the financial condition of the issuer and the terms of the security or contract. Credit risk may be broadly gauged by the credit ratings of the securities in which a fund invests. However, ratings are only the opinions of the companies issuing them and are not guarantees as to quality. Credit rating may also be influenced by conflicts of interest. Securities rated in the lowest category of investment grade (Baa/BBB or Baa-/BBB-) may possess certain speculative characteristics, and a fund is subject to greater credit risk to the extent it invests in below investment grade securities (that is, securities rated below the Baa/BBB categories or unrated securities of comparable quality), or “junk” bonds. Credit risk is also greater to the extent a fund uses leverage or derivatives in connection with the management of the fund.
A fund may invest in securities which are subordinated to more senior securities of the issuer, or which represent interests in pools of such subordinated securities. A fund is more likely to suffer a credit loss on subordinated securities than on non-subordinated securities of the same issuer. If there is a default, bankruptcy or liquidation of the issuer, most subordinated securities are paid only if sufficient assets remain after payment of the issuer's non-subordinated securities. In addition, any recovery of interest or principal may take more time. As a result, even a perceived decline in creditworthiness of the issuer is likely to have a greater impact on subordinated securities.
Currency: The value of a fund’s investments in securities denominated in foreign currencies increases or decreases as the rates of exchange between those currencies and the U.S. dollar change. U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers may also be affected by currency risk, as the revenue earned by issuers of these securities may also be impacted by changes in the issuer’s local currency. Currency conversion costs and currency fluctuations could reduce or eliminate investment gains or add to investment losses. Currency exchange rates can be volatile and may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time, and they are affected by factors such as general economic conditions, the actions of the U.S. and foreign governments or central banks, the imposition of currency controls, and speculation. A fund may be positively or negatively affected by government strategies intended to make the U.S. dollar, or other currencies to which the fund has exposure, stronger or weaker. Currency markets generally are not as regulated as securities markets, and currency risk may be particularly high to the extent the fund invests in foreign securities or currencies that are economically tied to emerging market or frontier market countries. A fund may be unable or may choose not to hedge its foreign currency exposure or any hedge may not be effective. Derivatives that provide exposure to foreign currencies are also subject to these risks.
Currency Hedging: A fund may use currency futures, forwards or options to hedge against declines in the value of securities denominated in, or whose value is tied to, a currency other than the U.S. dollar or to reduce the impact of currency fluctuation on purchases and sales of such securities. Hedging strategies and/or these instruments may not always work as intended, and a fund may be worse off than if it had not used a hedging strategy or instrument. Certain countries may also impose restrictions on the exchange or export of currency or adverse currency exchange rates and may be characterized by a lack of available currency hedging instruments. Shifting a fund's currency exposure from one currency to another may remove a fund's opportunity to profit from the original currency and involves a risk of increased losses for a fund if the sub-adviser’s projection of future exchange rates is inaccurate.
Cybersecurity and Operations: A fund, and its service providers and distribution platforms, and your ability to transact with a fund, may be negatively impacted by, among other things, human error, systems and technology disruptions or failures, or cybersecurity incidents. Cybersecurity incidents may allow an unauthorized party to gain access to fund assets, shareholder data (including private shareholder information), and/or proprietary information, or cause a fund, TAM, a sub-adviser and/or its service providers (including,
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but not limited to, fund accountants, custodians, sub-custodians, transfer agents and financial intermediaries) to suffer data breaches, data corruption or loss of operational functionality. A cybersecurity incident or operational issue may disrupt the processing of fund or shareholder transactions, impact a fund's ability to calculate its net asset values, prevent shareholders from redeeming their shares, or result in financial losses to a fund and its shareholders. Issuers of securities in which a fund invests are also subject to cybersecurity risks, and the value of those securities could decline if the issuers experience cybersecurity incidents or operational issues. In addition, other significant events (e.g., natural disasters or global health emergencies), and measures taken to respond to them and mitigate their effects, could result in disruptions to the services provided to a fund by its service providers.
Deflation (Transamerica Inflation-Protected Securities): Deflation risk is the possibility that prices throughout the economy decline over time — the opposite of inflation. If inflation is negative, the principal and income of an inflation-protected bond will decline and could result in losses for a fund.
Depositary Receipts: Depositary receipts are generally subject to the same risks as are the foreign securities that they evidence or into which they may be converted, and they may be less liquid than the underlying shares in their primary trading market. In addition, depositary receipts expose the fund to risk associated with the non-uniform terms that apply to depositary receipt programs, credit exposure to the depositary bank and to the sponsors and other parties with whom the depositary bank establishes the programs. Any distributions paid to the holders of depositary receipts are usually subject to a fee charged by the depositary. Holders of depositary receipts may have limited voting rights, and investment restrictions in certain countries may adversely impact the value of depositary receipts because such restrictions may limit the ability to convert equity shares into depositary receipts and vice versa. Such restrictions may cause equity shares of the underlying issuer to trade at a discount or premium to the market price of the depositary receipts.
The issuers of unsponsored depositary receipts are not obligated to disclose information that is, in the United States, considered material. Therefore, there may be less information available regarding those issuers and there may not be a correlation between such information and the market value of the depositary receipts.
Derivatives: Derivatives involve special risks and costs which may be different from, or greater than, the risks associated with investing in traditional securities, such as stocks and bonds and may result in losses. Risks of derivatives include leverage risk, liquidity risk, valuation risk, market risk, counterparty risk, credit risk, operational risk (such as documentation issues and settlement issues) and legal risk (such as insufficient documentation, insufficient capacity or authority of a counterparty, or issues with the legality or enforceability of a contract). Use of derivatives can increase fund losses, increase costs, reduce opportunities for gains, increase fund volatility, and not produce the result intended. Even a small investment in derivatives can have a disproportionate impact on a fund. Certain derivatives have the potential for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the initial investment. This risk is greater for forward currency contracts, swaps and other over-the-counter traded derivatives. The other parties to derivatives transactions present the same types of credit risk as issuers of fixed-income securities. Derivatives also tend to involve greater liquidity risk and they may be difficult to value. A fund may be unable to terminate or sell its derivative positions. In fact, many over-the-counter derivatives will not have liquidity except through the counterparty to the instrument. Derivatives are generally subject to the risks applicable to the assets, rates, indices or other indicators underlying the derivative, including market risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, management and valuation risk. Also, suitable derivative transactions may not be available in all circumstances or at reasonable prices. The value of a derivative may fluctuate more than, or otherwise not correlate well with, the underlying assets, rates, indices or other indicators to which it relates. A fund’s use of derivatives may also increase the amount of taxes payable by shareholders.
The U.S. government and foreign governments have adopted (and may adopt further) regulations governing derivatives markets, including mandatory clearing and on-facility execution of certain derivatives, margin and reporting requirements. New Rule 18f-4 under the 1940 Act governs the use of derivative investments by funds. Among other things, Rule 18f-4 requires funds that invest in derivatives above a specified amount to adopt and implement a derivatives risk management program that a derivatives risk manager administers and that the fund’s Board of Trustees oversees, and to comply with an outer limit on fund leverage risk based on value at risk. Funds that use derivative instruments in a limited amount will not be subject to the full requirements of Rule 18f-4,but will have to adopt and implement policies and procedures reasonably designed to manage the fund’s derivatives risk. Funds are subject to reporting and recordkeeping requirements regarding their derivatives use. Rule 18f-4 could have an adverse impact on a fund’s performance and ability to implement its investment strategies as it has historically and may increase costs related to a fund’s use of derivatives. It is not currently clear what impact, if any, the rule will have on the availability, liquidity or performance of derivatives. The rule may not be effective to limit the risk of loss from derivatives.
A fund may segregate cash or other liquid assets to cover the funding of its obligations under derivatives contracts or make margin payments when it takes positions in derivatives involving obligations to third parties. If a fund were unable to close out its position in a derivatives contract, it might continue to maintain such assets or accounts or make such payments until the position expired or matured. These actions might impair a fund’s ability to sell a portfolio security or make an investment at a time when it would otherwise be favorable to do so, or cause a fund to sell a portfolio security at a disadvantageous time. Also, a fund would be exposed to loss both on the derivative instruments and on the assets used to cover its obligations.
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Additional regulation of derivatives may make derivatives more costly, limit their availability or utility, otherwise adversely affect their performance, or disrupt markets. For derivatives that are required to be cleared by a regulated clearinghouse, a fund may be exposed to risks arising from its relationship with a brokerage firm through which it would submit derivatives trades for clearing. A fund would also be exposed to counterparty risk with respect to the clearinghouse. In certain cases, a fund may incur costs and may be hindered or delayed in enforcing its rights against or closing out derivatives instruments with a counterparty, which may result in additional losses.
Derivatives may be used by a fund for a variety of purposes, including:
As a hedging technique in an attempt to manage risk in the fund's portfolio;
As a means of changing investment characteristics of the fund's portfolio;
As a means of attempting to enhance returns;
As a means of providing additional exposure to types of investments or market factors;
As a substitute for buying or selling securities; or
As a cash flow management technique.
Using derivatives, especially for non-hedging purposes, may involve greater risks to a fund than investing directly in securities, particularly as these instruments may be very complex and may not behave in the manner anticipated by the fund. Risks associated with the use of derivatives are magnified to the extent that a large portion of the fund’s assets are committed to derivatives in general or are invested in just one or a few types of derivatives. Use of derivatives or similar instruments may have different tax consequences for a fund than an investment in the underlying asset or indices, and those differences may affect the amount, timing and character of income distributed to shareholders.
Using derivatives for hedging purposes can reduce or eliminate losses, but doing so can also reduce or eliminate gains. In addition, there can be no assurance that a fund’s hedging transactions will be effective.
A fund could lose the entire amount of its investment in a derivative and, in some cases, could lose more than the principal amount invested.
Derivatives may include, but are not limited to, the following:
Options. An option is an agreement that, for a premium payment or fee, gives the option holder (the buyer) the right but not the obligation to buy (a “call option”) or sell (a “put option”) the underlying asset (or settle for cash an amount based on an underlying asset, rate or index) at a specified price (the exercise price) during a period of time or on a specified date. Investments in options are considered speculative. The fund may lose the premium paid for them if the price of the underlying security or other asset decreased or remained the same (in the case of a call option) or increased or remained the same (in the case of a put option). If a put or call option purchased by the fund were permitted to expire without being sold or exercised, its premium would represent a loss to the fund. Investments in foreign currency options may substantially change a fund's exposure to currency exchange rates and could result in losses to the fund if currencies do not perform as a sub-adviser expects. There is a risk that such transactions could reduce or preclude the opportunity for gain if the value of the currency moves in the direction opposite to the position taken. Options on foreign currencies are affected by all of those factors which influence foreign exchange rates and foreign investment generally. Unanticipated changes in currency prices may result in losses to a fund and poorer overall performance for the fund than if it had not entered into such contracts. Options on foreign currencies are traded primarily in the OTC market, but may also be traded on U.S. and foreign exchanges. Foreign currency options contracts may be used for hedging purposes or non-hedging purposes in pursuing a fund's investment objective, such as when a sub-adviser anticipates that particular non-U.S. currencies will appreciate or depreciate in value, even though securities denominated in those currencies are not then held in the fund's investment portfolio. Investing in foreign currencies for purposes of gaining from projected changes in exchange rates, as opposed to only hedging currency risks applicable to a fund's holdings, further increases the fund's exposure to foreign securities losses. There is no assurance that a sub-adviser’s use of currency derivatives will benefit a fund or that they will be, or can be, used at appropriate times.
Forwards and Futures Contracts. The use of futures contracts is a highly specialized activity which involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. A futures contract is a sales contract between a buyer (holding the “long” position) and a seller (holding the “short” position) for an asset with delivery deferred until a future date. The buyer agrees to pay a fixed price at the agreed future date and the seller agrees to deliver the asset. The seller hopes that the market price on the delivery date is less than the agreed upon price, while the buyer hopes for the contrary. The liquidity of the futures markets depends on participants entering into off-setting transactions rather than making or taking delivery. To the extent participants decide to make or take delivery, liquidity in the futures market could be reduced. In addition, futures exchanges often impose a maximum permissible price movement on each futures contract for each trading session. The fund may be disadvantaged if it is prohibited from executing a trade outside the daily permissible price movement. Moreover, to the extent the fund engages in futures contracts on foreign exchanges, such exchanges may not provide the same protection as US exchanges. The loss that may be incurred in entering into futures contracts may exceed the amount of the premium paid and may be potentially unlimited. Futures markets are highly volatile and the use of futures may increase the volatility of the fund's NAV. Additionally, as a result of the low collateral deposits normally involved in futures trading, a
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relatively small price movement in a futures contract may result in substantial losses to the fund. Investment in these instruments involve risks, including counterparty risk (i.e., the counterparty to the instrument will not perform or be able to perform in accordance with the terms of the instrument), hedging risk (i.e., a hedging strategy may not eliminate the risk that it is intended to offset, and may offset gains, which may lead to losses within the fund) and pricing risk (i.e., the instrument may be difficult to value).
Foreign Currency Forward Exchange Contracts. In connection with its investments in foreign securities, a fund also may enter into contracts with banks, brokers or dealers to purchase or sell securities or foreign currencies at a future date. A foreign currency forward exchange contract is a negotiated agreement between the contracting parties to exchange a specified amount of currency at a specified future time at a specified rate. The rate can be higher or lower than the spot rate between the currencies that are the subject of the contract. Foreign currency forward exchange contracts may be used to protect against uncertainty in the level of future foreign currency exchange rates or to gain or modify exposure to a particular currency. In addition, a fund may use cross currency hedging or proxy hedging with respect to currencies in which the fund has or expects to have portfolio or currency exposure. Cross currency hedges involve the sale of one currency against the positive exposure to a different currency and may be used for hedging purposes or to establish an active exposure to the exchange rate between any two currencies. Investments in foreign currency forward exchange contracts may substantially change a fund's exposure to currency exchange rates and could result in losses to the fund if currencies do not perform as its sub-adviser expects. A sub-adviser’s success in these transactions will depend principally on its ability to predict accurately the future exchange rates between foreign currencies and the U.S. dollar. Foreign currency forward exchange contracts may be used for non-hedging purposes in seeking to meet the applicable fund's investment objectives, such as when the sub-adviser anticipates that particular non-U.S. currencies will appreciate or depreciate in value, even though securities denominated in those currencies are not then held in the fund's investment portfolio. Investing in foreign currency forward exchange contracts for purposes of gaining from projected changes in exchange rates, as opposed to hedging currency risks applicable to a fund's holdings, further increases the fund's exposure to foreign securities losses. There is no assurance that a sub-adviser’s use of currency derivatives will benefit a fund or that they will be, or can be, used at appropriate times.
Swaps. Swap contracts, including credit default swaps, involve heightened risks and may result in losses to the fund. Swaps may in some cases be illiquid and difficult to value, and they increase credit risk since the fund has exposure to both the issuer of the referenced obligation and the counterparty to the swap. If the fund buys a credit default swap, it will be subject to the risk that the credit default swap may expire worthless, as the credit default swap would only generate income in the event of a default on the underlying debt security or other specified event. As a buyer, the fund would also be subject to credit risk relating to the seller's payment of its obligations in the event of a default (or similar event). If the fund sells a credit default swap, it will be exposed to the credit risk of the issuer of the obligation to which the credit default swap relates. As a seller, the fund would also be subject to leverage risk, because it would be liable for the full notional amount of the swap in the event of default (or similar event). Swaps may be difficult to unwind or terminate. Credit default swaps may in some cases be illiquid, and they increase credit risk since the fund has exposure to the issuer of the referenced obligation and either their counterparty to the credit default swap or, if it is a cleared transaction, the brokerage firm through which the trade was cleared and the clearing organization that is the counterparty to that trade. Certain index-based credit default swaps are structured in tranches, whereby junior tranches assume greater default risk than senior tranches. The absence of a central exchange or market for swap transactions may lead, in some instances, to difficulties in trading and valuation, especially in the event of market disruptions. New regulations require many kinds of swaps to be executed through a centralized exchange or regulated facility and be cleared through a regulated clearinghouse. Although this clearing mechanism is generally expected to reduce counterparty credit risk, it may disrupt or limit the swap market and may not result in swaps being easier to trade or value. As swaps become more standardized, the fund may not be able to enter into swaps that meet its investment needs. The fund also may not be able to find a clearinghouse willing to accept the swaps for clearing. In a cleared swap, a central clearing organization will be the counterparty to the transaction. The fund will assume the risk that the clearinghouse may be unable to perform its obligations. The new regulations may make using swaps more costly, may limit their availability, or may otherwise adversely affect their value or performance.
Contracts for Difference. Contracts for differences (“CFDs”) are subject to liquidity risk because the liquidity of CFDs is based on the liquidity of the underlying instrument, and are subject to counterparty risk, i.e., the risk that the counterparty to the CFD transaction may be unable or unwilling to make payments or to otherwise honor its financial obligations under the terms of the contract. To the extent that there is an imperfect correlation between the return on the fund's obligation to its counterparty under the CFD and the return on related assets in its portfolio, the CFD transaction may increase the fund's financial risk. CFDs, like many other derivative instruments, involve the risk that, if the derivative security declines in value, additional margin would be required to maintain the margin level. The seller may require the fund to deposit additional sums to cover this, and this may be at short notice. If additional margin is not provided in time, the seller may liquidate the positions at a loss for which the fund is liable. CFDs are not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any U.S. regulator, and are not subject to U.S. regulation.
Distressed or Defaulted Securities: Investments in defaulted securities and obligations of distressed issuers, including securities that are, or may be, involved in reorganizations or other financial restructurings, either out of court or in bankruptcy, involve substantial risks in addition to the risks of investing in high-yield debt securities. These securities are considered speculative. A fund may suffer
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significant losses if a reorganization or restructuring is not completed as anticipated. A fund will generally not receive interest payments on the distressed securities. Repayment of defaulted securities and obligations of distressed issuers is subject to significant uncertainties. A fund may incur costs to protect its investment, and the fund could lose its entire investment. Distressed or defaulted securities and any securities received in an exchange for such securities may be subject to restrictions on resale.
Dollar Rolls: A dollar roll transaction involves a sale by a fund of a mortgage-backed or other security concurrently with an agreement by the fund to repurchase a similar security at a later date at an agreed-upon price. The securities that are repurchased will bear the same interest rate and similar maturity as those sold, but pools of mortgages collateralizing those securities may have different prepayment histories than those sold.
The use of dollar rolls is a speculative technique involving leverage, and can have an economic effect similar to borrowing money. Dollar roll transactions involve the risk that the market value of the securities a fund is required to purchase may decline below the agreed upon repurchase price of those securities. If the broker/dealer to whom a fund sells securities becomes insolvent, the fund’s ability to purchase or repurchase securities may be restricted.
Early Close/Late Close/Trading Halt: An exchange or market may close early, close late or issue trading halts generally or on specific securities, or the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be restricted, which may result in a fund being unable to buy or sell securities or financial instruments. In these circumstances, a fund may be unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its investments and/or may incur substantial trading losses.
Emerging Markets: Investments in securities of issuers located or doing business in emerging markets bear heightened foreign investments risks and may experience rapid and extreme changes in value. Emerging markets are riskier than more developed markets because they tend to develop unevenly and may never fully develop. Emerging market countries typically have less developed and less stable economic and political systems and regulatory and accounting standards, potentially making it difficult to evaluate issuers. For example, the economies of such countries can be subject to rapid and unpredictable rates of inflation or deflation, and may be based on only a few industries. Such countries typically have fewer medical and economic resources than more developed countries, and thus they may be less able to control or mitigate the effects of a public health emergency or natural disaster. Certain emerging markets may also face other significant internal or external risks, including the risk of war or terrorism, and ethnic, religious or racial conflicts. Emerging market countries may have policies that restrict investment by foreigners or that prevent foreign investors from withdrawing their money at will, and such investors are more likely to experience nationalization, expropriation and confiscatory taxation. Such policies may change abruptly. Emerging market securities are often particularly sensitive to market movements because their market prices tend to reflect speculative expectations. Some emerging market countries are especially vulnerable to economic conditions in other countries. Low trading volumes may result in a lack of liquidity and extreme price volatility, which could make security valuations more difficult. Less certainty with respect to security valuations may lead to additional challenges and risks in calculating a fund’s net asset value. A fund investing in emerging market countries may be required to establish special custody or other arrangements before investing, and the fund may experience problems or delays with the clearing and settling of trades that are not typically experienced in more developed markets. Investments in emerging markets countries may have restrictions that make it difficult or impossible for a fund to exercise rights, pursue legal remedies, and obtain judgments in foreign courts. Some securities issued by emerging market governments or their subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of such governments. Even where a security is backed by the full faith and credit of a government, it may be difficult for a fund to pursue its rights against the government. An investment in emerging market securities should be considered speculative. Investments in emerging markets countries may be subject to political, economic, legal, market and currency risks. The risks may include less protection of property rights and uncertain political and economic policies, greater vulnerability to market manipulation, the imposition of capital controls and/or foreign investment limitations by a country, nationalization of businesses and the imposition of sanctions by other countries, such as the United States.
Energy Sector: Certain risks inherent in investing in energy companies include the following:
Supply and Demand. A decrease in the production of natural gas, natural gas liquids, crude oil, coal or other energy commodities, a decrease in the volume of such commodities available for transportation, mining, processing, storage or distribution or a sustained decline in demand for such commodities, may adversely impact the financial performance of energy companies. Energy companies are subject to supply and demand fluctuations in the markets they serve which will be impacted by a wide range of factors, including fluctuating commodity prices, weather, increased conservation or use of alternative fuel sources, increased governmental or environmental regulation, depletion, rising interest rates, declines in domestic or foreign production, accidents or catastrophic events and economic conditions, among others. The United States relies heavily on foreign imports of energy such as crude oil and refined products. If a supply source decides to restrict supply to the United States or is unable to meet demand, some energy companies’ cash flows may be adversely impacted.
Depletion and Exploration. Energy reserves naturally deplete as they are consumed over time. Energy companies are either engaged in the production of natural gas, natural gas liquids, crude oil, or coal, or are engaged in transporting, storing, distributing and processing these items and refined products on behalf of the owners of such commodities. To maintain or grow their revenues, these companies or their customers need to maintain or expand their reserves through exploration of new sources of supply, through the development of existing sources or through acquisitions. The financial performance of energy
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companies may be adversely affected if they, or the companies to whom they provide services, are unable to cost-effectively acquire additional energy deposits sufficient to replace the natural decline of existing reserves. Also, the quantities of reserves may be overstated, or deposits may not be produced in the time periods anticipated. If an energy company is not able to raise capital on favorable terms, it may not be able to add to or maintain its reserves.
Reserve. Energy companies engaged in the production of natural gas, natural gas liquids, crude oil and other energy commodities are subject to the risk that the quantities of their reserves are overstated, or will not be produced in the time periods anticipated, for a variety of reasons including the risk that no commercially productive amounts of such energy commodities can be produced from estimated reserves because of the curtailment, delay or cancellation of production activities as a result of unexpected conditions or miscalculations, title problems, pressure or irregularities in formations, equipment failures or accidents, adverse weather conditions, compliance with environmental and other governmental requirements and cost of, or shortages or delays in the availability of, drilling rigs and other equipment, and operational risks and hazards associated with the development of the underlying properties, including natural disasters, blowouts, explosions, fires, leakage of such energy commodities, mechanical failures, cratering and pollution.
Regulatory. Energy companies are subject to significant federal, state and local government regulation in virtually every aspect of their operations, including (i) how facilities are constructed, maintained and operated, (ii) how and where wells are drilled, (iii) how services are provided, (iv) environmental and safety controls, and, in some cases (v) the prices they may charge for the products and services they provide. Various governmental authorities have the power to enforce compliance with these regulations and the permits issued under them, and violators are subject to administrative, civil and criminal penalties, including civil fines, injunctions or both. Stricter laws, regulations or enforcement policies could be enacted in the future which would likely increase compliance costs and may adversely affect the financial performance of energy companies. In addition, world events, economic sanctions and other economic conditions may lead to disputes among oil-producing countries and potential limits on the production of crude oil, leading to increased volatility in the energy sector.
Commodity Pricing. The operations and financial performance of energy companies may be directly affected by energy commodity prices, especially those energy companies which own the underlying energy commodity or receive payments for services that are based on commodity prices. Such impact may be a result of changes in the price for such commodity or a result of changes in the price of one energy commodity relative to the price of another energy commodity (i.e., the price of natural gas relative to the price of natural gas liquids). These prices may fluctuate widely in response to a variety of factors, including global and domestic economic conditions, weather conditions, the supply and price of imported energy commodities, the production and storage levels of energy commodities in certain regions or in the world, political stability, transportation facilities, energy conservation, domestic and foreign governmental regulation and taxation and the availability of local, intrastate and interstate transportation systems. Volatility of commodity prices may also make it more difficult for energy companies to raise capital to the extent the market perceives that their performance may be directly or indirectly tied to commodity prices.
Acquisition. The ability of energy companies to grow operating cash flow and increase such company’s enterprise value can be highly dependent on their ability to make acquisitions that result in an increase in cash available for distributions. Recently, the acquisition market has become more competitive as a result of the increased amount of energy companies, as well as significant private equity interest in midstream energy assets. As a result, the competitive nature of the market has resulted in higher multiples, which may reduce the attractiveness of returns on acquisitions. Accordingly, MLP Entities may be unable to make accretive acquisitions because they are unable to identify attractive acquisition candidates, negotiate acceptable purchase contracts, raise financing for such acquisitions on economically acceptable terms, or because they are outbid by competitors. Such circumstances may limit future growth and their ability to raise distributions could be reduced. Furthermore, even if energy companies do consummate acquisitions that they believe will be accretive, the acquisitions may instead result in a decrease in operating cash flow or a decrease in enterprise value. Any acquisition involves risks, including, among other things: mistaken assumptions about revenues and costs, including synergies; the assumption of unknown liabilities; limitations on rights to indemnity from the seller; the diversion of management’s attention from other business concerns; unforeseen difficulties operating in new product or geographic areas; and customer or key employee losses at the acquired businesses. Substantial market disruptions and slowdowns in economic activity may limit the ability of energy companies to make acquisitions.
Affiliated Party. Certain energy companies are dependent on their parents or sponsors for a majority of their revenues. Any failure by such company’s parents or sponsors to satisfy their payments or obligations would impact such company’s revenues and operating cash flows and ability to make interest payments and/or distributions.
Catastrophe. The operations of energy companies are subject to many hazards inherent in the exploring, developing, producing, generating, transporting, transmission, storing, gathering, processing, refining, distributing, mining or marketing of natural gas, natural gas liquids, crude oil, refined products, coal or electricity, including: damage to pipelines, storage tanks, plants or related equipment and surrounding properties caused by hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, fires and other natural disasters or by acts of terrorism; inadvertent damage from construction and farm equipment; well blowouts; leaks of such energy commodities; fires and explosions. These hazards could result in substantial losses, severe damage to and destruction
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of property and equipment, and pollution or other environmental damage and may result in the curtailment or suspension of their related operations. Energy companies may not be insured against all risks inherent to their businesses. If a significant accident or event occurs that is not fully insured, it could adversely affect the energy company’s operations and financial condition.
Terrorism/Market Disruption. Events in the Middle East and elsewhere could have significant adverse effects on the U.S. economy, financial and commodities markets. Energy assets could be direct targets, or indirect casualties, of an act of terror. The U.S. government has issued warnings that energy assets, specifically the United States’ pipeline infrastructure, may be the future target of terrorist organizations.
Weather. Extreme weather conditions, such as hurricanes, (i) could result in substantial damage to the facilities of certain energy companies located in the affected areas, (ii) significantly increase the volatility in the supply of energy commodities and (iii) adversely affect the financial performance of energy companies, and could therefore adversely affect their securities. The damage done by extreme weather also may serve to increase many insurance premiums paid by energy companies and could adversely affect such companies’ financial condition. Concerns about global warming trends may result in increased regulation of energy or energy infrastructure companies that produce, transport or rely heavily on fossil fuels such as oil, natural gas and coal and increase their operating costs; moreover, negative investor perception may limit their access to, and increase their cost of, capital.
Renewable Energy. Renewable energy infrastructure companies’ future growth may be highly dependent upon on government policies that support renewable power generation and enhance the economic viability of owning renewable electric generation assets. Such policies can include tax credits, accelerated cost-recovery systems of depreciation and renewable portfolio standard programs, which mandate that a specified percentage of electricity sales come from eligible sources of renewable energy. Furthermore, a portion of revenues from investments in renewable energy infrastructure assets is tied, either directly or indirectly, to the wholesale market price for electricity in the markets served. Wholesale market electricity prices are impacted by a number of factors including: the price of fuel (for example, natural gas) that is used to generate electricity; the cost of and management of generation and the amount of excess generating capacity relative to load in a particular market; and conditions (such as extremely hot or cold weather) that impact electrical system demand. In addition, there is uncertainty surrounding the trend in electricity demand growth, which is influenced by macroeconomic conditions; absolute and relative energy prices; and energy conservation and demand management. This volatility and uncertainty in power markets could have a material adverse effect on the assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations and cash flow of the companies in which a fund invests.
Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) Investing (Transamerica High Yield ESG and Transamerica Large Core ESG): Applying ESG criteria to a sub-adviser’s investment analysis for a fund may impact the sub-adviser’s investment decisions as to securities of certain issuers and, therefore, applicable funds may forgo some investment opportunities available to funds that do not use ESG criteria or that apply different ESG criteria. Applying ESG criteria may impact a fund’s exposure to risks associated with certain issuers, asset classes, industries and sectors, which may impact the fund’s investment performance. The relevance and weightings of ESG criteria to a sub-adviser’s investment process may vary significantly across issuers, asset classes, industries and sectors. Securities of companies with what are identified by a sub-adviser as having favorable ESG characteristics at the time of investment may shift into and out of favor depending on market and economic conditions, and a company’s ESG practices, or the sub-adviser’s assessment of such practices, may change over time. A fund’s performance may at times be better or worse than the performance of similar funds that do not use ESG criteria or that apply different ESG criteria. ESG is not a uniformly defined characteristic and applying ESG criteria involves subjective assessments. There may be significant differences in views in what constitutes positive or negative ESG characteristics of a company. A sub-adviser’s ESG assessment of a company may differ from that of other funds or investors. ESG ratings and assessments of issuers can vary across third party data providers, and ESG data may be incomplete, delayed, inaccurate or unavailable, which could lead to an incorrect assessment of a company’s ESG characteristics. Data inputs may include information self-reported by companies or from third party data providers. Regulation of ESG investing in the U.S. and abroad is evolving. Regulatory change regarding the definition and/or use of ESG criteria could have a material adverse effect on a fund’s ability to invest in accordance with its ESG strategy.
Equity Securities: Equity securities represent an ownership interest, or the right to acquire an ownership interest, in an issuer, and generally have greater risk of loss than debt securities. Equity securities include, among others, common and preferred stocks, convertible securities, and warrants or rights. Stock markets are volatile. Equity securities may have greater price volatility than other asset classes, such as fixed-income securities, and fluctuate in price based on real or perceived changes in a company’s financial condition, factors affecting a particular industry or industries, and overall market, economic and political conditions. Because a company’s equity securities rank junior in priority to the interests of bond holders and other creditors, a company’s equity securities will usually react more strongly than its bonds and other debt to actual or perceived changes in the company’s financial condition or prospects. If the market prices of the equity securities owned by a fund fall, the value of your investment in the fund will decline. If a fund holds equity securities in a company that becomes insolvent, the fund’s interests in the company will rank junior in priority to the
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interests of debtholders and general creditors of the company, and the fund may lose its entire investment in the company. These risks are generally magnified for investments in equity securities of distressed companies. A fund may lose its entire investment in the equity securities of an issuer.
Expenses: Your actual costs of investing in a fund may be higher than the expenses shown in this prospectus for a variety of reasons. For example, expense ratios may be higher than those shown if overall net assets decrease, or if a fee limitation is changed or terminated, or with respect to a newly offered fund or class, if average net assets are lower than estimated. Net assets are more likely to decrease and fund expense ratios are more likely to increase when markets are volatile.
Extension: When interest rates rise, payments of fixed-income securities, including asset- and mortgage-backed securities, may occur more slowly than anticipated, extending the effective duration of these fixed-income securities at below market interest rates and causing their market prices to decline more than they would have declined due to the rise in interest rates alone. This may cause a fund’s share price to be more volatile or go down.
Fixed-Income Securities: Fixed-income securities are subject to risks including credit risk, interest rate risk, counterparty risk, prepayment risk, extension risk, valuation risk, and liquidity risk. The value of fixed-income securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, due to general market conditions, such as real or perceived adverse economic or political conditions, tariffs and trade disruptions, inflation, changes in interest rates, lack of liquidity in the bond markets or adverse investor sentiment. In addition, the value of a fixed-income security may decline if the issuer or other obligor of the security fails to pay principal and/or interest, otherwise defaults or has its credit rating downgraded or is perceived to be less creditworthy, or the credit quality or value of any underlying assets declines. If the value of fixed-income securities owned by a fund falls, the value of your investment will go down. The prices of fixed-income securities will generally go down when interest rates rise. A general rise in interest rates may cause investors to sell fixed-income securities on a large scale, which could adversely affect the price and liquidity of fixed-income securities and could also result in increased redemptions from the fund. A rise in rates also tends to have a greater impact on the prices of longer term or duration securities. A fund may lose its entire investment in the fixed-income securities of an issuer.
Floating Rate Loans: Floating rate loans are often made to borrowers whose financial condition is troubled or highly leveraged. These loans frequently are rated below investment grade and are therefore subject to “High-Yield Debt Securities” risk. There is no public market for floating rate loans and the loans may trade infrequently and be subject to wide bid/ask spreads. Many floating rate loans are subject to restrictions on resale. Floating rate loans may have trade settlement periods in excess of seven days, which may result in a fund not receiving proceeds from the sale of a loan for an extended period. As a result, a fund may be subject to greater “Liquidity” risk than a fund that does not invest in floating rate loans and the fund may be constrained in its ability to meet its obligations (including obligations to redeeming shareholders). The lack of an active trading market may also make it more difficult to value floating rate loans. Rising interest rates can lead to increased default rates as payment obligations increase. Certain courts have determined that floating rate loans are not securities and, therefore, purchasers such as a fund may not be entitled to the anti-fraud protections of the federal securities laws, including the prohibitions on insider trading. Some floating rate loans may be tied to the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), and thus would be subject to LIBOR risk.
Floating rate loans may have restrictive covenants limiting the ability of a borrower to further encumber its assets. However, in periods of high demand by lenders like a fund for floating rate loan investments, borrowers may limit these covenants and weaken a lender’s ability to access collateral securing the loan; reprice the credit risk associated with the borrower; and mitigate potential loss. A fund may experience greater losses or delays and expenses in enforcing its rights with respect to floating rate loans with fewer restrictive covenants.
Focused Investing: To the extent a fund invests in a limited number of countries, regions, sectors, industries or market segments, in a limited number of issuers, or in issuers in related businesses or that are subject to related operating risks, the fund will be more susceptible to negative events affecting those countries, regions, sectors, industries, segments or issuers, and the value of its shares may be more volatile than if it invested more widely.
Foreign Investments: Investments in securities of foreign issuers (including those denominated in U.S. dollars) or issuers with significant exposure to foreign markets are subject to additional risks. Foreign markets can be less liquid, less regulated and more volatile than U.S. markets. The value of a fund's foreign investments may decline, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, because of factors affecting the particular issuers as well as foreign markets and issuers generally, such as unfavorable or unsuccessful government actions, reduction of government or central bank support, tariffs and trade disruptions, political or financial instability, social unrest or other adverse economic or political developments. Values may also be affected by restrictions on receiving the investment proceeds from a foreign country.
Less information may be publicly available about foreign companies than about U.S. companies. Foreign companies are generally not subject to the same accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards as U.S. companies are. Some securities issued by non-U.S. governments or their subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of such governments. Even where a security is backed by the full faith and credit of a government, it may be difficult or impossible for the fund to pursue its rights against the government. Some non-U.S. governments have defaulted on principal and interest payments. In certain foreign
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markets, settlement and clearance procedures may result in an inability to execute transactions or delays in payment for or delivery of securities not typically associated with settlement and clearance of U.S. investments. Such settlement issues could affect a fund’s performance and the liquidity of its portfolio. Dividends or interest on, or proceeds from the sale or disposition of, foreign securities may be subject to non-U.S. withholding or other taxes, and special U.S. tax considerations may apply.
Certain foreign markets may rely heavily on particular industries or foreign capital and are more vulnerable to diplomatic developments, the imposition of economic sanctions against a particular country or countries, organizations, entities and/or individuals, changes in international trading patterns, trade barriers, and other protectionist or retaliatory measures. Economic sanctions could, among other things, effectively restrict or eliminate a fund's ability to purchase or sell securities or groups of securities for a substantial period of time, and may make the fund's investments in such securities harder to value. International trade barriers or economic sanctions against foreign countries, organizations, entities and/or individuals, may adversely affect a fund's foreign holdings or exposures. Investments in foreign markets may also be adversely affected by unfavorable governmental actions such as the imposition of capital and price controls; nationalization of companies or industries; currency exchange controls, currency blockage, or restrictions on the expatriation of foreign currency; expropriation of assets; confiscatory taxation; or the imposition of punitive taxes. In the event of nationalization, expropriation or other confiscation, a fund could lose its entire investment in foreign securities. Governmental actions can have a significant effect on the economic conditions in foreign countries, which also may adversely affect the value and liquidity of a fund's investments. For example, the governments of certain countries may prohibit or impose substantial restrictions on foreign investing in their capital markets or in certain sectors or industries. In addition, a foreign government may limit or cause delay in the convertibility or repatriation of its currency which would adversely affect the U.S. dollar value and/or liquidity of investments denominated in that currency. Any of these actions could severely affect security prices, impair the fund's ability to purchase or sell foreign securities or transfer a fund's assets back into the United States, or otherwise adversely affect the fund's operations. Certain foreign investments may become less liquid in response to market developments or adverse investor perceptions, or become illiquid after purchase by a fund, particularly during periods of market turmoil. When a fund holds illiquid investments, its portfolio may be harder to value.
Investment in securities of foreign issuers may also be subject to foreign custody risk which refers to the risks inherent in the process of clearing and settling trades and to the holding of securities, cash and other assets by banks, agents and depositories in securities markets outside the United States. In addition, it is often more expensive for a fund to buy, hold, and sell securities in certain foreign markets than in the United States. Low trading volumes and volatile prices in less developed markets make trades harder to complete and settle, and governments or trade groups may compel non-U.S. agents to hold securities in designated depositories that may not be subject to independent evaluation. The laws of certain countries may place limitations on the ability to recover assets if a non-U.S. bank, agent or depository becomes insolvent or enters bankruptcy. Non-U.S. agents are held only to the standards of care of their local markets, and thus may be subject to limited or no government oversight. In general, the less developed a country’s securities markets are, or the more difficult communication is with that location, the greater the likelihood of custody issues arising.
American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”), and European Depositary Receipts (“EDRs”) are generally subject to all of the risks that direct investments in foreign securities are.
China and other developing market countries may be subject to considerable degrees of economic, political and social instability. China’s economic health is largely dependent upon exports, and may be dependent upon the economies of other Asian countries. Investments in Chinese and other Asian issuers could be adversely affected by changes in government policies, or trade or political disputes with major trading partners, including the U.S. China’s growing trade surplus with the U.S. has given rise to trade disputes and the imposition of tariffs. The Chinese economy could be adversely affected by supply chain disruptions. An economic slowdown in China could adversely affect economies of other emerging market countries that trade with China, as well as companies operating in those countries.
Sanctions or other government actions against certain countries could negatively impact a fund’s investments in securities that have exposure to that country. Circumstances that impact one country could have profound impacts on other countries and on global economies or markets. China and other developing market countries may be subject to considerable degrees of economic, political and social instability. In addition, the U.S. government has imposed restrictions on U.S. investor participation in certain Chinese investments designated as related to the Chinese military. These matters could adversely affect China’s economy and the value of Chinese companies, and cause a fund to incur losses.
Frontier Markets: Frontier market countries generally have smaller economies, less developed capital markets, less sophisticated legal, regulatory and political systems, and fewer investor protections than emerging market countries. As a result, the risks of investing in emerging market countries are magnified in frontier market countries. The economies of frontier market countries are generally less correlated to global economic cycles than those of their more developed counterparts and their markets have low trading volumes and the potential for extreme currency fluctuations, price volatility and illiquidity. This volatility may be further heightened by the actions of a few major investors or of governments in frontier markets. These factors make investing in frontier market countries significantly riskier than in other countries and any one of them could cause the price of a fund’s shares to decline. An investment in frontier market securities should be considered speculative.
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Government Money Market Fund (Transamerica Government Money Market): The fund operates as a “government” money market fund under applicable federal regulations. The fund continues to use the special pricing and valuation conventions that currently facilitate a stable share price of $1.00, although there is no guarantee that the fund will be able to maintain a $1.00 share price. The fund does not currently intend to avail itself of the ability to impose “liquidity fees” and/or “redemption gates” on fund redemptions, as permitted under the applicable regulations. However, the Board reserves the right, with notice to shareholders, to change this policy, thereby permitting the fund to impose such fees and gates in the future. During periods when interest rates are low or there are negative interest rates, the fund’s yield (and total return) also may be low or zero and the fund may be unable to maintain positive returns or a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share.
Growth Stocks: Returns on growth stocks may not move in tandem with returns on other categories of stocks or the market as a whole. Growth stocks typically are particularly sensitive to market movements and may involve larger price swings because their market prices tend to reflect future expectations. When it appears those expectations may not be met, the prices of growth stocks typically fall. Growth stocks can be volatile for several reasons. Since growth companies usually reinvest a high proportion of their earnings in their own businesses, they may lack the dividends often associated with value stocks that could cushion their decline in a falling market. The values of growth stocks also tend to go down when interest rates rise because the rise in interest rates reduces the current value of future cash flows. Also, since investors buy growth stocks because of their expected superior earnings growth, earnings disappointments often result in sharp price declines. Certain types of growth stocks, particularly technology stocks, can be extremely volatile and subject to greater price swings than the broader market. Growth stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “value” stocks.
Hedging: A fund may buy and sell futures contracts, put and call options, forward contracts, and other instruments as a hedge. Some hedging strategies could hedge a fund’s portfolio against price fluctuations. Other hedging strategies would tend to increase a fund’s exposure to the securities market. Forward contracts could be used to try to manage foreign currency risks on a fund’s foreign investments. A fund’s hedging strategies may not work as intended, and the fund may be in a less favorable position than if it had not used a hedging instrument.
High-Yield Debt Securities: High-yield debt securities, commonly referred to as “junk” bonds, are securities that are rated below “investment grade” (that is, securities rated below Baa/BBB) or are unrated securities of comparable quality. A fund that invests in high-yield debt securities may be subject to greater levels of credit risk, liquidity risk, and market risk than funds that do not invest in such securities. High-yield debt securities typically have a higher risk of issuer default because, among other reasons, issuers of junk bonds often have more debt in relation to total capitalization than issuers of investment grade securities. These securities are considered speculative, tend to be volatile and less liquid, and are more difficult to value than higher rated securities and may involve major risk of exposure to adverse conditions and negative sentiments, which may result in losses for the fund. These securities may be in default or in danger of default as to principal and interest. High-yield debt securities range from those for which the prospect for repayment of principal and interest is predominantly speculative to those which are currently in default on principal or interest payments or in bankruptcy. In the event of an issuer’s bankruptcy, claims of other creditors may have priority over the claims of high-yield debt holders, leaving few or no assets available to repay high-yield debt holders. This could result in the fund losing its entire investment. High-yield securities are not generally meant for short-term investing. Unrated securities of comparable quality share these risks.
Hybrid Instruments: Hybrid instruments combine elements of derivative contracts with those of another security (typically a fixed-income security). All or a portion of the interest or principal payable on a hybrid security is determined by reference to changes in the price of an underlying asset or by reference to another benchmark (such as interest rates, currency exchange rates or indices). Hybrid instruments also include convertible securities with conversion terms related to an underlying asset or benchmark. Investing in hybrid instruments involves a combination of risks, including risks of investing in securities, commodities, options, futures, and currencies. Thus, an investment in a hybrid instrument may entail significant risks in addition to those associated with traditional fixed-income or convertible securities. Hybrid instruments are also potentially more volatile and may carry greater interest rate risks than traditional instruments. Moreover, depending on the structure of the particular hybrid, it may expose a fund to leverage risks or carry liquidity risks.
Inflation: The value of assets or income from investment may be worth less in the future as inflation decreases the value of money. As inflation increases, the real value of a fund’s assets can decline as can the value of the fund’s distributions.
Inflation-Protected Securities: Inflation-protected debt securities may react differently from other types of debt securities and tend to react to changes in “real” interest rates. Real interest rates represent nominal (stated) interest rates reduced by the expected impact of inflation. In general, the price of an inflation-protected debt security can fall when real interest rates rise, and can rise when real interest rates fall. Interest payments on inflation-protected debt securities can be unpredictable and will vary as the principal and/or interest is adjusted for inflation. The market for U.S. Treasury inflation-protected securities (“TIPS”) and corporate inflation-protected securities (“CIPS”) may be less developed or liquid, and more volatile, than certain other securities markets. Also, the inflation index utilized by a particular inflation-protected security may not accurately reflect the true rate of inflation, in which case the market value of the security could be adversely affected.
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Interest Rate (Transamerica Government Money Market): The interest rates on short-term obligations held in the fund will vary, rising or falling with short-term interest rates generally. The fund's yield will tend to lag behind general changes in interest rates. The ability of the fund's yield to reflect current market rates will depend on how quickly the obligations in its portfolio mature and how much money is available for investment at current market rates. A general rise in interest rates may cause investors to sell fixed-income securities on a large scale, which could adversely affect the price and liquidity of fixed-income securities and could also result in increased redemptions from the fund.
Interest Rate: When interest rates rise, the value of fixed-income securities will generally fall. A change in interest rates will not have the same impact on all fixed-income securities. Generally, the longer the maturity or duration of a fixed-income security, the greater the impact of a rise in interest rates on the security’s value. In addition, different interest rate measures (such as short- and long-term interest rates and U.S. and foreign interest rates), or interest rates on different types of securities or securities of different issuers, may not necessarily change in the same amount or in the same direction. A fund may not be able to hedge against changes in interest rates, may choose not to do so for cost or other reasons, and even if the fund does, the hedge may not work as intended. A significant or rapid rise in rates may result in losses. Changes in interest rates also may affect the liquidity of a fund’s investments. When interest rates go down, the income received by a fund, and the fund’s yield, may decline. A general rise in interest rates may cause investors to sell fixed-income securities on a large scale, which could adversely affect the price and liquidity of fixed-income securities generally and could also result in increased redemptions from the fund. Increased redemptions could cause the fund to sell securities at inopportune times or depressed prices and result in further losses. The maturity of a security may be significantly longer than its duration. A security’s maturity and other features may be more relevant than its duration in determining the security’s sensitivity to other factors affecting the issuer or markets generally such as changes in credit quality or in the yield premium that the market may establish for certain types of securities.
Duration is a measure of the expected life of a fixed-income security that is used to determine the sensitivity of a security’s price to changes in interest rates. Fixed-income securities with longer durations tend to be more sensitive to changes in interest rates, usually making them more volatile than securities with shorter durations. Similarly, a fund with a longer average portfolio duration will generally be more sensitive to changes in interest rates than a fund with a shorter average portfolio duration. By way of example, the price of a bond fund with an average duration of five years would be expected to fall approximately 5% if interest rates rose by one percentage point.
Certain fixed-income securities pay interest at variable or floating rates. Variable rate securities tend to reset at specified intervals, while floating rate securities may reset whenever there is a change in a specified index rate. In most cases, these reset provisions reduce the impact of changes in market interest rates on the value of the security. However, some securities do not track the underlying index directly, but reset based on formulas that may produce a leveraging effect; others may also provide for interest payments that vary inversely with market rates. The market prices of these securities may fluctuate significantly when interest rates change. If the fund holds variable or floating rate securities, a decrease in market interest rates will adversely affect the income received from such securities and the net asset value of the fund’s shares. Some variable and floating rate securities are tied to the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), and thus they also subject the fund to “LIBOR” risk.
Investment Companies: To the extent that a fund invests in other investment companies such as closed-end or exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), it bears its pro rata share of those investment companies’ expenses. Those expenses are in addition to the advisory and other expenses that the fund bears directly in connection with its own operations. Further, the fund is subject to the effects of the business and regulatory developments that affect these investment companies and the investment company industry generally.
Large Capitalization Companies: A fund’s investments in larger, more established companies may underperform other segments of the market because they may be less responsive to competitive challenges and opportunities and unable to attain high growth rates during periods of economic expansion. As a result, a fund’s value may not rise as much as, or may fall more than, the value of funds that focus on companies with smaller market capitalizations.
Large Shareholder: The Transamerica Asset Allocation funds designated Conservative, Moderate, Moderate Growth and Growth, the Transamerica Asset Allocation Horizon Funds designated Short, Intermediate and Long, and the ClearTrack® target date funds, each a separate series of Transamerica Funds, as well as the Transamerica JPMorgan Asset Allocation portfolios designated Conservative, Growth, Moderate Growth, Moderate and International Moderate Growth, and Transamerica 60/40 Allocation VP, Transamerica Goldman Sachs 70/30 Allocation VP and Transamerica BlackRock Tactical Allocation VP, each a separate series of Transamerica Series Trust, are asset allocation funds (the “Asset Allocation Funds”) that invest in certain series of Transamerica Funds and may own a significant portion of the shares of an underlying fund.
Unaffiliated funds (the “Unaffiliated Funds”) may invest in series of Transamerica Funds subject to the fund of funds restrictions of Section 12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act. Unaffiliated Funds with exemptive relief from the SEC may invest in an underlying fund beyond the limits of Section 12(d)(1), subject to certain terms and conditions. An Unaffiliated Fund may own a significant portion of the shares of an underlying fund.
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Transactions by the Asset Allocation Funds and/or the Unaffiliated Funds may be disruptive to the management of an underlying fund. An underlying fund may experience large redemptions or investments due to transactions in fund shares by the Asset Allocation Funds and/or the Unaffiliated Funds. While it is impossible to predict the overall effect of these transactions over time, there could be an adverse impact on an underlying fund's performance. In the event of such redemptions or investments, an underlying fund could be required to sell securities or to invest cash at a time when it may not otherwise desire to do so. Such transactions may increase an underlying fund's brokerage and/or other transaction costs. In addition, when the Asset Allocation Funds and/or the Unaffiliated Funds own a substantial portion of an underlying fund's shares, a large redemption by an Asset Allocation Fund and/or an Unaffiliated Fund could cause actual expenses to increase, or could result in the underlying fund's current expenses being allocated over a smaller asset base, leading to an increase in the underlying fund's expense ratio.
Redemptions of underlying fund shares could also accelerate the realization of taxable capital gains in an underlying fund if sales of securities result in capital gains. The impact of these transactions is likely to be greater when an Asset Allocation Fund and/or an Unaffiliated Fund purchases, redeems, or owns a substantial portion of an underlying fund's shares.
When possible, TAM and/or the sub-adviser will consider how to minimize these potential adverse effects, and may take such actions as it deems appropriate to address potential adverse effects, including carrying out the transactions over a period of time, although there can be no assurance that such actions will be successful.
Legal and Regulatory: Legal and regulatory changes could occur that may adversely affect a fund, its investments, and its ability to pursue its investment strategies and/or increase the costs of implementing such strategies. New or revised laws or regulations may be imposed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Federal Reserve or other governmental regulatory authorities or self-regulatory organizations that could adversely affect a fund. A fund also may be adversely affected by changes in the enforcement or interpretation of existing statutes and rules by governmental regulatory authorities or self-regulatory organizations.
Leveraging: To the extent a fund borrows or uses derivatives or other investments, such as ETFs, that have embedded leverage, your investment may be subject to heightened volatility, risk of loss and costs. Other risks also will be compounded because leverage generally magnifies the effect of a change in the value of an asset and creates a risk of loss of value on a larger pool of assets than a fund would otherwise have, potentially resulting in the loss of all assets. A fund also may have to sell assets at inopportune times to satisfy its obligations created by the use of leverage or derivatives. The use of leverage is considered to be a speculative investment practice that may result in the loss of a substantial amount, and possibly all, of a fund’s assets.
New derivatives regulations require a fund, to the extent it uses derivatives to a material extent, to, among other things, comply with certain overall limits on leverage. These regulations may limit the ability of a fund to pursue its investment strategies and may not be effective to mitigate a fund’s risk of loss from derivatives.
LIBOR: Many financial instruments, financings or other transactions to which a fund may be a party use or may use a floating rate based on the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). LIBOR is widely used in financial markets. In 2017, the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority announced that it will no longer encourage nor require banks to submit rates for the calculation of LIBOR after 2021. The UK Financial Conduct Authority and LIBOR’s administrator announced that the use of LIBOR will be phased out; most LIBOR rates are no longer published as of the end of 2021 and a majority of U.S. dollar LIBOR rates will no longer be published after June 30, 2023. It is possible that a subset of LIBOR rates may be published after these dates on a “synthetic” basis, but any such publications would be considered non‑representative of the underlying market. Actions by regulators have resulted in the establishment of alternative reference rates to LIBOR in most major currencies. Based on the recommendations of the New York Federal Reserve's Alternative Reference Rate Committee (comprised of major derivative market participants and their regulators), the U.S. Federal Reserve began publishing a Secured Overnight Funding Rate (“SOFR”) that is intended to replace U.S. Dollar LIBOR. Proposals for alternative reference rates for other currencies have also been announced or have already begun publication, such as Sterling Overnight Indexed Average (“SONIA”) in the United Kingdom. Markets are slowly developing in response to these new rates, and transition planning is at a relatively early stage. Neither the effect of the transition process nor its ultimate success is known. The transition process may lead to increased volatility and illiquidity in markets for instruments the terms of which are based on LIBOR. It could also lead to a reduction in the value of some LIBOR-based investments and reduce the effectiveness of new hedges placed against existing LIBOR-based investments. The effect of any changes to, or discontinuation of, LIBOR on a fund will vary depending on, among other things, provisions in individual contracts and whether, how, and when industry participants develop and adopt new reference rates and alternative reference rates for both legacy and new products and instruments. Any of these factors may adversely affect a fund’s performance or NAV.
Liquidity: A fund may make investments that are illiquid or that become illiquid after purchase. Investments may become illiquid due to the lack of an active market, a reduced number of traditional market participants, legal or contractual restrictions on resale, or reduced capacity of traditional market participants to make a market in securities. Regulations such as the Volcker Rule or future regulations may further constrain the ability of market participants to create liquidity, particularly in times of increased volatility. As a general matter, a reduction in the willingness or ability of dealers and other institutional investors to make markets in fixed-income securities may result in even less liquidity in certain markets. Liquidity risk may be magnified in rising interest rate environments.
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Illiquid investments can be difficult to value. If a fund is forced to sell less liquid or illiquid investments to meet redemption requests or other cash needs, the fund may be forced to sell at a substantial loss (or may not be able to sell at all), and such sale may involve additional costs. In addition, securities, once sold by a fund, may not settle for an extended period (for example, several weeks or even longer). The fund will not receive its sales proceeds until that time, which may constrain the fund’s ability to meet its obligations (including obligations to redeeming shareholders). Liquidity of particular investments, or even entire asset classes, including U.S. Treasury securities, can deteriorate rapidly, particularly during times of market turmoil, and those investments may be difficult or impossible for a fund to sell. This may prevent a fund from limiting losses. Further, when there is illiquidity in the market for certain investments, a fund, due to limitations on illiquid investments, may be unable to achieve its desired level of exposure to a certain sector or asset class. A fund is required by law to maintain a liquidity risk management program to assess and manage the fund’s liquidity risk. This program is intended to reduce liquidity risk, but may not achieve the desired results. Analyses and judgments made under the program may be incorrect, and changes in market conditions, which may be rapid and unexpected, may adversely affect the program.
Loans: Loans are subject to the credit risk of nonpayment of principal or interest. Economic downturns or increases in interest rates may cause an increase in defaults, interest rate risk and liquidity risk. Loans may or may not be collateralized at the time of acquisition, and any collateral may be relatively illiquid or lose all or substantially all of its value subsequent to investment. In the event of bankruptcy of a borrower, a fund could experience delays or limitations with respect to its ability to realize the benefits of any collateral securing a loan.
A fund may invest in certain commercial loans, including loans generally known as “syndicated bank loans,” by acquiring participations or assignments in such loans. The lack of a liquid secondary market for such securities may have an adverse impact on the value of the securities and a fund’s ability to dispose of particular assignments or participations when necessary to meet redemptions of shares or to meet a fund’s liquidity needs. When purchasing a participation, a fund may be subject to the credit risks of both the borrower and the lender that is selling the participation. When purchasing a loan assignment, a fund acquires direct rights against the borrowers, but only to the extent of those held by the assigning lender. Investment in loans through a direct assignment from the financial institution’s interests with respect to a loan may involve additional risks to a fund.
Junior loans, which have a lower place in the borrower's capital structure than senior loans and may be unsecured, involve a higher degree of overall risk than senior loans of the same borrower. Second lien loans are secured by the assets of the issuer. In a typical structure, the claim on collateral and right of payment of second lien loans are junior to those of first-lien loans. Subordinated bridge loans are loans that are intended to provide short-term financing to provide a “bridge” to an asset sale, bond offering, stock offering, or divestiture. Generally, bridge loans are provided by arrangers as part of an overall financing package. Typically, the issuer will agree to increasing interest rates if the loan is not repaid as expected. A subordinated bridge loan is junior to a senior bridge loan in right of payment.
There may be no active trading market for loans. Loans may have settlement periods in excess of seven days. Failure to receive sales proceeds on a timely basis may constrain a fund’s ability to meet its obligations (including obligations to redeeming shareholders).
Certain courts have determined that loans are not securities and, therefore, purchasers such as a fund may not be entitled to the anti-fraud protections of the federal securities laws, including the prohibitions on insider trading.
Loans may have restrictive covenants limiting the ability of a borrower to further encumber its assets. However, in periods of high demand by lenders like a fund for loan investments, borrowers may limit these covenants and weaken a lender’s ability to access collateral securing the loan; reprice the credit risk associated with the borrower; and mitigate potential loss. A fund may experience greater losses or delays and expenses in enforcing its rights with respect to loans with fewer restrictive covenants.
Management: The value of your investment in a fund may go down if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser's judgments and decisions are incorrect or otherwise do not produce the desired results. For example, the value of your investment in a fund may go down if its investment manager’s or sub-adviser's judgment about the quality, relative yield or value of, or market trends affecting, a particular security or issuer, industry, sector, region or market segment, or about the economy or interest rates, is incorrect. A fund may also suffer losses if there are imperfections, errors or limitations in the quantitative, analytic or other tools, resources, information and data used, or the analyses employed or relied on, by its investment manager or sub-adviser, if such tools, resources, information or data are used incorrectly, fail to produce the desired results or otherwise do not work as intended, or if the investment manager’s or sub-adviser’s investment style is out of favor or otherwise fails to produce the desired results. A fund’s investment strategies may not work as intended or may otherwise fail to produce the desired results. In addition, a fund’s investment strategies or policies may change from time to time. Legislative, regulatory or tax developments may also affect the investment techniques available to an investment manager or sub-adviser in connection with managing a fund. Those changes and developments may not lead to the results intended by the investment manager or sub-adviser and could have an adverse effect on the value or performance of the fund. Any of these things could cause a fund to lose value or its results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.
Market: The market prices of a fund’s securities and other assets may go up or down, sometimes sharply and unpredictably, due to general market conditions, overall economic trends or events, inflation, changes in interest rates, government actions or interventions, actions taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve or foreign central banks, market disruptions caused by tariffs, trade disputes or other factors,
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political developments, armed conflicts, economic sanctions, cybersecurity events, investor sentiment, the public health events such as the spread of infectious disease, and other factors that may or may not be related to the issuer of the security or other asset. The market prices of securities and other assets also may go down due to events or conditions that affect particular sectors, industries, issuers, or geographies. Adverse market conditions may be prolonged and may not have the same impact on all types of securities or other assets. If the value of the fund’s securities and assets fall, the value of your investment will go down. A fund may experience a substantial or complete loss on any individual security or asset.
Economies and financial markets throughout the world are increasingly interconnected. Events or circumstances in one or more countries or regions could be highly disruptive to, and have profound impacts on, global economies or markets. In the past decade, financial markets throughout the world have experienced increased volatility and decreased liquidity. These conditions may continue or worsen. As a result, whether or not a fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to the countries directly affected, the value and liquidity of a fund’s investments may go down. Securities markets may also be susceptible to market manipulation or other fraudulent trade practices, which could disrupt the orderly functioning of these markets or adversely affect the value of securities traded in these markets, including a fund’s securities.
Recent Market Events
Although its effects have begun to dissipate, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in economic downturns throughout the world, severe losses, particularly to some sectors of the economy and individual issuers, reduced liquidity of many instruments. The COVID-19 pandemic also caused significant disruptions to business operations, including business closures; strained healthcare systems; disruptions to supply chains and employee availability; large fluctuations in consumer demand; large expansion of government deficits and debt as a result of government actions to mitigate the effects of the pandemic; and widespread uncertainty regarding the duration and long-term effects of the pandemic.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, 2022, the resulting responses by the United States and other countries, and the potential for wider conflict, have increased and may continue to increase volatility and uncertainty in financial markets worldwide. The United States and other countries have imposed broad-ranging economic sanctions on Russia and Russian entities and individuals, and may impose additional sanctions, including on other countries that provide military or economic support to Russia. These sanctions, among other things, restrict companies from doing business with Russia and Russian issuers, and may adversely affect companies with economic or financial exposure to Russia and Russian issuers. The duration, extent and repercussions of Russia’s military actions are not yet fully known and may not be for some time. The invasion may widen beyond Ukraine and may escalate, including through retaliatory actions and cyberattacks by Russia and even other countries. These events may result in further and significant market disruptions and may adversely affect regional and global economies including those of Europe and the United States. Certain industries and markets, such as those involving oil, natural gas and other commodities, as well as global supply chains, may be particularly adversely affected. Whether or not a fund invests in securities of issuers located in Russia, Ukraine and adjacent countries or with significant exposure to issuers in these countries, these events could negatively affect the value and liquidity of a fund’s investments.
Rates of inflation have recently risen. Inflation has affected the global economy and global financial markets. Inflation occurs when prices increase and the purchasing power of money decreases. The value of assets or income from an investment may be worth less in the future as inflation decreases the value of money. As inflation increases, the real value of a fund’s assets can decline as can the value of a fund’s distributions. Inflation often is accompanied or followed by a recession, or period of decline in economic activity, which may include job loss and other hardships and may cause the value of securities to go down generally. Governments around the world, including the U.S. government, have taken steps designed to manage inflation, including raising interest rates, and interest rates may remain elevated or may rise further.
Medium Capitalization Companies: Investing in medium capitalization companies involves greater risk than is customarily associated with more established companies. The prices of securities of medium capitalization companies generally are more volatile and are more likely to be adversely affected by changes in earnings results and investor expectations or poor economic or market conditions. Securities of medium capitalization companies may underperform larger capitalization companies, may be harder to sell at times and at prices the portfolio managers believe appropriate and may offer greater potential for losses. Such companies usually do not pay significant dividends that could cushion returns in a falling market.
Model and Data: Certain sub-advisers may utilize quantitative models, algorithms or calculations (whether proprietary and developed by the sub-adviser or supplied by third parties) (“Models”) or information or data supplied by third parties (“Data”). Models and Data are used to construct sets of transactions and investments, to provide risk management insights, and to assist in hedging a fund's investments.
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If Models and Data prove to be incorrect or incomplete, any decisions made, in whole or part, in reliance thereon expose a fund to additional risks. For example, by utilizing Models or Data, a sub-adviser may buy certain investments at prices that are priced too high, to sell certain other investments at prices that are too low, or to miss favorable opportunities altogether. Similarly, any hedging based on faulty Models and Data may prove to be unsuccessful. A fund bears the risk that Models or Data used by its sub-adviser will not be successful in determining the size, direction, and/or weighting of investment positions that will enable the fund to achieve its investment objective.
Models can be predictive in nature. The use of predictive Models has inherent risks. For example, such Models may incorrectly forecast future behavior, leading to potential losses on a cash flow and/or a mark-to-market basis. In addition, in unforeseen or certain low-probability scenarios (often involving a market disruption of some kind), such Models may produce unexpected results, which can result in losses for a fund. Furthermore, the success of relying on or otherwise using Models depends on a number of factors, including the validity, accuracy and completeness of the Model’s development, implementation and maintenance, the Model’s assumptions, factors, algorithms and methodologies, and the accuracy and reliability of the supplied historical or other Data.
Models rely on, among other things, correct and complete Data inputs. If incorrect Data is entered into even a well-founded Model, the resulting information will be incorrect. However, even if Data is input correctly, Model prices may differ substantially from market prices, especially for securities with complex characteristics. Investments selected with the use of Models may perform differently than expected as a result of the design of the Model, inputs into the Model or other factors. To address these issues, a sub-adviser evaluates the performance of the Models utilized, including Model prices and outputs versus recent transactions or similar securities, and as a result, such Models may be modified from time to time. There also can be no assurance that the use of Models will result in effective investment decisions for a fund.
Money Market Funds: An investment in a money market fund is not a bank deposit, and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) or any other government agency. Although many money market funds seek to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in such money market funds. Certain other money market funds float their net asset value. An investment in a money market fund is not guaranteed and it is possible for a fund to lose money by investing in money market funds.
Mortgage-Related and Asset-Backed Securities: The value of mortgage-related and asset-backed securities will be influenced by factors affecting the housing market and the assets underlying such securities. As a result, during periods of declining asset values, difficult or frozen credit markets, swings in interest rates, or deteriorating economic conditions, mortgage-related and asset-backed securities may decline in value, face valuation difficulties, become more volatile and/or become illiquid, which could negatively impact the fund’s net asset value. Mortgage-backed securities may be issued by private issuers, by government-sponsored entities such as Fannie Mae (formally known as Federal National Mortgage Association) or Freddie Mac (formally known as Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation) or by agencies of the U.S. government, such as the Government National Mortgage Association (“Ginnie Mae”). Mortgage-backed securities represent direct or indirect participations in, or are collateralized by and payable from, mortgage loans secured by real property. Unlike mortgage-related securities issued or guaranteed by agencies of the U.S. government or government-sponsored entities, mortgage-related securities issued by private issuers do not have a government or government-sponsored entity guarantee (but may have other credit enhancement), and may, and frequently do, have less favorable collateral, credit risk or other underwriting characteristics. Asset-backed securities represent participations in, or are secured by and payable from, assets such as installment sales or loan contracts, leases, credit card receivables and other categories of receivables. Certain asset-backed securities present a heightened level of risk because, in the event of default, the liquidation value of the underlying assets may be inadequate to pay any unpaid principal or interest.
The value of mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities may be affected by changes in credit quality or value of the mortgage loans or other assets that support the securities. Some of these securities may receive little or no collateral protection from the underlying assets. The risk of default is generally higher in the case of mortgage-backed investments that include so-called “sub-prime” mortgages. For mortgage-backed securities, when market conditions result in an increase in the default rates on the underlying mortgages and the foreclosure values of the underlying real estate are below the outstanding amount of the underlying mortgages, collection of the full amount of accrued interest and principal on these investments may be doubtful.
Mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities are subject to prepayment or call and extension risks. The structure of some of these securities may be complex and there may be less available information than for other types of debt securities. Upon the occurrence of certain triggering events or defaults, a fund may become the holder of underlying assets at a time when those assets may be difficult to sell or may be sold only at a loss.
Mortgage-Related Securities (Transamerica Government Money Market): The value of mortgage-related securities will be influenced by factors affecting the housing market. As a result, during periods of declining asset values, difficult or frozen credit markets, swings in interest rates, or deteriorating economic conditions, mortgage-related securities may decline in value, face valuation difficulties, become more volatile and/or become illiquid, which could negatively impact the fund’s net asset value. Mortgage-backed securities may be issued by government-sponsored entities such as Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac or by agencies of the U.S. government, such as Ginnie Mae. Mortgage-backed securities represent direct or indirect participations in, or are collateralized by
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and payable from, mortgage loans secured by real property. The value of mortgage-backed securities may be affected by changes in credit quality or value of the mortgage loans. Mortgage-backed securities are subject to prepayment or call and extension risks. Some of these securities may receive little or no collateral protection from the underlying assets. The risk of default is generally higher in the case of mortgage-backed investments that include so-called “sub-prime” mortgages. The structure of some of these securities may be complex and there may be less information available than for other types of debt securities. Upon the occurrence of certain triggering events or defaults, a fund may become the holder of underlying assets at a time when those assets may be difficult to sell or may be sold only at a loss.
Municipal Securities: Issuers of municipal securities tend to derive a significant portion of their revenue from taxes, particularly property and income taxes, and decreases in personal income levels and property values and other unfavorable economic factors, such as a general economic recession, adversely affect municipal securities. Municipal issuers may also be adversely affected by rising health care costs, increasing unfunded pension liabilities and by the phasing out of federal programs providing financial support. Where municipal securities are issued to finance particular projects, especially those relating to education, health care, transportation, housing, water or sewer and utilities, issuers often depend on revenues from those projects to make principal and interest payments. Adverse conditions and developments in those sectors can result in lower revenues to issuers of municipal securities and can also have an adverse effect on the broader municipal securities market. To the extent a fund invests significantly in a single state, or in securities the payments on which are dependent upon a single project or source of revenues, or that relate to a sector or industry, such as health care, the fund will be more susceptible to associated risks and developments. Municipal issuers may be more susceptible to downgrades or defaults during recessions or similar periods of economic stress. A number of municipal issuers have defaulted on obligations, commenced insolvency proceedings, or suffered credit downgrading. Financial difficulties of municipal issuers may continue or worsen.
There may be less public information available on municipal issuers or projects than other issuers, and valuing municipal securities may be more difficult. In addition, the secondary market for municipal securities is less well developed and liquid than other markets, and dealers may be less willing to offer and sell municipal securities in times of market turbulence. Changes in the financial condition of one or more individual municipal issuers (or one or more insurers of municipal issuers), or one or more defaults by municipal issuers or insurers, can adversely affect liquidity and valuations in the overall market for municipal securities. The value of municipal securities can also be adversely affected by regulatory and political developments affecting the ability of municipal issuers to pay interest or repay principal, actual or anticipated tax law changes or other legislative actions, and by uncertainties and public perceptions concerning these and other factors.
The rate of interest paid on municipal securities normally is lower than the rate of interest paid on fully taxable securities. Some municipal securities, such as general obligation issues, are backed by the issuer’s taxing authority, while other municipal securities, such as revenue issues, are backed only by revenues from certain facilities or other sources and not by the issuer itself.
The municipal market can be susceptible to unusual volatility, particularly for lower-rated and unrated securities. Liquidity can be reduced unpredictably in response to overall economic conditions or credit tightening.
To the extent that a fund invests in municipal securities whose issuers are located in a single state, such as California, the fund will be more susceptible to economic, political and other developments that may adversely affect issuers in that state than are funds whose portfolios are more geographically diverse. These developments may include state or local legislation or policy changes, voter-passed initiatives, erosion of the tax base or reduction in revenues of the state or one or more local governments, the effects of terrorist acts or the threat of terrorist acts, the effects of possible natural disasters, or other economic or credit problems affecting the state generally or any individual locality. The major sources of revenues for local government, property taxes and sales taxes, as well as fees based on real estate development, are all adversely affected by the recent economic recession. Unfavorable developments in any economic sector may adversely affect a particular state’s overall municipal market. Historically, California’s economy has been more volatile than that of the nation as a whole. Although California has a relatively diversified economy, California has concentrations in high technology, trade, entertainment, agriculture, manufacturing, tourism, construction, government and services.
Investment in municipal securities of issuers in U.S. territories may have more risks than in tax-exempt securities issued by other issuers. Municipal securities issued by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or its agencies carry substantial risks. From 2017-2022, the Commonwealth, its Sales Tax Financing Corporation, Highways and Transportation Authority, Employees’ Retirement System, Public Buildings Authority, and Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, were subject to the equivalent of municipal bankruptcy proceedings, known as “PROMESA” cases. During those proceedings, these municipal entities were unable to issue new municipal securities or repay existing municipal debt. At this time, Puerto Rico’s Electric Power Authority (“PREPA”) remains in such proceedings and subject to such restrictions. Moreover, the validity of PREPA’s debt instruments (and thus whether the holders are entitled to any recovery at all) has been called into question and may be litigated as part of its PROMESA case. PROMESA is a novel federal law and many of its provisions have been disputed. Those agencies of the Commonwealth that are not currently debtors in PROMESA proceedings at this time may enter such proceedings in the future and, in any event, can be expected to be subject to many of the same stressors that caused the proceedings mentioned above. For these and other reasons, the timing and rate of recovery on municipal securities that have been or will be issued by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any of its agencies are highly unpredictable.
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Natural Resource-Related Securities: Securities of companies involved with natural resources may be subject to significant price fluctuations, reflecting the volatility of energy and basic materials’ prices, possible instability of supply and changes in demand or inflation. In addition, some companies may be subject to the risks generally associated with extraction of natural resources and the risks of the hazards associated with natural resources.
Operational: Your ability to transact with a fund or the valuation of your investment may be negatively impacted because of the operational risks arising from factors such as processing errors and human errors, inadequate or failed internal or external processes, failures in systems and technology (including as a result of cybersecurity incidents), changes in personnel, and errors caused by third party service providers or trading counterparties. It is not possible to identify all of the operational risks that may affect a fund or to develop processes and controls that completely eliminate or mitigate the occurrence of such failures. A fund and its shareholders could be negatively impacted as a result.
Preferred Stock: Preferred stock represents an interest in a company that generally entitles the holder to receive, in preference to the holders of the company’s common stock, dividends and a fixed share of the proceeds resulting from any liquidation of the company. Preferred stock’s right to dividends and liquidation proceeds is junior to the rights of a company’s debt securities. Preferred stocks may pay fixed or adjustable rates of return. The value of preferred stock may be subject to factors that affect fixed-income and equity securities, including changes in interest rates and in a company’s creditworthiness. The value of preferred stock tends to vary more with fluctuations in the underlying common stock and less with fluctuations in interest rates and tends to exhibit greater volatility. Shareholders of preferred stock may suffer a loss of value if dividends are not paid. Preferred stock does not generally carry voting rights.
Prepayment or Call: Many fixed-income securities give the issuer the option to repay or call the security prior to its maturity date. Issuers often exercise this right when interest rates fall. Accordingly, if a fund holds a fixed-income security subject to prepayment or call risk, it will not benefit fully from the increase in value that other fixed-income securities generally experience when interest rates fall. Upon prepayment of the security, a fund would also be forced to reinvest the proceeds at then current yields, which would be lower than the yield of the security that was paid off. This may adversely affect a fund’s net asset value. In addition, if a fund purchases a fixed-income security at a premium (at a price that exceeds its stated par or principal value), the fund may lose the amount of the premium paid in the event of prepayment.
Privately Placed and Other Restricted Securities: Restricted securities, which include private placements of private and public companies, are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on their resale. Restricted securities may be difficult to sell at the time and price a fund prefers. Restricted Securities include securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, and securities of U.S. and non-U.S. issuers initially offered and sold outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S. Restricted securities also include private placements of securities with agreed upon contractual restrictions on the resale of such securities that are in addition to applicable legal restrictions.
Restricted securities may be difficult to value properly and may involve greater risks than securities that are not subject to restrictions on resale. Restricted securities may be difficult to value because market quotations may not be readily available, and the securities may have significant volatility. Also, a fund may get only limited information about the issuer of a given restricted security, and therefore may be less able to predict a loss. Restricted securities may involve a high degree of business and financial risk, which may result in substantial losses.
An insufficient number of eligible buyers interested in purchasing restricted securities held by a fund could adversely affect the marketability of such securities and a fund might be unable to dispose of such securities promptly or at reasonable prices. For this reason, restricted securities may adversely affect a fund’s overall liquidity if eligible buyers are or become uninterested in buying them at a particular time.
Restricted securities may not be listed on an exchange and may have no active trading market. A fund may not always be able to sell such securities without experiencing delays in finding buyers or reducing the sale price for such securities. A fund may incur additional expense when disposing of restricted securities, including all or a portion of the cost to register the securities for resale, and other transaction costs which may be higher for restricted securities than unrestricted securities.
Redemption(Transamerica Government Money Market): The fund may experience periods of heavy redemptions that could cause the fund to liquidate its assets at inopportune times or at a loss or depressed value. Redemption risk is greater to the extent that the fund has investors with large shareholdings, short investment horizons, or unpredictable cash flow needs. The redemption by one or more large shareholders of their holdings in the fund could have an adverse impact on the remaining shareholders in the fund. In addition, the fund may suspend redemptions when permitted by applicable regulations.
Redemption: A fund may experience periods of heavy redemptions that could cause the fund to liquidate its assets at inopportune times or at a loss or depressed value, particularly during periods of declining or illiquid markets. In that event, the value of your investment in the fund would go down. If a fund is required to liquidate assets to accommodate redemptions, the liquidation could accelerate the recognition of capital gains by the fund, and any capital gains recognized by the fund generally need to be distributed to shareholders in order to avoid fund-level taxation. The non-redeeming shareholders could receive a disproportionate amount of those
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taxable distributions, even though the capital gains were recognized as a result of the redeeming shareholders. Redemption risk is greater to the extent that a fund has investors with large shareholdings, short investment horizons, or unpredictable cash flow needs. In addition, redemption risk is heightened during periods of overall market turmoil. The redemption by one or more large shareholders of their holdings in a fund could hurt performance and/or cause the remaining shareholders in the fund to lose money. Further, a fund’s redemption risk is increased if one decision maker has control of fund shares owned by separate fund shareholders, including clients or affiliates of the investment manager and/or sub-adviser.
Regulatory: In recent years, the U.S. government adopted and implemented regulations governing derivatives markets, including mandatory clearing of certain derivatives as well as margin, reporting and registration requirements. Additional U.S. or other regulations may make derivatives more costly, may limit the availability of derivatives, or may otherwise adversely affect the value or performance of derivatives. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act (the “Reform Act”) substantially increased regulation of the over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives market and participants in that market, including imposing clearing and reporting requirements on transactions involving instruments that fall within the Reform Act’s definition of “swap” and “security-based swap,” which terms generally include OTC derivatives, and imposing registration and potential substantive requirements on certain swap and security-based swap market participants. In addition, under the Reform Act, a fund may be subject to additional recordkeeping and reporting requirements. New Rule 18f-4 under the 1940 Act provides a comprehensive regulatory framework for the use of derivatives by registered investment companies, such as a fund, and set limits on a fund’s investments in derivatives. New Rule 12d1-4 under the 1940 Act provides an enhanced regulatory framework applicable to fund of fund arrangements. New Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act establishes an updated regulatory framework for registered investment company valuation practices. The ultimate impact of the new rules remains unclear. Legislation or regulation may also change the way in which a fund itself is regulated. The impact of any new governmental regulation that may be implemented on the ability of a fund to use swaps or any other financial derivative product is not known at this time, and there can be no assurance that any new government regulation will not adversely affect the fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.
REITs: Investing in real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) involves unique risks. When a fund invests in REITs, it is subject to risks generally associated with investing in real estate. A REIT’s performance depends on the types and locations of the properties it owns, how well it manages those properties and cash flow. A decline in rental income could occur because of extended vacancies, increased competition from other properties, tenants’ failure to pay rent or poor management. A REIT’s performance also depends on the company’s ability to finance property purchases and renovations and manage its cash flows. Because REITs are typically invested in a limited number of projects or in a particular market segment, they are more susceptible to adverse developments affecting a single project or market segment than more broadly diversified investments. REITs may have limited financial resources, may trade less frequently and in limited volume, may engage in dilutive offerings, and may be subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements than the overall securities markets. In addition to its own expenses, a fund will indirectly bear its proportionate share of any management and other expenses paid by REITs in which it invests. U.S. REITs are subject to a number of highly technical tax-related rules and requirements. A failure to qualify for the favorable U.S. federal income tax treatment generally available to U.S. REITs, or changes in the treatment of U.S. REITs under U.S. federal tax law, could adversely affect the value of a particular U.S. REIT or the market for U.S. REITs as a whole.
Repurchase Agreements: In a repurchase agreement, a fund purchases securities from a broker-dealer or a bank, called the counterparty, upon the agreement of the counterparty to repurchase the securities from the fund at a later date, and at a specified price, which is typically higher than the purchase price paid by the fund. The securities purchased serve as the fund's collateral for the obligation of the counterparty to repurchase the securities. If the counterparty does not repurchase the securities, the fund is entitled to sell the securities, but the fund may not be able to sell them for the price at which they were purchased, thus causing a loss. If the counterparty becomes insolvent, there is some risk that the fund will not have a right to the securities, or the immediate right to sell the securities.
Securities Lending: Each fund, except as noted below, may lend securities to other financial institutions that provide cash or U.S. government or agency securities as collateral. When a fund lends portfolio securities, its investment performance will continue to reflect changes in the value of the securities loaned, and the fund will also receive a fee or interest on the collateral. Securities lending involves the risk that the borrower may fail to return the securities in a timely manner or at all. As a result, a fund may lose money and there may be a delay in recovering the loaned securities. A fund could also lose money if it does not recover the securities and/or the value of the cash or non-cash collateral falls, including the value of investments made with cash collateral. These events could trigger adverse tax consequences for a fund.
The Asset Allocation Funds and Transamerica Government Money Market do not participate in securities lending.
Small and Medium Capitalization Companies: Investing in small- and medium-sized companies involves greater risk than is customarily associated with more established companies. The prices of securities of small and medium capitalization companies generally are more volatile than those of large capitalization companies and are more likely to be adversely affected than large capitalization companies by changes in earnings results and investor expectations or poor economic or market conditions. Securities of small and medium capitalization companies may underperform large capitalization companies, may be harder to sell at times and at
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prices the portfolio managers believe appropriate and may offer greater potential for losses. Smaller capitalization companies often have limited product lines, markets, or financial resources and their management may lack depth and experience. Such companies usually do not pay significant dividends that could cushion returns in a falling market.
Small Capitalization Companies: Investing in small capitalization companies involves greater risk than is customarily associated with more established companies. The prices of securities of small capitalization companies generally are more volatile than those of larger capitalization companies and are more likely to be adversely affected than larger capitalization companies by changes in earnings results and investor expectations or poor economic or market conditions. Securities of small capitalization companies may underperform larger capitalization companies, may be harder to sell at times and at prices the portfolio managers believe appropriate and may offer greater potential for losses. Small capitalization companies often have limited product lines, markets, or financial resources and their management may lack depth and experience. Such companies usually do not pay significant dividends that could cushion returns in a falling market.
Sovereign Debt: Sovereign debt instruments, which are debt obligations issued or guaranteed by a foreign governmental entity, are subject to the risk that the governmental entity may delay or fail to pay interest or repay principal on debt that it has issued or guaranteed, due, for example, to cash flow problems, insufficient foreign currency reserves, political considerations, relationships with other lenders such as commercial banks, the relative size of the governmental entity’s debt position in relation to the economy or the failure to put in place economic reforms required by the International Monetary Fund or other multilateral agencies. If a governmental entity defaults, it may ask for more time in which to pay or for further loans, the debt may be restructured, or it may ask for forgiveness of interest or principal on its existing debt. Unlike most corporate debt restructurings, the fees and expenses of financial and legal advisers to the creditors in connection with a restructuring may be borne by the holders of the sovereign debt securities instead of the sovereign entity itself. On the other hand, a governmental entity may be unwilling to renegotiate the terms of its sovereign debt. There is no established legal process for a U.S. bondholder (such as a fund) to enforce its rights against a governmental entity that does not fulfill its obligations, nor are there bankruptcy proceedings through which all or part of the sovereign debt that a governmental entity has not repaid may be collected.
Certain countries in Europe currently have large sovereign debts and/or fiscal deficits which has led to significant uncertainties in the market as to whether or not the governments of those countries will be able pay in full and on time the amounts due in respect of those debts.
Strategies and Styles: Investment strategies and styles with different characteristics tend to shift in and out of favor depending upon market and economic conditions as well as investor sentiment. A fund may outperform or underperform other funds that employ a different strategy or style. A fund may employ a combination of strategies and/or styles that impact its risk characteristics.
Structure Conflicts: TAM has established an investment program whereby a substantial portion of the assets of certain funds are invested in underlying Transamerica funds. TAM does not consider unaffiliated funds as underlying investment options for these assets, even if unaffiliated funds have better investment performance or lower total expenses.
Structured Instruments: A fund may invest in, or have exposure to, various types of structured instruments, including securities that have demand, tender or put features, or interest rate reset features. These may include instruments issued by structured investment or special purpose vehicles or conduits, and may be asset-backed or mortgage-backed securities. Structured instruments may take the form of participation interests or receipts in underlying securities or other assets, and in some cases are backed by a financial institution serving as a liquidity provider. Some of these instruments may have an interest rate swap feature which substitutes a floating or variable interest rate for the fixed-interest rate on an underlying security, and some may be asset-backed or mortgage-backed securities. Structured instruments are a type of derivative instrument and the payment and credit qualities of these instruments derive from the assets embedded in the structure from which they are issued. For structured securities that have embedded leverage features, small changes in interest or prepayment rates may cause large and sudden price movements. Structured instruments may be less liquid and therefore more difficult to value accurately than more traditional securities and instruments. Structured instruments may behave in ways not anticipated by a fund, or they may not receive the tax, accounting or regulatory treatment anticipated by a fund.
Sustainability and/or Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) Considerations (Transamerica Balanced II, Transamerica Bond, Transamerica Capital Growth, Transamerica Core Bond, Transamerica High Yield Bond, Transamerica Large Growth, Transamerica Multi-Managed Balanced, Transamerica Short-Term Bond, Transamerica Small Cap Growth and Transamerica Sustainable Bond): For certain funds, the sub-adviser considers sustainability and/or ESG factors that it deems relevant, along with other factors and analysis, when sub-advising the fund. This usage of sustainability and/or ESG factors or criteria is sometimes referred to as “ESG integration.” A sub-adviser may consider sustainability and/or ESG factors on a meaningful portion of the fund’s investments. A sub-adviser may give little or no weight to sustainability and/or ESG factors for certain investments, and not every sustainability and/or ESG factor may be identified or evaluated for every investment. Consideration of sustainability and/or ESG factors is not determinative in a sub-adviser’s investment process, and the sub-adviser may conclude that other attributes of an investment outweigh sustainability and/or ESG considerations when making investment decisions. Applying sustainability and/or ESG factors as part of a fund’s security selection process may impact a sub-adviser’s investment decisions. Sustainability and ESG factors are not uniformly defined and applying such factors involves subjective assessments. Sustainability and ESG ratings and assessments
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of issuers can vary across investment advisers (including sub-advisers) and third party data providers and may change over time. Sustainability and ESG factors can be difficult to apply consistently across issuers, regions, countries, industries and sectors. The application of these factors could negatively impact a fund’s performance. Sustainability and ESG information from issuers and from third party data providers may be incomplete, delayed, inaccurate or unavailable, which could lead to an incorrect assessment of a company’s sustainability or ESG characteristics. Regulation of sustainability and ESG investing in the U.S. and abroad is evolving. Regulatory changes with respect to ESG integration could impact a sub-adviser’s ability to consider sustainability and/or ESG criteria as part of its investment process.
Sustainability Investing (Transamerica Sustainable Bond): Applying sustainability criteria to a sub-adviser’s investment analysis for a fund may impact the sub-adviser’s investment decisions as to securities of certain issuers and, therefore, applicable funds may forgo some investment opportunities available to funds that do not apply sustainability investing principals or that apply different sustainability criteria. Applying sustainability criteria may impact a fund’s exposure to risks associated with certain issuers, asset classes, industries and sectors, which may impact the fund’s investment performance. The relevance and weightings of sustainability criteria to a sub-adviser’s investment process may vary significantly across issuers, asset classes, industries and sectors. Securities of companies meeting a sub-adviser’s sustainability criteria at the time of investment may shift into and out of favor depending on market and economic conditions, and a company’s sustainability practices, or the sub-adviser’s assessment of such practices, may change over time. A fund’s performance may at times be better or worse than the performance of similar funds that do not utilize sustainability investing principals or that apply different sustainability criteria. “Sustainability” is not a uniformly defined characteristic and applying sustainability criteria involves subjective assessments. There may be significant differences in views in what constitutes positive or negative sustainability characteristics of a company. A sub-adviser’s sustainability assessment of a company may differ from that of other funds or investors. A fund’s investments may include securities of issuers that derive revenue from non-sustainable activities. Sustainability ratings and assessments of issuers can vary across third party data providers, and sustainability data may be incomplete, delayed, inaccurate or unavailable, which could lead to an incorrect assessment of a company’s sustainability characteristics. Data inputs may include information self-reported by companies or from third party data providers. Regulation of sustainability investing in the U.S. and abroad is evolving. Regulatory change regarding the definition and/or use of sustainability criteria could have a material adverse effect on a fund’s ability to invest in accordance with its sustainability strategy.
Tax: In order to qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company (a “RIC”) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), a fund must meet certain requirements regarding the composition of its income, the diversification of its assets, and the amounts of its distributions. In particular, a fund must generally diversify its holdings so that, at the end of each quarter of each taxable year, at least 50% of the value of the fund’s total assets is represented by (1) cash and cash items, U.S. government securities, securities of other regulated investment companies, and (2) other securities, with such other securities limited, in respect of any one issuer, to an amount not greater than 5% of the value of the fund’s total assets and to not more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer. If a fund were to fail to meet any of these requirements, the fund might not be eligible for treatment as a RIC, in which case it would be subject to federal income tax on its net income at the applicable corporate rate (without reduction for distributions to shareholders). The fund may be able to preserve its RIC qualification by meeting certain conditions, in which case it may be subject to certain additional taxes.
Any income a fund derives from investments in certain hard asset ETFs, such as certain commodity ETFs, and from other non-qualifying sources must be limited to a maximum of 10% of the fund’s gross income. If a fund fails to meet the 10% requirement, the fund may be subject to the federal income tax consequences described in the preceding paragraph. A fund may invest no more than 25% of its total assets in the securities of entities treated as qualified publicly traded partnerships for federal income tax purposes. If a fund fails to meet the 25% requirement, the fund may be subject to the federal income tax consequences described in the preceding paragraph.
To Be Announced (TBA) Transactions: Although the securities that are delivered in TBA transactions must meet certain standards, there is a risk that the actual securities received by a fund may be less favorable than what was anticipated when entering into the transaction. TBA transactions also involve the risk that a counterparty will fail to deliver the security, exposing a fund to further losses. Whether or not a fund takes delivery of the securities at the termination date of a TBA transaction, it will nonetheless be exposed to changes in the value of the underlying investments during the term of the agreement.
Underlying Exchange-Traded Funds: To the extent a fund invests its assets in underlying ETFs, its ability to achieve its investment objective will depend in part on the performance of the underlying ETFs in which it invests. Investing in underlying ETFs subjects a fund to the risks of investing in the underlying securities or assets held by those ETFs. Each of the underlying ETFs in which a fund may invest has its own investment risks, and those risks can affect the value of the underlying ETFs’ shares and therefore the value of a fund’s investments. There can be no assurance that the investment objective of any underlying ETF will be achieved. To the extent that a fund invests more of its assets in one underlying ETF than in another, the fund will have greater exposure to the risks of that underlying ETF. In addition, the fund will bear a pro rata portion of the operating expenses of the underlying ETFs in which it invests.
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An investment in an ETF generally presents the same primary risks as an investment in a conventional fund (i.e., one that is not exchange-traded) that has the same investment objectives, strategies and policies. The price of an ETF can fluctuate up and down, and a fund could lose money investing in an ETF if the prices of the securities owned by the ETF go down. In addition, ETFs are subject to certain risks that do not apply to conventional funds, including: (i) the market price of an ETF’s shares may be above or below the shares’ net asset value; (ii) during periods of market volatility, the share prices of ETFs may deviate significantly from their NAVs; (iii) an active trading market for an ETF’s shares may not develop or be maintained; (iv) trading of an ETF’s shares may be halted if the listing exchange’s officials deem such action appropriate, the shares are delisted from the exchange, the activation of market-wide “circuit breakers” (which are tied to large decreases in stock prices) halts stock trading generally, or trading in one or more of the ETF’s underlying securities is halted, which could result in the ETF being more volatile; or (v) a limited number of institutions may act as authorized participants to create or redeem block-sized units of ETF shares. In the event substantial market or other disruptions affecting ETFs should occur in the future, the liquidity and value of a fund's shares could also be substantially and adversely affected.
Underlying Funds: When a fund invests its assets in various underlying funds, its ability to achieve its investment objective depends largely on the performance of the underlying funds in which it invests. Investing in underlying funds subjects a fund to the risks of investing in the underlying securities or assets held by those underlying funds. Each of the underlying funds in which a fund may invest has its own investment risks, and those risks can affect the value of the underlying funds' shares and therefore the value of the fund's investments. There can be no assurance that the investment objective of any underlying fund will be achieved. To the extent that a fund invests more of its assets in one underlying fund than in another, the fund will have greater exposure to the risks of that underlying fund. In addition, the fund will bear a pro rata portion of the operating expenses of the underlying funds in which it invests.
Underlying Government Money Market Funds (Transamerica Government Money Market): The fund may invest in other government money market funds. Each of the underlying government money market funds in which the fund may invest has its own investment risks. There can be no assurance that the investment objective of any underlying government money market fund will be achieved. In addition, the fund will bear a pro rata portion of the operating expenses of the underlying government money market funds in which it invests.
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations: Government agency obligations have different levels of credit support and, therefore, different degrees of credit risk. Securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities of the U.S. government that are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, such as the Federal Housing Administration and Ginnie Mae, present little credit risk. Other securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities sponsored by the U.S. government that are supported only by the issuer’s right to borrow from the U.S. Treasury, subject to certain limitations, such as securities issued by Federal Home Loan Banks and securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities sponsored by the U.S. government that are supported only by the credit of the issuing agencies, such as Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, are subject to a greater degree of credit risk. A security backed by the “full faith and credit” of the U.S. government is guaranteed only as to its stated interest rate and face value at maturity, not its current market price.
Valuation: Many factors may influence the price at which a fund could sell any particular portfolio investment. The sales price may well differ — higher or lower — from a fund's last valuation, and such differences could be significant, particularly for illiquid securities, securities priced based upon valuations provided by third party pricing services that use matrix or evaluated pricing systems, securities that trade in relatively thin or volatile markets, or securities that are valued using a fair value methodology. These differences may increase significantly and affect fund investments more broadly during periods of market volatility. If market conditions make it difficult to value some investments, a fund may value these investments using more subjective methods, such as fair value methodologies. Investors who purchase or redeem fund shares on days when a fund is holding fair-valued securities may receive a greater or lesser number of shares, or greater or lower redemption proceeds, than they would have received if the fund had not fair-valued the securities or had used a different valuation methodology. The value of foreign securities, certain fixed-income securities and currencies, as applicable, may be materially affected by events after the close of the markets on which they are traded, but before a fund determines its net asset value. A fund’s ability to value its investments may be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third party service providers. Fair value pricing involves subjective judgment, which may prove to be incorrect.
Value Investing: The value approach carries the risk that the market will not recognize a security’s intrinsic value for a long time, undervaluation may become more severe, or that a stock considered to be undervalued may actually be appropriately priced. A fund may underperform other equity funds that use different investing styles. A fund may also underperform other equity funds using the value style. Value stocks as a group may be out of favor and underperform the overall equity market for a long period of time, for example, while the market favors “growth” stocks.
Warrants and Rights: Warrants and rights may be considered more speculative than certain other types of investments because they do not entitle a holder to the dividends or voting rights for the securities that may be purchased, and they do not represent any rights in the assets of the issuing company. Also, the value of a warrant or right does not necessarily change with the value of the underlying securities. If the warrant or right is not exercised before the expiration date, it generally expires without any value and the fund will lose any amount it paid for the warrant or right.
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Yield (Transamerica Government Money Market): As a money market fund, the fund invests in short-term money market instruments. As a result, the amount of income received by the fund will go up or down depending on variations in short-term interest rates. Investing in high quality, short-term instruments may result in a lower yield (the income on your investment) than investing in lower quality or longer-term instruments. The fund's expenses could absorb all or a significant portion of the fund's income, and, if the fund's expenses exceed the fund's income, the fund that seeks to maintain a stable net asset value (typically, $1.00 per share) may be unable to maintain its $1.00 share price. If interest rates increase, the fund's yield may not increase proportionately. For example, TAM may discontinue any temporary voluntary fee limitation or recoup expenses previously forgone and/or reimbursed. A money market fund is also required to maintain liquidity levels based on the characteristics and anticipated liquidity needs of its shareholders and a fund with greater liquidity needs may have a lower yield than money market funds with a different shareholder base. The fund may hold cash uninvested and, if so, will not earn income on those assets.
Yield: The amount of income received by the fund will go up or down depending on day-to-day variations in short-term interest rates, and the fund’s expenses could absorb all or a significant portion of the fund’s income. If interest rates increase, the fund’s yield may not increase proportionately.
Please note that there are other factors that could adversely affect your investment in a fund and that could prevent the fund from achieving its investment objective. More information about risks appears in the SAI. Before investing, you should carefully consider the risks that you will assume.
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Shareholder Information
Management of Transamerica Funds
The Board of Trustees is responsible for overseeing the management and business affairs of Transamerica Funds. It oversees the operation of Transamerica Funds by its officers. It also reviews the management of each fund’s assets by the investment manager and sub-advisers. Information about the Trustees and executive officers of Transamerica Funds is contained in the Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”).
Investment Manager
Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (“TAM”), located at 1801 California Street, Suite 5200, Denver, CO 80202, serves as investment manager for Transamerica Funds. TAM provides continuous and regular investment management services to the funds. TAM is responsible for all aspects of the day-to-day management of Transamerica Asset Allocation – Intermediate Horizon, Transamerica Asset Allocation – Long Horizon and Transamerica Asset Allocation – Short Horizon. For each of the other funds, TAM currently acts as a “manager of managers” and hires investment sub-advisers to furnish investment advice and recommendations and has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with each fund’s sub-adviser. In acting as a manager of managers, TAM provides investment management services that include, without limitation, selection, proactive oversight and monitoring of sub-advisers, daily monitoring of the sub-advisers’ buying and selling of securities for the funds and regular review and evaluation of sub-adviser performance and adherence to investment style and process. TAM’s management services include, among other things, the provision of supervisory, compliance and administrative services to each fund. More information on the investment management services rendered by TAM is included in the SAI. TAM is paid investment management fees for its service as investment manager to each fund. These fees are calculated on the average daily net assets of each fund.
TAM has been a registered investment adviser since 1996. As of December 31, 2022, TAM has approximately $62.9 billion in total assets under management. The funds are operated by TAM pursuant to an exclusion from registration as a commodity pool operator under the Commodity Exchange Act.
TAM is directly owned by Transamerica Life Insurance Company (“TLIC”) (77%) and AUSA Holding, LLC (“AUSA”) (23%), both of which are indirect, wholly owned subsidiaries of Aegon NV. TLIC is owned by Commonwealth General Corporation (“Commonwealth”). Commonwealth and AUSA are wholly owned by Transamerica Corporation (DE). Transamerica Corporation (DE) is wholly owned by Aegon International B.V., which is wholly owned by Aegon NV, a Netherlands corporation, and a publicly traded international insurance group.
TAM acts as a manager of managers for the funds pursuant to an exemptive order from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) (Release IC- 23379 dated August 5, 1998). TAM has responsibility, subject to oversight by the Board of Trustees, to, among other matters, oversee and monitor sub-advisers, recommend selection of sub-advisers and recommend changes to sub-advisers where it believes appropriate or advisable. The exemptive order permits TAM, subject to certain conditions including the approval of the Board of Trustees, but without the approval of the applicable fund’s shareholders, to:
(1)
employ a new unaffiliated sub-adviser for a fund pursuant to the terms of a new investment sub-advisory agreement, either as a replacement for an existing sub-adviser or as an additional sub-adviser;
(2)
materially change the terms of any sub-advisory agreement; and
(3)
continue the employment of an existing sub-adviser on sub-advisory contract terms where a contract has been assigned because of a change of control of the sub-adviser.
Pursuant to the exemptive order, each fund has agreed to provide certain information about new sub-advisers and new sub-advisory agreements to its shareholders.
Management Fees Paid for the Fiscal Year Ended October 31, 2022
For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022, each fund paid the following management fee as a percentage of its average daily net assets:
Name of Fund
Management Fees (after
waivers/expense reimbursements
and recapture)
Transamerica Asset Allocation Intermediate Horizon
0.10%
Transamerica Asset Allocation Long Horizon
0.10%
Transamerica Asset Allocation Short Horizon
0.10%
Transamerica Balanced II
0.48%
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Name of Fund
Management Fees (after
waivers/expense reimbursements
and recapture)
Transamerica Bond
0.37%
Transamerica Capital Growth
0.66%
Transamerica Core Bond
0.38%
Transamerica Emerging Markets Opportunities
0.78%
Transamerica Government Money Market
0.15%
Transamerica High Yield Bond
0.55%
Transamerica High Yield ESG
0.15%
Transamerica Inflation-Protected Securities
0.38%
Transamerica International Equity
0.70%
Transamerica International Focus
0.76%
Transamerica Large Core ESG
0.45%
Transamerica Large Growth
0.65%
Transamerica Large Value Opportunities
0.45%
Transamerica Mid Cap Growth
0.70%
Transamerica Mid Cap Value Opportunities
0.69%
Transamerica Multi-Managed Balanced
0.59%
Transamerica Short-Term Bond
0.37%
Transamerica Small Cap Growth
0.87%
Transamerica Small Cap Value
0.78%
Transamerica Sustainable Bond
0.00%
Recent Management Fee Changes
Transamerica Inflation-Protected Securities: Effective August 1, 2022, the management fee is 0.38% of the first $750 million; and 0.37% in excess of $750 million in average daily net assets. Prior to August 1, 2022, the management fee was 0.38% of the fund’s average daily net assets.
Transamerica International Equity: Effective December 10, 2021, the management fee is 0.77% of the first $250 million; 0.74% over $250 billion up to $1 billion; 0.72% over $1 billion up to $2 billion; 0.69% over $2 billion up to $6 billion; 0.68% over $6 billion up to $8 billion; and 0.66% in excess of $8 billion in average daily net assets. Prior to December 10, 2021, the management fee was 0.77% of the first $500 million; 0.75% over $500 million up to $1 billion; 0.72% over $1 billion up to $2 billion; 0.69% over $2 billion up to $6 billion; and 0.68% in excess of $6 billion in average daily net assets.
Trustees’ Approval of Investment Management Agreement
A discussion regarding the Board of Trustees’ renewal of each fund’s investment management agreement is available in each fund’s annual report for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022.
Sub-Adviser(s)
Pursuant to an Investment Sub-advisory Agreement between TAM and each sub-adviser on behalf of the respective fund, each sub-adviser shall provide day-to-day investment advice and recommendations for the fund.
Each sub-adviser receives compensation from TAM.
Funds
Sub-Adviser
Sub-Adviser Address
Transamerica Balanced II
Transamerica Bond
Transamerica Core Bond
Transamerica High Yield Bond
Transamerica High Yield ESG
Transamerica Multi-Managed Balanced
Transamerica Short-Term Bond
Transamerica Sustainable Bond
Aegon USA Investment Management,
LLC
6300 C Street SW
Cedar Rapids, IA 52499
Transamerica Government Money Market
BlackRock Investment Management,
LLC
1 University Square Drive
Princeton, NJ 08540-6455
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Funds
Sub-Adviser
Sub-Adviser Address
Transamerica International Focus
Epoch Investment Partners, Inc.
1 Vanderbilt Avenue, 23rd Floor
New York, NY 10017
Transamerica Balanced II
Transamerica Multi-Managed Balanced
J.P. Morgan Investment Management
Inc.
383 Madison Avenue New York, NY
10179
Transamerica Capital Growth
Transamerica Large Growth
Morgan Stanley Investment
Management Inc.
522 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10036
Transamerica Small Cap Value
Peregrine Capital Management, LLC
800 LaSalle Avenue, Suite 1750
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Transamerica Inflation-Protected Securities
Transamerica Large Core ESG
Transamerica Large Value Opportunities
PineBridge Investments LLC
Park Avenue Tower
65 East 55th Street
New York, NY 10022
Transamerica Small Cap Growth
Ranger Investment Management, L.P.
8115 Preston Road, Suite 590 Dallas,
TX 75225
Transamerica International Equity
Transamerica Mid Cap Value Opportunities
Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC
6641 West Broad Street, Suite 600
Richmond, VA 23230
Transamerica Emerging Markets Opportunities
Transamerica Mid Cap Growth
Transamerica Large Growth
Wellington Management Company
LLP
280 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
Further Information About Each Sub-Adviser
Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC, a wholly-owned and indirect subsidiary of Aegon N.V., has been a registered investment adviser since December 2001. As of December 31, 2022, Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC had approximately $85.5 billion in total assets under management.
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC, a wholly owned and indirect subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc., has been a registered investment adviser since 1988. As of December 31, 2022, BlackRock, Inc. had approximately $8.59 trillion in total assets under management.
Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. has been a registered investment adviser since May 2004. As of December 31, 2022, Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. had approximately $28.4 billion in total assets under management. Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Toronto-Dominion Bank.
J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings Inc., which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co., a bank holding company. As of December 31, 2022, J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. and its affiliates had approximately $2.36 trillion in assets under management.
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc., a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley, has been a registered investment adviser since 1981. As of December 31, 2022, Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. had approximately $1.3 trillion in total assets under management.
Peregrine Capital Management, LLC has been a registered investment adviser since 1984. As of December 31, 2022, Peregrine had approximately $4.36 billion in total assets under management.
PineBridge Investments LLC has been a registered investment adviser since 1983. As of December 31, 2022, PineBridge Investments LLC, including its affiliates, had approximately $143.12 billion in total assets under management.
Ranger Investment Management, L.P. has been a registered investment adviser since 2003. As of December 31, 2022, Ranger Investment Management, L.P. had approximately $1.4 billion in total assets under management.
Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Perpetual Limited. Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC has been a registered investment adviser since 1970. As of December 31, 2022, Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC had approximately $19.4 billion in total assets under management.
Wellington Management Company LLP and its predecessor entities have been registered as an investment adviser since 1960. As of December 31, 2022, Wellington Management Company LLP and its advisory affiliates had approximately $1.15 trillion in total assets under management.
Portfolio Manager(s)
Each fund is managed by the portfolio manager(s) listed below. The SAI provides additional information about each portfolio manager’s compensation, other accounts managed by the portfolio manager, and the portfolio manager’s ownership in each fund they manage.
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Transamerica Asset Allocation Intermediate Horizon
Name
Adviser
Positions Over Past
Five Years
Christopher A. Staples, CFA
Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.
Lead Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2016;
Portfolio Manager of the predecessor fund since
2007; Employed by Transamerica Asset
Management, Inc. since 2004; Senior Vice
President and Chief Investment Officer – Advisory
Services
Kane Cotton, CFA
Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.
Associate Portfolio Manager of the fund since
2016; Portfolio Manager of the predecessor fund
since 2014; Employed by Transamerica Asset
Management, Inc. since 2014
Rufat Garalov, CFA
Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.
Associate Portfolio Manager of the fund since
2021; Employed by Transamerica Asset
Management, Inc. since 2014
Transamerica Asset Allocation Long Horizon
Name
Adviser
Positions Over Past
Five Years
Christopher A. Staples, CFA
Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.
Lead Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2016;
Portfolio Manager of the predecessor fund since
2007; Employed by Transamerica Asset
Management, Inc. since 2004; Senior Vice
President and Chief Investment Officer – Advisory
Services
Kane Cotton, CFA
Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.
Associate Portfolio Manager of the fund since
2016; Portfolio Manager of the predecessor fund
since 2014; Employed by Transamerica Asset
Management, Inc. since 2014
Rufat Garalov, CFA
Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.
Associate Portfolio Manager of the fund since
2021; Employed by Transamerica Asset
Management, Inc. since 2014
Transamerica Asset Allocation Short Horizon
Name
Adviser
Positions Over Past
Five Years
Christopher A. Staples, CFA
Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.
Lead Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2016;
Portfolio Manager of the predecessor fund since
2007; Employed by Transamerica Asset
Management, Inc. since 2004; Senior Vice
President and Chief Investment Officer – Advisory
Services
Kane Cotton, CFA
Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.
Associate Portfolio Manager of the fund since
2016; Portfolio Manager of the predecessor fund
since 2014; Employed by Transamerica Asset
Management, Inc. since 2014
Rufat Garalov, CFA
Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.
Associate Portfolio Manager of the fund since
2021; Employed by Transamerica Asset
Management, Inc. since 2014
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Transamerica Balanced II
Name
Sub-Adviser
Positions Over Past
Five Years
Bradley D. Doyle, CFA
Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2016; Portfolio
Manager of the predecessor fund since 2015;
Portfolio Manager with Aegon USA Investment
Management, LLC since 2004; Co-Head of
Investment Grade Credit from 2015-2017 and
Head of Investment Grade Credit since 2017
Tyler A. Knight, CFA
Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2016; Portfolio
Manager of the predecessor fund since 2015;
Portfolio Manager with Aegon USA Investment
Management, LLC since 2008; Head of U.S.
Public Structured Finance since 2018
Brian W. Westhoff, CFA
Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2016; Portfolio
Manager of the predecessor fund since 2014;
Portfolio Manager with Aegon USA Investment
Management, LLC since 2011; Head of
Multi-Sector Portfolio Management since 2018
Sivakumar N. Rajan
Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2017; Portfolio
Manager with Aegon USA Investment
Management, LLC since 2015; Portfolio Analyst
from 2013-2015; Quantitative Analyst from
2007-2013
Tim Snyder, CFA
J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2016; Portfolio
Manager of the predecessor fund since 2013;
Employee of J.P. Morgan Investment Management
Inc. since 2003; Executive Director; Portfolio
Manager on the U.S. Structured Equity Team;
Specialties include Research Enhanced Index
(REI) strategies
Raffaele Zingone, CFA
J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2016; Portfolio
Manager of the predecessor fund since 2010;
Employee of J.P. Morgan Investment Management
Inc. since 1991; Managing Director; Portfolio
Manager on the U.S. Structured Equity Team;
Specialties include Research Enhanced Index
(REI) strategies
Transamerica Bond
Name
Sub-Adviser
Positions Over Past Five Years
Bradley D. Doyle, CFA
Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2015; Portfolio
Manager with Aegon USA Investment
Management, LLC since 2004; Co-Head of
Investment Grade Credit from 2015-2017 and
Head of Investment Grade Credit since 2017
Tyler A. Knight, CFA
Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2021; Portfolio
Manager with Aegon USA Investment
Management, LLC since 2008; Head of U.S.
Public Structured Finance since 2018
Brian W. Westhoff, CFA
Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2005; Portfolio
Manager with Aegon USA Investment
Management, LLC since 2011; Head of
Multi-Sector Portfolio Management since 2018
Sivakumar N. Rajan
Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2022; Portfolio
Manager with Aegon USA Investment
Management, LLC since 2015
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Transamerica Capital Growth
Name
Sub-Adviser
Positions Over Past
Five Years
Dennis P. Lynch
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.
Lead Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2011;
associated with Morgan Stanley Investment
Management Inc. in an investment management
capacity since 1998; Managing Director; Head of
Counterpoint Global
Sam G. Chainani, CFA
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2011;
associated with Morgan Stanley Investment
Management Inc. in an investment management
capacity since 1996; Managing Director; Investor
on Counterpoint Global
Jason C. Yeung, CFA
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2011;
associated with Morgan Stanley Investment
Management Inc. in an investment management
capacity since 2002; Managing Director; Investor
on Counterpoint Global
David S. Cohen
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2011;
associated with Morgan Stanley Investment
Management Inc. in an investment management
capacity since 1993; Managing Director; Investor
on Counterpoint Global
Armistead B. Nash
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2011;
associated with Morgan Stanley Investment
Management Inc. in an investment management
capacity since 2002; Managing Director; Investor
on Counterpoint Global
Alexander T. Norton
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2011;
associated with Morgan Stanley Investment
Management Inc. in an investment management
capacity since 2000; Executive Director; Investor
on Counterpoint Global
Transamerica Core Bond
Name
Sub-Adviser
Positions Over Past
Five Years
Bradley D. Doyle, CFA
Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2015; Portfolio
Manager with Aegon USA Investment
Management, LLC since 2004; Co-Head of
Investment Grade Credit from 2015-2017 and
Head of Investment Grade Credit since 2017
Tyler A. Knight, CFA
Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2015; Portfolio
Manager with Aegon USA Investment
Management, LLC since 2008; Head of U.S.
Public Structured Finance since 2018
Brian W. Westhoff, CFA
Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2014; Portfolio
Manager with Aegon USA Investment
Management, LLC since 2011; Head of
Multi-Sector Portfolio Management since 2018
Sivakumar N. Rajan
Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2017; Portfolio
Manager with Aegon USA Investment
Management, LLC since 2015; Portfolio Analyst
from 2013-2015; Quantitative Analyst from
2007-2013
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Transamerica Emerging Markets Opportunities
Name
Sub-Adviser
Positions Over Past
Five Years
Mary L. Pryshlak, CFA
Wellington Management Company LLP
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2019; Senior
Managing Director and Head of Investment
Research since 2020; joined the firm in 2004
Jonathan G. White, CFA
Wellington Management Company LLP
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2019;
Managing Director and Director of Research
Portfolios since 2013; joined the firm in 1999
Transamerica High Yield Bond
Name
Sub-Adviser
Positions Over Past
Five Years
Kevin Bakker, CFA
Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2007;
Co-Head of U.S. High-Yield; Portfolio Manager
with Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
since 2007; Senior Research Analyst 2003 – 2007
Benjamin D. Miller, CFA
Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2006;
Co-Head of U.S. High-Yield; Senior Research
Analyst with Aegon USA Investment Management,
LLC 1993 – 2006
James K. Schaeffer, Jr.
Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2011; Portfolio
Manager with Aegon USA Investment
Management, LLC since 2004; Director of
Distressed Debt from 2004-2014; Head of
Leveraged Finance from 2014-2020; Co-Head of
Public Fixed-Income from 2017-2020 and Deputy
Chief Investment Officer from 2018-2020; Global
Head of Leveraged Finance since 2020
Transamerica High Yield ESG
Name
Sub-Adviser
Positions Over Past
Five Years
Kevin Bakker, CFA
Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2020;
Co-Head of U.S. High-Yield; Portfolio Manager
with Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
since 2007; Senior Research Analyst 2003 – 2007
Benjamin D. Miller, CFA
Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2020;
Co-Head of U.S. High-Yield; Senior Research
Analyst with Aegon USA Investment Management,
LLC 1993 – 2006
James K. Schaeffer, Jr.
Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2020; Portfolio
Manager with Aegon USA Investment
Management, LLC since 2004; Director of
Distressed Debt from 2004-2014; Head of
Leveraged Finance from 2014-2020; Co-Head of
Public Fixed-Income from 2017-2020 and Deputy
Chief Investment Officer from 2018-2020; Global
Head of Leveraged Finance since 2020
Transamerica Inflation-Protected Securities
Name
Sub-Adviser
Positions Over Past
Five Years
Robert A. Vanden Assem, CFA
PineBridge Investments LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2018;
Employee of PineBridge Investments LLC since
2001; Managing Director and Head of Developed
Markets Investment Grade Fixed-Income
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Name
Sub-Adviser
Positions Over Past
Five Years
Roberto Coronado
PineBridge Investments LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2018;
Employee of PineBridge Investments LLC since
2014; Managing Director and Senior Portfolio
Manager of Global Rates and Investment Grade
Fixed-Income
Gunter H. Seeger
PineBridge Investments LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2018;
Employee of PineBridge Investments LLC since
2009; Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio
Manager and Research Analyst, U.S. Rates and
Securitized Products
Transamerica International Equity
Name
Sub-Adviser
Positions Over Past
Five Years
Brandon H. Harrell, CFA
Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2011; Portfolio
Manager of TS&W International Equity Portfolio
from October 31, 2005 to February 28, 2011;
Portfolio Manager at Thompson, Siegel &
Walmsley LLC since 1996
Transamerica International Focus
Name
Sub-Adviser
Positions Over Past
Five Years
Michael E. Brown, CFA
Epoch Investment Partners, Inc.
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2021;
employee of Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. since
2010; Vice-President & Director & Co-Lead,
International Equity; Vice President, Fundamental
Equities, Global Financials Sector Analyst
Alfred Li, CFA
Epoch Investment Partners, Inc.
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2018;
employee of Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. since
2006; Vice President & Director & Co-Lead,
International Equity
Jeff Tiefenbach, CFA
Epoch Investment Partners, Inc.
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2018;
employee of Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. since
2005; Managing Director
Transamerica Large Core ESG
Name
Sub-Adviser
Positions Over Past
Five Years
Sheedsa Ali, CFA
PineBridge Investments LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2018;
Employee of PineBridge Investments LLC since
2005; Head of quantitative equity research and
Portfolio Manager of Research Enhanced
Strategies at PineBridge Investments LLC
Transamerica Large Growth
Name
Sub-Adviser
Positions Over Past
Five Years
Dennis P. Lynch
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.
Lead Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2019;
associated with Morgan Stanley Investment
Management Inc. in an investment management
capacity since 1998; Managing Director; Head of
Counterpoint Global
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Name
Sub-Adviser
Positions Over Past
Five Years
Sam G. Chainani, CFA
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2019;
associated with Morgan Stanley Investment
Management Inc. in an investment management
capacity since 1996; Managing Director; Investor
on Counterpoint Global
Jason C. Yeung, CFA
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2019;
associated with Morgan Stanley Investment
Management Inc. in an investment management
capacity since 2002; Managing Director; Investor
on Counterpoint Global
David S. Cohen
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2019;
associated with Morgan Stanley Investment
Management Inc. in an investment management
capacity since 1993; Managing Director; Investor
on Counterpoint Global
Armistead B. Nash
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2019;
associated with Morgan Stanley Investment
Management Inc. in an investment management
capacity since 2002; Managing Director; Investor
on Counterpoint Global
Alexander T. Norton
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2019;
associated with Morgan Stanley Investment
Management Inc. in an investment management
capacity since 2000; Executive Director; Investor
on Counterpoint Global
Douglas McLane, CFA
Wellington Management Company LLP
Lead Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2022;
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2017; Senior
Managing Director and Equity Portfolio Manager
of Wellington Management Company LLP; joined
the firm in 2011
Mammen Chally, CFA
Wellington Management Company LLP
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2022; Lead
Portfolio Manager of the fund from 2014 to 2022;
Portfolio Manager of the predecessor fund since
2014; Senior Managing Director and Equity
Portfolio Manager of Wellington Management
Company LLP; joined the firm as an investment
professional in 1994
David Siegle, CFA
Wellington Management Company LLP
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2017;
Managing Director and Equity Research Analyst of
Wellington Management Company LLP; joined the
firm in 2001
Transamerica Large Value Opportunities
Name
Sub-Adviser
Positions Over Past
Five Years
Sheedsa Ali, CFA
PineBridge Investments LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2018;
Employee of PineBridge Investments LLC since
2005; Head of quantitative equity research and
Portfolio Manager of Research Enhanced
Strategies at PineBridge Investments LLC
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Transamerica Mid Cap Growth
Name
Sub-Adviser
Positions Over Past
Five Years
Timothy N. Manning
Wellington Management Company LLP
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2018; Senior
Managing Director and Equity Portfolio Manager
with Wellington Management Company LLP and
Leader of the Mid Cap Growth Team; joined the
firm in 2007
Transamerica Mid Cap Value Opportunities
Name
Sub-Adviser
Positions Over Past
Five Years
R. Michael Creager, CFA
Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2019;
Research Analyst at Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley
LLC since 2006
Brett P. Hawkins, CFA
Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2014; Chief
Investment Officer; Portfolio Manager at
Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC since 2001
Transamerica Multi-Managed Balanced
Name
Sub-Adviser
Positions Over Past
Five Years
Bradley D. Doyle, CFA
Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2015; Portfolio
Manager with Aegon USA Investment
Management, LLC since 2004; Co-Head of
Investment Grade Credit from 2015-2017 and
Head of Investment Grade Credit since 2017
Tyler A. Knight, CFA
Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2015; Portfolio
Manager with Aegon USA Investment
Management, LLC since 2008; Head of U.S.
Public Structured Finance since 2018
Brian W. Westhoff, CFA
Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2014; Portfolio
Manager with Aegon USA Investment
Management, LLC since 2011; Head of
Multi-Sector Portfolio Management since 2018
Sivakumar N. Rajan
Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2017; Portfolio
Manager with Aegon USA Investment
Management, LLC since 2015; Portfolio Analyst
from 2013-2015; Quantitative Analyst from
2007-2013
Tim Snyder, CFA
J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2013;
Employee of J.P. Morgan Investment Management
Inc. since 2003; Executive Director; Portfolio
Manager on the U.S. Structured Equity Team;
Specialties include Research Enhanced Index
(REI) strategies
Raffaele Zingone, CFA
J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2011;
Employee of J.P. Morgan Investment Management
Inc. since 1991; Managing Director; Portfolio
Manager on the U.S. Structured Equity Team;
Specialties include Research Enhanced Index
(REI) strategies
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Transamerica Short-Term Bond
Name
Sub-Adviser
Positions Over Past
Five Years
Tyler A. Knight, CFA
Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2017; Portfolio
Manager with Aegon USA Investment
Management, LLC since 2008; Head of U.S.
Public Structured Finance since 2018
Brian W. Westhoff, CFA
Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2015; Portfolio
Manager with Aegon USA Investment
Management, LLC since 2011; Head of
Multi-Sector Portfolio Management since 2018
Norbert King
Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2017; Portfolio
Manager with Aegon USA Investment
Management, LLC since 2017; Investment Grade
Trader from 2015-2017; Institutional Markets
Analyst with Transamerica Stable Value Services
from 2011-2015
Sivakumar N. Rajan
Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2022; Portfolio
Manager with Aegon USA Investment
Management, LLC since 2015; Portfolio Analyst
from 2013-2015; Quantitative Analyst from
2007-2013
Transamerica Small Cap Growth
Name
Sub-Adviser
Positions Over Past
Five Years
W. Conrad Doenges
Ranger Investment Management, L.P.
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2012; Portfolio
Manager at Ranger Investment Management, L.P.
since 2004
Andrew Hill
Ranger Investment Management, L.P.
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2017; Portfolio
Manager at Ranger Investment Management, L.P.
since 2017; Sector Manager at Ranger Investment
Management, L.P. between 2002 and 2017
Joseph LaBate
Ranger Investment Management, L.P.
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2017; Portfolio
Manager at Ranger Investment Management, L.P.
since 2017; Sector Manager at Ranger Investment
Management, L.P. between 2002 and 2017
Brown McCullough
Ranger Investment Management, L.P.
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2023; Director
and Sector Manager at Ranger Investment
Management, L.P. since 2015
Transamerica Small Cap Value
Name
Sub-Adviser
Positions Over Past
Five Years
Jason R. Ballsrud, CFA
Peregrine Capital Management, LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2018;
Employee of Peregrine Capital Management, LLC
since 1997, Owner and Board Member
Tasso H. Coin, Jr., CFA
Peregrine Capital Management, LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2018;
Employee of Peregrine Capital Management, LLC
since 1995, Owner and Board Member
Douglas G. Pugh, CFA
Peregrine Capital Management, LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2018;
Employee of Peregrine Capital Management, LLC
since 1997, Owner and Board Member
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Transamerica Sustainable Bond
Name
Sub-Adviser
Positions Over Past
Five Years
Bradley D. Doyle, CFA
Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2020; Portfolio
Manager with Aegon USA Investment
Management, LLC since 2004; Co-Head of
Investment Grade Credit from 2015-2017 and
Head of Investment Grade Credit since 2017
Charles Foster, CFA
Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2020; Portfolio
Manager with Aegon USA Investment
Management, LLC since 2003
James Rich
Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
Portfolio Manager of the fund since 2020; Portfolio
Manager with Aegon USA Investment
Management, LLC since 2013; Member of the
Sustainable Investment Committee
Trustees’ Approval of Sub-Advisory Agreements
A discussion regarding the Board of Trustees’ renewal of each fund’s investment sub-advisory agreement is available in each fund’s annual report for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022.
Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings
A detailed description of each fund’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of its portfolio holdings is available in the SAI.
Fund Expenses
During times of market volatility or decline, assets of your fund may decline significantly, causing total annual fund operating expenses (as a percentage of the value of your investment) to become higher than the numbers shown in your fund’s Annual Fund Operating Expenses table under “Fees and Expenses” in this prospectus. In addition, the total annual fund operating expenses shown in your fund’s Annual Fund Operating Expenses table may not correlate to the ratios of expenses to average net assets shown in the Financial Highlights section of the prospectus, which reflect the operating expenses of your fund and do not include certain expenses such as acquired (i.e., underlying) funds’ fees and expenses.
The “Other expenses” items in the Annual Fund Operating Expenses table for your fund include fees for custodial, legal, transfer agency, and, as applicable, sub-transfer agency services. “Other expenses” also include various other expenses applicable to each share class of your fund.
Sub-Transfer Agency Fees
Class R2 shares pay sub-transfer agency fees of $11.00 per account to financial intermediaries (including affiliates of TAM) that provide sub-transfer agency, recordkeeping and/or shareholder services with respect to shareholder accounts in lieu of the transfer agent providing such services. The other share classes offered in this prospectus do not pay sub-transfer agency fees directly, but, the transfer agent may use its available resources to pay for sub-transfer agency services for any share class, including those that pay sub-transfer agency fees directly.
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How To Contact the Funds
Retirement plan participants in a retirement plan administered by Transamerica Retirement Solutions, TAM’s affiliate, should contact 1-800-755-5801 for additional information. If you hold your account through an unaffiliated plan administrator, recordkeeper or financial intermediary, please contact them directly for account specific questions.
Customer Service: 1-888-233-4339 – Monday through Friday; hours of operation as posted on the funds’ website at www.transamerica.com/contact-us.
Internet: www.transamerica.com
Fax: 1-888-329-4339
Mailing Address:
Transamerica Fund Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 219945
Kansas City, MO 64121-9945
Overnight Address:
Transamerica Fund Services, Inc.
330 W. 9th Street
Kansas City, MO 64105
The following information applies to Class R, Class R2, Class R4 and Class I3 shares.
Availability
Class R shares, Class R2 shares and Class R4 shares are available to individual and institutional investors through certain retirement plans. These plans include, but are not limited to, 401(k), 403(b) and 457 Plans, Money Purchase Plans, Profit Sharing Plans, Simplified Employee Pension Plans, Keogh Plans, defined benefit plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans and IRAs. Shares may be purchased by these investors through a plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary. If you are a participant in a plan, you should obtain the plan’s conditions for participation from your plan administrator. A plan’s record-keeper or financial service firm serving as an intermediary must have an agreement with Transamerica Funds or its agents to utilize Class R and Class R2 shares in certain investment products or programs.
A financial service firm serving as an intermediary can provide participants with detailed information on how to participate in the plan, elect a fund as an investment option, elect different investment options, alter the amounts contributed to the plan or change allocations among investment options. For questions about participant accounts or to obtain an application to participate in a plan, participants should contact their financial service firm serving as an intermediary, employee benefits office, the plan administrator, or the organization that provides recordkeeping services for the plan.
Financial service firms may provide some of the shareholder servicing and account maintenance services required by retirement plan accounts and their plan participants, including transfers of registration, dividend payee charges and generation of confirmation statements, and may arrange for plan administrators to provide other investment or administrative services. Financial service firms may charge retirement plans and plan participants transaction fees and/or other additional amounts for such services. Similarly, retirement plans may charge plan participants for certain expenses. These fees and additional amounts could reduce the return of investments in Class R, Class R2 and Class R4 shares of the funds.
Class R, Class R2 and Class R4 shares are also available to other investors, including endowment funds and foundations, any state, county or city, or its instrumentality, department, authority or agency, and accounts registered to insurance companies, trust companies and bank trust departments.
Class I3 shares are only available to certain funds of funds, registered and unregistered insurance company separate accounts and collective investment trusts.
Each fund reserves the right to discontinue offering Class R, Class R2, Class R4 and Class I3 shares at any time, to liquidate or merge such share classes into another class of shares, or to cease investment operations entirely.
Opening an Account and Purchasing Shares
Federal regulations may require a fund to obtain, verify and record certain information from you and persons authorized to act on your behalf in order to establish an account. Required information includes name, date of birth (for an individual), permanent residential address or principal place of business and Social Security Number or Employer Identification Number. The fund may also ask to see other identifying documents. If you do not provide the information, the fund may not be able to open your account. Identifying information must be provided for each trader on an account. The fund may also place limits on account transactions while it is in the
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process of verifying your identity. If the fund is unable to verify your identity, or that of another person(s) authorized to act on your behalf, or if the fund believes it has identified potentially criminal activity, the fund reserves the right to take action it deems appropriate or as required by law, which may include redeeming your shares and closing your account.
Eligible retirement plans generally may open an account and purchase Class R, Class R2 and Class R4 shares by contacting any broker, dealer or other financial service firm authorized to sell Class R, Class R2 and Class R4 shares of the funds. Additional shares may be purchased through a retirement plan’s administrator, record-keeper or financial service firm serving as an intermediary. There is no minimum investment for eligible retirement plans investing in Class R and R2 shares. The minimum initial investment for Class R4 shares is $5,000. There is no minimum for subsequent investments in Class R, Class R2 or Class R4 shares. The funds are currently waiving this minimum. A retirement plan may, however, impose minimum investment requirements. Plan participants or IRA holders should consult their plan administrator, recordkeeper or authorized financial intermediary. There is no minimum initial investment for Class I3 shares for those that qualify for the share class or a minimum subsequent investment amount.
Shares are purchased at the net asset value per share (“NAV”), without a sales charge.
Transamerica Funds must receive your payment within two business days after your order is accepted.
Transamerica Funds or its agents may reject a request for purchase of shares at any time, in whole or in part, including any purchase under the exchange privilege. Each fund reserves the right to discontinue offering Class R, Class R2, R4 or Class I3 shares at any time, to liquidate or merge into another class of shares, or to cease investment operations entirely.
Each fund reserves the right to make additional exceptions or otherwise to modify the foregoing policies at any time.
Through an Authorized Dealer
The dealer is responsible for opening your account and may need to provide Transamerica Funds with your taxpayer identification number.
Selling Shares
Shares may be sold (or “redeemed”) on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for business. Proceeds from the redemption of shares will normally be sent to redeeming shareholders within two business days after receipt of a redemption request in good order, but in any event within seven days, regardless of the method the fund uses to make such payment (e.g., check, wire or electronic funds transfer (ACH)). However, Transamerica Funds may postpone payment under certain circumstances, such as when the New York Stock Exchange is closed (other than on weekends or holidays) or trading is restricted, if an emergency exists, or otherwise as permitted by order of the SEC or authorized by law.
If you own Class R, Class R2, Class R4 or Class I3 shares, please refer to the retirement plan or other relevant documents for information on how to redeem Class R, Class R2, Class R4 or Class I3 shares of the funds.
Shares are redeemed at NAV.
Shares will normally be redeemed for cash, although each fund retains the right to wholly or partly redeem its shares in kind, under unusual circumstances (such as adverse or unstable market, economic, or political conditions), in an effort to protect the interests of shareholders by the delivery of securities selected from its assets at its discretion. On the same redemption date, some shareholders may be paid in whole or in part in securities (which may differ among those shareholders), while other shareholders may be paid entirely in cash. The disposal of the securities received in-kind may be subject to brokerage costs and, until sold, such securities remain at market risk and liquidity risk, including the risk that such securities are or become difficult to sell. If the fund pays your redemption with illiquid or less liquid securities, you will bear the risk of not being able to sell such securities. The funds may pay redemption proceeds with cash obtained through short-term borrowing arrangements, if available. Please see the SAI for more details.
Please see additional information relating to original signature guarantee later in this prospectus.
Through an Authorized Dealer
You may redeem your shares through an authorized dealer (they may impose a service charge). Contact your Registered Representative or call your plan administrator, recordkeeper or financial intermediary for assistance.
Exchanging Shares
For Class R, Class R2, Class R4 and Class I3 shares, if authorized by your plan, you can request an exchange of your shares in one fund for corresponding shares of another fund. Please refer to your plan’s documents for additional information. An exchange is treated as a redemption of a fund’s shares followed by a purchase of the shares of the fund into which you exchanged. Prior to making exchanges into a fund you do not own, please read the prospectus of that fund.
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An exchange of shares in one fund for shares of another fund is considered a redemption followed by a purchase and generally results in a capital gain or loss for federal income tax purposes, unless you are investing through an IRA, 401(k) or other tax-advantaged account. You should consult your tax advisor before making an exchange.
Converting Shares
If you hold Class R, Class R2, Class R4 or Class I3 shares and are eligible for purchase of Class I shares as described in the Class I prospectus, you may be eligible to convert your shares to Class I shares of the same fund, subject to the discretion of Transamerica Fund Services, Inc. to permit or reject such a conversion. Please contact your financial adviser or plan administrator, recordkeeper or financial intermediary for conversion requirements and instructions. Class I shares are not available in this prospectus.
A conversion between share classes of the same fund is a nontaxable event.
If you convert from one class of shares to another, the transaction will be based on the respective NAVs of the two classes on the trade date for the conversion. Consequently, a conversion may provide you with fewer shares or more shares than you originally owned, depending on that day’s NAV. At the time of conversion, the total dollar value of your “old” shares will equal the total dollar value of your “new” shares. However, subsequent share price fluctuations may decrease or increase the total dollar value of your “new” shares compared with that of your “old” shares.
Choosing a Share Class
Class R and Class R2 Shares
Class R and Class R2 shares are generally intended for purchase by smaller retirement plan clients of Transamerica Retirement Solutions, LLC. For Class R shares, a fund may pay TCI and/or financial intermediaries annual distribution and service fees of up to 0.50% of the average daily net assets of the fund’s Class R shares. For Class R2 shares, a fund may pay TCI and/or financial intermediaries annual distribution and service fees of up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the fund’s Class R2 shares. Class R and Class R2 shares are only offered through 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase plans, defined benefit plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans (eligible retirement plans). Class R and Class R2 shares are available only to eligible retirement plans where either Class R or Class R2 shares are held on the books of the funds through omnibus or Network Level 3 accounts (either at the plan level or at the level of the financial service firm serving as an intermediary).
Class R4 Shares
Class R4 shares are generally intended for purchase by larger retirement plan clients of Transamerica Retirement Solutions, LLC. Class R4 shares of a fund may pay TCI and/or financial intermediaries annual distribution and service fees of up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the fund’s Class R4 shares. Class R4 shares of are intended for purchase by participants in certain retirement plans described below and under the following conditions:
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401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase plans, defined-benefit plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans (eligible retirement plans).
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Class R4 shares are available only to eligible retirement plans where Class R4 shares are held on the books of the funds through omnibus or Network Level 3 accounts (either at the plan level or at the level of the financial service firm serving as an intermediary).
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The plan’s record-keeper or financial service firm serving as an intermediary must have an agreement with Transamerica Funds or its agents to utilize Class R4 shares in certain investment products or programs.
Class I3 Shares
Class I3 shares are intended for purchase by certain funds of funds, registered and unregistered insurance company separate accounts and collective investment trusts. Class I3 shares are not subject to distribution and service fees.
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Features and Policies
Customer Service
Please contact your retirement plan's administrator, recordkeeper or financial service firm acting as intermediary for account specific information.
Minimum Account Balance
Due to the proportionately higher cost of maintaining customer fund accounts with balances below the stated minimums for each class of shares, Transamerica Funds reserves the right to close such accounts or assess an annual fee on such fund accounts to help offset the costs associated with maintaining the account. Transamerica Funds generally provides a 60-day notification to the address of record prior to assessing a minimum fund account fee, or closing any fund account. The following describes the fees assessed against fund accounts with balances below the stated minimum:
Account Balance (per fund account)
Fee Assessment (per fund account)
If your balance is below $1,000 per fund account,
including solely due to declines in NAV
$25 annual fee assessed, until balance reaches $1,000
No fees will be charged on:
accounts opened within the preceding 12 months
accounts with an active monthly Automatic Investment Plan or payroll deduction ($50 minimum per fund account)
accounts owned by an individual that, when combined by Social Security Number, have a balance of $5,000 or more
accounts owned by individuals in the same household (by address) that have a combined balance of $5,000 or more
accounts for which Transamerica Funds in its discretion has waived the minimum account balance requirements
UTMA/UGMA accounts (held at Transamerica Funds)
UMB Bank, N.A. Custodial Accounts (held at Transamerica Funds)
Coverdell ESA accounts (held at Transamerica Funds)
Omnibus and Network Level 3 accounts
While there is currently no minimum account size for maintaining a Class R or Class R2 share account, the funds reserve the right, without prior notice, to establish a minimum amount required to maintain an account.
Professional Fees
Your financial professional may charge a fee for his or her services. This fee will be in addition to any fees charged by Transamerica Funds. Your financial professional will answer any questions that you may have regarding such fees.
Signature Guarantee
An original signature guarantee assures that a signature is genuine so that you are protected from unauthorized account transactions. Acceptable guarantors only include participants in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program (“STAMP2000”). Participants in STAMP2000 may include financial institutions such as banks, savings and loan associations, trust companies, credit unions, broker-dealers, and member firms of a national securities exchange. For certain requests, a notary may be accepted.
An original signature guarantee is typically required if any of the following is applicable:
You request a redemption or distribution transaction totaling more than $100,000 or, in the case of an IRA with a market value in excess of $100,000, you request a custodian to custodian transfer.
You would like a check made payable to anyone other than the shareholder(s) of record.
You would like a check mailed to an address which has been changed within 10 days of the redemption request.
You would like a check mailed to an address other than the address of record.
You would like your redemption proceeds wired to a bank account other than a bank account of record.
Wire or ACH proceeds to a bank account changed within 10 days of the redemption request.
You are adding or removing a shareholder from an account.
You are changing ownership of an account.
When establishing an electronic bank link, if the Transamerica Funds’ account holder’s name does not appear on the check.
Transactions requiring supporting legal documentation.
The funds reserve the right to require an original signature guarantee or a notary under other circumstances or to reject or delay a redemption on certain legal grounds.
An original signature guarantee or notary may be refused if any of the following is applicable:
It does not appear valid or in good form.
The transaction amount exceeds the surety bond limit of the signature guarantee.
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The guarantee stamp has been reported as stolen, missing or counterfeit.
Certain direct institutional accounts may utilize alternative methods in place of a signature guarantee with prior approval from Transamerica. Contact Transamerica for additional details.
Note:For certain maintenance and non-financial requests, Transamerica Funds may require a Signature Validation Program Stamp for your protection. When an institution provides a Signature Validation Program Stamp, it assures Transamerica Funds that the signature and instructions are yours and that you have the authority to provide the instruction(s) contained within the request.
E-Mail Communication
As e-mail communications may not be secure, and because we are unable to take reasonable precautions to verify your shareholder and transaction information, we cannot respond to account-specific requests received via e-mail. For your protection, we ask that all account-specific requests be submitted only via online (required to be established in advance), telephone, mail or fax.
Reinvestment Privilege
Within a 90-day period after you sell your shares, you have the right to “reinvest” your money in any fund, in shares of the same class as the shares that you sold. Any CDSC you paid on your shares will be credited to your account. To take advantage of the 90-day reinvestment privilege, a written request must accompany your investment check.
Right to Terminate or Suspend Account Privileges
The fund may, in its discretion, limit or terminate trading activity by any person, group or account that it believes would be disruptive, even if the activity has not exceeded the policy described in this prospectus. As part of the fund’s policy to detect and deter frequent purchases, redemptions and exchanges, the fund may review and consider the history of frequent trading activity in all accounts in the Transamerica Funds known to be under common ownership or control. The fund may send a written warning to a shareholder that it believes may be engaging in disruptive or excessive trading activity; however, the fund reserves the right to suspend or terminate the ability to purchase or exchange shares, with or without warning, for any account that the fund determines, in the exercise of its discretion, has engaged in such trading activity.
Market Timing/Excessive Trading
Some investors try to profit from various short-term or frequent trading strategies known as market timing. Examples of market timing include switching money into funds when their share prices are expected to rise and taking money out when their share prices are expected to fall, and switching from one fund to another and then back again after a short period of time. As money is shifted in and out, a fund may incur expenses for buying and selling securities. Excessive purchases, redemptions or exchanges of fund shares may disrupt portfolio management, hurt fund performance and drive fund expenses higher. For example, a fund may be forced to liquidate investments as a result of short-term trading and incur increased brokerage costs or realize capital gains without attaining any investment advantage. These costs are generally borne by all shareholders, including long-term investors who do not generate these costs.
The Board of Trustees has approved policies and procedures that are designed to discourage market timing or excessive trading, which include limitations on the number of transactions in fund shares. If you intend to engage in such practices, we request that you do not purchase shares of any of the funds. Each fund reserves the right to reject any request to purchase shares, including purchases in connection with an exchange transaction, which the fund reasonably believes to be in connection with market timing or excessive trading.
While the funds discourage market timing and excessive short-term trading, the funds cannot always recognize or detect such trading, particularly if it is facilitated by financial intermediaries or done through Omnibus Account arrangements.
The funds’ distributor has entered into agreements with intermediaries requiring the intermediaries to provide certain information to help identify harmful trading activity and to prohibit further purchases or exchanges by a shareholder identified as having engaged in excessive trading. There is no guarantee that the procedures used by financial intermediaries will be able to curtail frequent, short-term trading activity. For example, shareholders who seek to engage in frequent, short-term trading activity may use a variety of strategies to avoid detection, and the financial intermediaries’ ability to deter such activity may be limited by the capabilities of operational and information systems. Due to the risk that the funds and financial intermediaries may not detect all harmful trading activity, it is possible that shareholders may bear the risks associated with such activity.
Orders to purchase, redeem or exchange shares forwarded by certain omnibus accounts with Transamerica Funds will not be considered to be market timing or excessive trading for purposes of Transamerica Funds’ policies. However, the market timing and excessive trading policies of these omnibus firms or plans may apply to transactions by the underlying shareholders.
Reallocations in underlying series of Transamerica Funds by an Asset Allocation Fund that invests in other series of Transamerica Funds in furtherance of a fund’s objective are not considered to be market timing or excessive trading.
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Additional Information
This prospectus and the SAI provide information concerning the funds that you should consider in determining whether to purchase shares of a fund. A fund may make changes to this information from time to time. Each fund’s investment strategies and policies may be changed from time to time without shareholder approval, unless specifically stated otherwise in this prospectus or in the SAI.
A fund that has a policy of investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in the particular type of securities suggested by its name will provide its shareholders with at least 60 days’ prior written notice before making changes to such policy. Such notice will comply with the conditions set forth in any applicable SEC rules then in effect.
Neither this prospectus nor the SAI is intended to give rise to any contract rights or other rights of any shareholder, other than rights conferred by federal or state securities laws.
The funds enter into contractual arrangements with various parties, including the funds’ investment manager, who provides services to the funds. Shareholders are not parties to, or intended (or “third party”) beneficiaries of those contractual arrangements.
To the extent authorized by law, the funds reserve the right to discontinue offering shares at any time, to merge or liquidate a class of shares or to cease operations entirely.
Abandoned or Unclaimed Property
Every state has unclaimed property laws that generally provide for escheatment to the state of unclaimed property under various circumstances. In addition to the state unclaimed property laws, we may be required to escheat property pursuant to regulatory demand, finding, agreement or settlement. To help prevent such escheatment, it is important that you keep your contact and other information on file with us up to date, including the names, contact information and identifying information for customers, beneficiaries and other payees. Such updates should be communicated in a form and manner satisfactory to us. Individual states may have their own requirements. For more information regarding escheatment and unclaimed property in your state, ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website.
Sending Forms and Transaction Requests in Good Order
We cannot process your requests for transactions relating to the funds until they are received in good order. “Good order” means the actual receipt of the instructions relating to the requested transaction in writing (or, when appropriate, by telephone or electronically), along with all forms, information and supporting legal documentation necessary to effect the transaction. This information and documentation generally includes, to the extent applicable to the transaction: your completed application; the transaction amount (in dollars, shares or percentage terms); the names, fund and account number(s) and allocations to and/or from the fund accounts affected by the requested transaction; the signatures of all owners (exactly as registered on the account) if necessary; Social Security Number or Taxpayer I.D.; and any other information or supporting documentation that we may require, including any spousal or joint owner’s consents and signature guarantees. With respect to purchase requests, “good order” also generally includes receipt of sufficient funds to effect any purchase. We may, in our sole discretion, determine whether any particular transaction request is in good order, and we reserve the right to change or waive any good order requirements at any time. “Received” or receipt in good order generally means that everything necessary must be received by the funds, at our mailing address specified in this prospectus. We reserve the right to reject electronic transactions that do not meet our requirements.
Pricing of Shares
How Share Price Is Determined
The price at which shares are purchased or redeemed is the NAV, plus any applicable sales charge, that is next calculated following receipt and acceptance of a purchase order in good order or receipt of a redemption order in good order by the fund, an authorized intermediary, or the mail processing center located in Kansas City, Missouri.
When Share Price Is Determined
The NAV of each fund (or class thereof) is determined on each day the NYSE is open for business as of the scheduled close of regular trading (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time). If the NYSE closes at another time, each fund will calculate a NAV for each class of shares as of the scheduled closing time. The NAV is not determined on days when the NYSE is closed (generally New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents’ Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas). Foreign securities may trade in their primary markets on weekends or other days when a fund does not price its shares (therefore, the value of a fund’s foreign securities may change on days when shareholders will not be able to buy or sell shares of the funds). These securities will be valued pursuant to the funds’ Pricing and Valuation procedures for such securities.
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Purchase orders received in good order and accepted, and redemption orders received in good order, as of the scheduled close of regular trading of the NYSE, usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, receive the NAV determined as of the close of the NYSE that day. Purchase and redemption requests received after the NYSE is closed receive the NAV determined as of the close of the NYSE the next day the NYSE is open.
Purchase orders for shares of the Asset Allocation Funds that are received in good order and accepted as of the scheduled close of regular trading on the NYSE receive the NAV determined as of the close of the NYSE that day. For direct purchases, corresponding orders for shares of the underlying constituent funds are priced on the same day that orders for shares of the Asset Allocation Funds are received and accepted. For purchases of shares of the Asset Allocation Funds through the National Securities Clearing Corporation (“NSCC”), orders for shares of the underlying constituent funds will be placed after the receipt and acceptance of the settled purchase order for shares of the Asset Allocation Funds.
How NAV Is Calculated
The NAV of each fund (or class thereof) is calculated by taking the value of its net assets and dividing by the number of shares of the fund (or class) that are then outstanding.
The value of a fund’s securities and other assets for purposes of determining the fund’s NAV is determined pursuant to valuation procedures of the funds and TAM. TAM has been designated as the funds’ valuation designee with responsibility for fair valuation subject to oversight by the funds’ Board. TAM has formed a valuation committee to assist with its designated responsibilities as valuation designee (the “Valuation Committee”).
In general, securities and other investments are valued based on prices at the close of regular trading on the NYSE.
Equity securities, swaps, and options listed or traded on securities exchanges (except for the securities traded on NASDAQ/NMS), including ETFs, dollar-denominated foreign securities and ADRs, are normally valued at the closing price on the exchange or system where the security is principally traded. With respect to securities traded on the NASDAQ/NMS, such closing price will generally be the NASDAQ Official Closing Price (“NOCP”).
The market price for debt obligations (except short-term obligations that will mature in 60 days or less) and for swaps that are not traded on a securities exchange is generally the price supplied by an independent third-party pricing service, which may use market prices or quotations or a variety of fair value techniques and methodologies to identify the market value of the security or instrument.
Short-term debt obligations that will mature in 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, unless it is determined that using this method would not reflect an investment’s fair value.
Foreign securities are generally priced as described above for the particular type of security (i.e., equity securities or debt securities). The prices for foreign securities are converted from the local currency into U.S. dollars using current exchange rates.
Market quotations for securities prices may be obtained from automated pricing services.
Shares of open-end funds (other than ETF shares) are generally valued at the NAV reported by that investment company.
ETF shares are normally valued at the most recent sale price or official closing price on the exchange on which they are traded.
When an authorized pricing service does not provide a price or the price provided is believed by the Valuation Committee to be unreliable, the value of that security may be determined using quotations from one or more broker-dealers. When such a price or quotation for a security is not readily available, or is believed by the Valuation Committee to be unreliable, then the Valuation Committee will fair value such fund investment, in good faith, in accordance with fair valuation procedures.
The types of securities for which such fair value pricing may be required include, but are not limited to: foreign securities, where a significant event occurs after the close of the foreign market on which such security principally trades that is likely to have changed the value of such security, or the closing value is otherwise deemed unreliable; securities of an issuer that has entered into a restructuring; securities whose trading has been halted or suspended; fixed-income securities that have gone into default and for which there is no current market value quotation; and securities that are restricted as to transfer or resale. The funds use a fair value model developed by an independent third party pricing service to price foreign equity securities on days when there is a certain percentage change in the value of a domestic equity security index, as such percentage may be determined by TAM from time to time.
Valuing securities in accordance with fair valuation procedures involves greater reliance on judgment than valuing securities based on readily available market quotations. The Valuation Committee makes fair value determinations in good faith in accordance with the valuation procedures. Fair value determinations can also involve reliance on quantitative models employed by a fair value pricing service. There can be no assurance that a fund could obtain the fair value assigned to a security if it were to sell the security at approximately the time at which the fund determines its NAV.
The prices that a fund uses may differ from the amounts that would be realized if the investments were sold and the differences could be significant, particularly for securities that trade in relatively thin markets and/or markets that experience extreme volatility.
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Distribution of Shares
Distributor
Transamerica Capital, Inc. (“TCI”), located at 1801 California Street, Suite 5200, Denver, CO 80202, underwrites and distributes all classes of fund shares and bears the expenses of offering these shares to the public. TCI is an affiliate of the investment manager and the funds.
The funds may pay TCI, or its agent, fees for its services. Of the distribution and service fees it usually receives for Class R, Class R2 or Class R4 shares, TCI, or its agent, may reallow or pay to brokers or dealers who sold them 0.50%, 0.25% and 0.25%, respectively, of the average daily net assets of those shares.
Distribution Plan
Each fund has adopted a Rule 12b-1 Plan under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Plan”) for Class R, Class R2 and Class R4 shares.
The Plan permits the use of fund assets to pay distribution and service fees for the sale and distribution of its shares. These fees are used to pay TCI, broker-dealers, financial intermediaries and other professionals who sell fund shares and provide ongoing services to shareholders and to pay other marketing and advertising expenses.
Under the Plan, each fund pays the following distribution and service fees (as a percentage of the fund’s average daily net assets):
Class R Shares – Up to 0.50%
Class R2 and Class R4 Shares – Up to 0.25%
Class I3 Shares – N/A
Because these fees are paid out of each fund’s assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges.
Other Distribution and Service Arrangements
TCI, TAM and their affiliates may enter into arrangements with affiliated entities that provide administrative, recordkeeping and other services with respect to one or more of the funds. Payment for these services is made by TCI, TAM and their affiliates out of past profits and other available sources and may take the form of internal credit, recognition or cash payments. TCI, TAM and their affiliates may also enter into similar arrangements with unaffiliated entities.
TCI engages in wholesaling activities designed to support, maintain, and increase the number of financial intermediaries who sell shares of the funds. Wholesaling activities include, but are not limited to, recommending and promoting, directly or through intermediaries, the funds to financial intermediaries and providing sales training, retail broker support and other services. Payment for these activities is made by TCI, TAM and their affiliates out of past profits and other available sources, including revenue sharing payments from others.
TCI (in connection with, or in addition to, wholesaling services), TAM and fund sub-advisers, directly or through TCI, out of their past profits and other available sources, typically provide cash payments or non-cash compensation to unaffiliated brokers and other financial intermediaries who have sold shares of the funds, promote the distribution of the funds or render investor services to fund shareholders. Such payments and compensation are in addition to the sales charges, Rule 12b-1 Plan fees, service fees and other fees that may be paid, directly or indirectly, to such brokers and other financial intermediaries. These arrangements are sometimes referred to as “revenue sharing” arrangements. The amount of revenue sharing payments is substantial, may be substantial to any given recipient and may exceed the costs and expenses incurred by the recipient for any fund-related distribution or shareholder servicing activities. The presence of these payments and the basis on which an intermediary compensates its registered representatives or salespersons may create an incentive for a particular intermediary, registered representative or salesperson to highlight, feature or recommend the funds, at least in part, based on the level of compensation paid. Revenue sharing arrangements are separately negotiated. Revenue sharing payments are not an additional charge to the funds.
Such additional cash payments may be made to brokers and other financial intermediaries that provide services to the funds and/or fund shareholders, including (without limitation) shareholder servicing, marketing support and/or access to meetings and/or events, sales representatives and management representatives of the broker or other financial intermediaries. Cash compensation may also be paid to brokers and other financial intermediaries for inclusion of a fund on a sales list or mutual fund trading platform, including a preferred or select sales list or trading platform, in other sales programs, or as an expense reimbursement or compensation in cases where the broker or other financial intermediary provides services to fund shareholders. To the extent permitted by applicable law, TCI and other parties may pay or allow other incentives and compensation to brokers and other financial intermediaries. TCI, TAM and the other parties making these payments generally assess the advisability of continuing making these payments periodically. These cash
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payments may take a variety of forms, including (without limitation), annual flat fees, reimbursement of ticket charges, additional compensation based on sales, on-going fees for shareholder servicing and maintenance of investor accounts, and finder’s fees that vary depending on the fund or share class and the dollar amount of shares sold. Revenue sharing payments can be calculated: (i) as a percentage of gross or net sales for a particular period; (ii) as a percentage of gross or net assets under management; (iii) as a fixed or negotiated flat fee dollar amount; or (iv) based on a combination of any of these methods. During 2022, in general, payments calculated as a percentage of sales ranged from 1 basis point (0.01%) to 50 basis points (0.50%), payments calculated as a percentage of assets under management ranged from 2 basis points (0.02%) to 15 basis points (0.15%), and flat annual fees ranged from $5,000.00 to $500,000.00, which included at times payments for a series of meetings and/or events of other broker-dealers and banks.
As of December 31, 2022, TCI had revenue sharing agreements with more than 50 brokers and other financial intermediaries including, without limitation: Advisor Group, Inc.; Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.; Cadaret, Grant & Co.; Cambridge Investment Research; Centaurus Financial, Inc.; Cetera Financial Group, Inc.; Charles Schwab; Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.; Citizens Securities Inc.; Commonwealth Financial Network; CUSO Financial; D.A. Davidson & Co., Inc.; Edward Jones; Equity Services, Inc.; Financial Data Services, Inc.; GWFS Equities Inc.; FSC Securities Corporation; GeneosWealth Management; Hantz Financial Services, Inc.; HD Vest Investment Services; Independent Financial Group; Infinex Investments, Inc.; Janney Montgomery Scott; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC; Kestra Investment Services; LPL Financial Corp.; Logan Group Securities; Merrill Lynch; Morgan Stanley Smith Barney; MML Investors Services; National Financial Services, Inc.; Next Financial; Oppenheimer & Co.; Park Avenue Securities; Pershing LLC; Principal Connectivity; Pursche Kaplan Sterling Financial; Raymond James and Associates, Inc.; Raymond James Financial Services, Inc.; RBC Wealth Management; Royal Alliance Associates, Inc.; Sagepoint Financial Inc.; Securities America, Inc.; Stifel Nicolaus & Company Inc.; TD Ameritrade; UBS Financial Services, Inc.; United Planners Financial Services of America; US Bancorp Investments, Inc.; Voya Financial Advisors, Inc.; Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC; Western International Securities, Inc.; and Woodbury Financial Services. For the calendar year ended December 31, 2022, TCI paid approximately $37.3 million to these brokers and other financial intermediaries in connection with revenue sharing arrangements. TCI expects to have revenue sharing arrangements with a number of brokers and other financial intermediaries in 2023, including some or all of the foregoing brokers and financial intermediaries, among others, on terms similar to those discussed above. For the calendar year ended December 31, 2022, TCI and its affiliates did not receive any revenue sharing payments from firms that pay revenue to participate in TCI sponsored events.
As of December 31, 2022, TAM made revenue sharing payments to approximately 9 financial intermediaries with respect to the funds, the most sizeable of which were to TCI and Transamerica Life Insurance Company. For the same period, TAM did not receive any revenue sharing payments from financial services firms.
TAM also serves as investment manager to certain funds of funds that are underlying investment options for Transamerica insurance products. TCI and its affiliates make revenue sharing payments to, or receive revenue sharing payments from, affiliates of certain underlying unaffiliated funds within Transamerica insurance products for the provision of services to investors and distribution activities. These amounts are in addition to any revenue sharing programs described above with respect to mutual fund distributors. A financial intermediary may receive both mutual fund-related and insurance-related revenue sharing payments.
In addition, while TCI typically pays most of the sales charge applicable to the sale of fund shares to brokers and other financial intermediaries through which purchases are made, TCI may, on occasion, pay the entire sales charge. (Additional information about payments of sales charges to brokers is available in the section titled “Dealer Reallowances” of the SAI.)
From time to time, TCI, its affiliates and/or TAM and/or fund sub-advisers may also, to the extent permitted by applicable law, pay non-cash compensation or revenue sharing to brokers and other financial intermediaries and their sales representatives in the form of, for example: (i) occasional gifts or prizes; (ii) occasional meals, tickets or other entertainment; and/or (iii) ad hoc sponsorship support of broker marketing events, programs, sales contests, promotions or other activities. Such non-cash compensation may also include, in part, assistance with the costs and expenses associated with travel, lodging, and educational sales and promotional meetings, seminars, programs and conferences, entertainment and meals to the extent permitted by law. TCI and TAM may also make payments in connection with the sponsorship by Transamerica or its affiliates of special events which may be attended by brokers and other financial intermediaries. Such non-cash compensation is in addition to the overall revenue sharing arrangements described above.
The non-cash compensation to sales representatives and compensation or reimbursement received by brokers and other financial intermediaries through sales charges, other fees payable from the funds, and/or revenue sharing arrangements for selling shares of the funds may be more or less than the overall compensation or reimbursement on similar or other products and may influence your broker or other financial intermediary to present and recommend the funds over other investment options available in the marketplace. In addition, depending on the arrangements in place at any particular time, your broker or other financial intermediary may have a financial incentive for recommending a particular class of fund shares over other share classes.
Shareholders may obtain more information about these arrangements, including the conflicts of interests that such arrangements may create, from their brokers and other financial intermediaries, and should so inquire if they would like additional information. Intermediaries may categorize and disclose these arrangements to their clients and to members of the public in a manner different from the disclosures in this prospectus and the SAI. A shareholder should ask his/her broker or financial intermediary how he/she will be
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compensated for investments made in the funds. Revenue sharing payments, as well as payments under the shareholder services and distribution plan (where applicable), also benefit TAM, TCI and their affiliates and fund sub-advisers to the extent the payments result in more assets being invested in the funds on which fees are being charged.
Although a fund may use financial firms that sell fund shares to effect transactions for the fund’s portfolio, the fund and its investment manager or sub-adviser will not consider the sale of fund shares as a factor when choosing financial firms to effect those transactions.
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Distributions and Taxes
Dividends and Distributions
Each fund intends to distribute all or substantially all of its net investment income and net capital gains, if any, to its shareholders each year. Dividends will be reinvested in additional shares unless you elect to take your dividends in cash. Each fund generally pays any distributions of net capital gains annually.
Each fund generally pays any dividends from net investment income annually, except the following:
Fund
Pay quarterly
dividends
Pay monthly
dividends
Declare
dividends daily
and pay monthly
Transamerica Asset Allocation Intermediate Horizon
X
 
 
Transamerica Asset Allocation Long Horizon
X
 
 
Transamerica Asset Allocation Short Horizon
X
 
 
Transamerica Balanced II
X
 
 
Transamerica Bond
 
 
X
Transamerica Core Bond
 
 
X
Transamerica Government Money Market
 
 
X
Transamerica High Yield Bond
 
 
X
Transamerica High Yield ESG
 
 
X
Transamerica Inflation-Protected Securities
X
 
 
Transamerica Large Core ESG
X
 
 
Transamerica Large Growth
X
 
 
Transamerica Large Value Opportunities
X
 
 
Transamerica Multi-Managed Balanced
X
 
 
Transamerica Sustainable Bond
 
 
X
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Trustees of Transamerica Funds has delegated authority to TAM to change the frequency with which dividends are declared and paid by a fund, including if a fund does not have any income to distribute, and to declare and make payments of long-term capital gains with respect to a fund as permitted or required by law or in order to avoid tax penalties. Further, each fund reserves the right to change its dividend distribution policy at the discretion of the Board of Trustees.
Taxes on Distributions in General
A fund will not generally have to pay income tax on amounts it distributes to shareholders. Shareholders will generally be taxed on distributions (other than any distributions treated as a return of capital) whether such distributions are paid in cash or reinvested in additional shares.
The following are guidelines for how certain distributions by a fund are generally taxed to non-corporate shareholders under current federal income tax law:
Distributions of net capital gain (i.e., the excess of net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital loss) will be taxed as long-term capital gains, generally at reduced rates, regardless of how long the shareholders have held their shares. Certain capital gain dividends attributable to dividends received from U.S. REITs may be taxable to noncorporate shareholders at a rate other than the generally applicable reduced rates.
Distributions reported as paid from a fund’s “qualified dividend income” may be taxable to shareholders as qualified dividend income at reduced rates. Qualified dividend income generally is income derived from certain dividends from U.S. corporations or certain foreign corporations that are either incorporated in a U.S. possession or eligible for tax benefits under certain U.S. income tax treaties. In addition, dividends that a fund receives in respect of stock of certain foreign corporations will be qualified dividend income if that stock is readily tradable on an established U.S. securities market. A shareholder (and the fund in which the shareholder invests) will have to satisfy certain holding period requirements in order for the shareholder to obtain the benefit of the tax rates applicable to qualified dividend income.
Distributions in excess of a fund’s earnings and profits will, as to each shareholder, be treated as a return of capital to the extent of the shareholder’s basis in his or her fund shares, and as a capital gain thereafter (assuming the shareholder holds the shares as capital assets). A distribution treated as a return of capital will not be taxable currently but will reduce the shareholder’s tax basis in his or her shares, which will generally increase the gain (or decrease the loss) that will be recognized on a subsequent sale or exchange of the shares.
Other distributions generally will be taxed at ordinary income tax rates.
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A 3.8% Medicare contribution tax generally applies to all or a portion of the net investment income of a shareholder who is an individual and not a nonresident alien for federal income tax purposes and who has adjusted gross income (subject to certain adjustments) that exceeds a threshold amount. This 3.8% tax also applies to all or a portion of the undistributed net investment income of certain shareholders that are estates or trusts. For these purposes, dividends, interest, and certain capital gains are generally taken into account in computing a shareholder’s net investment income.
If a fund declares a dividend in October, November, or December, payable to shareholders of record in such a month, and pays it in the following January, shareholders will be taxed on the dividend as if they received it in the year in which it was declared.
Each fund in which you invest will send you a tax report annually summarizing the amount and tax aspects of your distributions. If you buy shares of a fund shortly before it makes a taxable distribution (other than, in general, regular monthly distributions paid by funds that declare dividends daily), the distribution will be generally taxable to you even though it may effectively represent a return of a portion of your investment. This is known as “buying a dividend.”
Investors who invest through tax-deferred accounts, such as IRAs, 403(b) accounts, and qualified retirement plans, will ordinarily not be subject to tax until a distribution is made from the account, at which time such distribution is generally taxed as ordinary income. These accounts are subject to complex tax rules, and tax-deferred account investors should therefore consult their tax advisers regarding their investments in a tax-deferred account.
Funds that invest in other funds (“asset allocation funds”) may recognize income on distributions from underlying funds in which they invest and may also recognize gains and losses if they redeem or sell shares in underlying funds. Distributions of net capital gains or qualified dividend income of either the asset allocation funds or underlying funds will generally be taxed at reduced long-term capital gain rates when distributed to noncorporate shareholders of the asset allocation funds. Other distributions, including short-term capital gains, generally will be taxed as ordinary income. The structure of such asset allocation funds and the reallocation of investments among underlying funds could affect the amount, timing and character of distributions.
Taxes on the Sale or Exchange of Shares
If you sell shares of a fund or exchange them for shares of another fund, you generally will have a capital gain or loss, which will generally be a long-term capital gain or loss if you held the shares for more than one year; otherwise it will generally be a short-term capital gain or loss. Sales or exchanges of shares of Transamerica Government Money Market will not result in capital gain or loss if that fund maintains a constant net asset value per share.
Any loss recognized on shares held for six months or less will be treated as a long-term capital loss to the extent of any amounts treated as distributions of long-term capital gain that were received with respect to the shares.
Any gain or loss on the sale or exchange of shares is computed by subtracting your tax basis in the shares from the redemption proceeds in the case of a sale or the value of the shares received in the case of an exchange. Because your tax basis depends on the original purchase price, on the price at which any dividends may have been reinvested, and on the amount of any distributions treated as returns of capital for federal income tax purposes, you should be sure to keep account statements so that you or your tax return preparer will be able to determine whether a sale will result in a taxable gain or loss.
Withholding Taxes
A fund in which you invest may be required to apply backup withholding of U.S. federal income tax on all distributions payable to you if you fail to provide the funds with your correct taxpayer identification number or to make required certifications, or if you have been notified by the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) that you are subject to backup withholding.
The backup withholding rate is currently 24%. Backup withholding is not an additional tax, but is a method by which the IRS ensures that it will collect taxes otherwise due. Any amounts withheld may be credited against your U.S. federal income tax liability. Backup withholding will not be applied to payments that have been subject to the 30% withholding tax applicable to shareholders that are not U.S. persons.
Non-Resident Alien Withholding
Dividends and certain other payments (but not distributions of net capital gains or exempt-interest dividends) to persons who are not citizens or residents of the United States or U.S. entities (“Non-U.S. Persons”) are generally subject to U.S. tax withholding at the rate of 30%. The 30% withholding described in this paragraph will not be imposed on any dividends reported as interest-related dividends or as short-term capital gain dividends. Each fund intends to withhold U.S. federal income tax at the rate of 30% on taxable distributions and other payments to Non-U.S. Persons that are subject to withholding, regardless of whether a lower rate may be permitted under an applicable treaty.
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If you are a Non-U.S. Person, you must provide a U.S. mailing address to establish an account unless your broker-dealer firm submits your account through the National Securities Clearing Corporation. Your broker-dealer will be required to submit a foreign certification form. Investors changing a mailing address to a non-U.S. address will be required to have a foreign certification form completed by their broker-dealer and returned to us before future purchases can be accepted. Additionally, those shareholders will need to provide an appropriate tax form (e.g., Form W-8BEN) and documentary evidence and letter of explanation.
Unless certain non-U.S. entities that hold fund shares comply with IRS requirements that will generally require them to report information regarding U.S. persons investing in, or holding accounts with, such entities, a 30% withholding tax may apply to fund distributions (but not distributions of exempt-interest dividends) payable to such entities. A non-U.S. shareholder may be exempt from the withholding described in this paragraph under an applicable intergovernmental agreement between the U.S. and a foreign government, provided that the shareholder and the applicable foreign government comply with the terms of such agreement.
Other Tax Information
This tax discussion is for general information only. In addition to federal income taxes, you may be subject to state, local or foreign taxes on payments received from, and investments made in shares of, a fund. More information is provided in the SAI of the funds. You should also consult your own tax adviser for information regarding all tax consequences applicable to your investments in the funds.
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Financial Highlights
The Financial Highlights tables are intended to help you understand a fund’s performance for the past five years or since its inception if less than five years. Certain information reflects financial results for a single fund share. The total returns in the tables represent the rate an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the fund for the period shown, assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions. Information has been derived from financial statements audited by Ernst & Young LLP, an Independent Registered Public Accounting firm, whose report, along with the fund’s financial statements, is included in the October 31, 2022 Annual Report, which is available to you upon request. All references to a fund's Notes to Financial Statements within the Financial Highlights tables refer to the applicable section of a fund's applicable Annual Report.
If a fund shows performance for a class not offered by this prospectus, financial highlights are shown for that class in this section.
Financial highlights for Class R4 shares of Transamerica Asset Allocation Intermediate Horizon are based in part on the historical financial highlights of Transamerica Institutional Asset Allocation – Intermediate Horizon (the “predecessor fund”). For the periods through May 19, 2017, the information is that of the predecessor fund. Certain information is derived from the predecessor fund’s financial statements, audited by Ernst &Young LLP, an Independent Registered Public Accounting firm, whose report, along with certain of the predecessor fund’s financial statements, are included in the December 31, 2016 Annual Report to Shareholders, which is available to you upon request.
Financial highlights for Class R4 shares of Transamerica Asset Allocation Long Horizon are based in part on the historical financial highlights of Transamerica Institutional Asset Allocation – Long Horizon (the “predecessor fund”). For the periods through May 19, 2017, the information is that of the predecessor fund. Certain information is derived from the predecessor fund’s financial statements, audited by Ernst &Young LLP, an Independent Registered Public Accounting firm, whose report, along with certain of the predecessor fund’s financial statements, are included in the December 31, 2016 Annual Report to Shareholders, which is available to you upon request.
Financial highlights for Class R4 shares of Transamerica Asset Allocation Short Horizon are based in part on the historical financial highlights of Transamerica Institutional Asset Allocation – Short Horizon (the “predecessor fund”). For the periods through May 19, 2017, the information is that of the predecessor fund. Certain information is derived from the predecessor fund’s financial statements, audited by Ernst &Young LLP, an Independent Registered Public Accounting firm, whose report, along with certain of the predecessor fund’s financial statements, are included in the December 31, 2016 Annual Report to Shareholders, which is available to you upon request.
Financial highlights for Class R shares of Transamerica Balanced II are based in part on the historical financial highlights of Transamerica Partners Balanced (the “predecessor fund”). For the periods through September 15, 2017, the information is that of the predecessor fund. Certain information is derived from the predecessor fund’s financial statements, audited by Ernst &Young LLP, an Independent Registered Public Accounting firm, whose report, along with certain of the predecessor fund’s financial statements, are included in the December 31, 2016 Annual Report to Shareholders, which is available to you upon request.
Financial highlights for Class R4 shares of Transamerica Core Bond are based in part on the historical financial highlights of Transamerica Partners Institutional Core Bond (the “predecessor fund”). For the periods through March 24, 2017, the information is that of the predecessor fund. Certain information is derived from the predecessor fund’s financial statements, audited by Ernst &Young LLP, an Independent Registered Public Accounting firm, whose report, along with certain of the predecessor fund’s financial statements, are included in the December 31, 2016 Annual Report to Shareholders, which is available to you upon request.
Information is shown for Class I shares of Transamerica Emerging Markets Opportunities, Transamerica High Yield ESG and Transamerica Sustainable Bond because the funds had not issued Class R or Class R4 shares as of October 31, 2022. Class I shares of the fund are not offered in this prospectus.
Information is shown for Class A shares of Transamerica Short-Term Bond because the fund had not issued Class R, R4 or I3 shares as of October 31, 2022. Class A Shares of the fund are not offered in this prospectus.
Financial highlights for Class R4 shares of Transamerica Inflation-Protected Securities are based in part on the historical financial highlights of Transamerica Partners Institutional Inflation-Protected Securities (the “predecessor fund”). For the periods through April 21, 2017, the information is that of the predecessor fund. Certain information is derived from the predecessor fund’s financial statements, audited by Ernst &Young LLP, an Independent Registered Public Accounting firm, whose report, along with certain of the predecessor fund’s financial statements, are included in the December 31, 2016 Annual Report to Shareholders, which is available to you upon request.
Information is shown for Class I2 shares of Transamerica International Focus because the fund had not issued Class R or Class R4 shares as of October 31, 2022. Class I2 shares of the fund are not offered in this prospectus.
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Financial highlights for Class R4 shares of Transamerica Large Core ESG are based in part on the historical financial highlights of Transamerica Partners Institutional Large Core (the “predecessor fund”). For the periods through March 10, 2017, the information is that of the predecessor fund. Certain information is derived from the predecessor fund’s financial statements, audited by Ernst &Young LLP, an Independent Registered Public Accounting firm, whose report, along with certain of the predecessor fund’s financial statements, are included in the December 31, 2016 Annual Report to Shareholders, which is available to you upon request.
Financial highlights for Class R4 shares of Transamerica Large Growth are based in part on the historical financial highlights of Transamerica Partners Institutional Large Growth (the “predecessor fund”). For the periods through March 10, 2017, the information is that of the predecessor fund. The information is derived from the predecessor fund’s financial statements, audited by Ernst &Young LLP, an Independent Registered Public Accounting firm, whose report, along with certain of the predecessor fund’s financial statements, are included in the December 31, 2016 Annual Report to Shareholders, which is available to you upon request.
Financial highlights for Class R4 shares of Transamerica Large Value Opportunities are based in part on the historical financial highlights of Transamerica Partners Institutional Large Value (the “predecessor fund”). For the periods through May 5, 2017, the information is that of the predecessor fund. Certain information is derived from the predecessor fund’s financial statements, audited by Ernst &Young LLP, an Independent Registered Public Accounting firm, whose report, along with certain of the predecessor fund’s financial statements, are included in the December 31, 2016 Annual Report to Shareholders, which is available to you upon request.
Financial highlights for Class R4 shares of Transamerica Mid Cap Growth are based in part on the historical financial highlights of Transamerica Partners Institutional Mid Growth (the “predecessor fund”). For the periods through March 10, 2017, the information is that of the predecessor fund. Certain information is derived from the predecessor fund’s financial statements, audited by Ernst &Young LLP, an Independent Registered Public Accounting firm, whose report, along with certain of the predecessor fund’s financial statements, are included in the December 31, 2016 Annual Report to Shareholders, which is available to you upon request.
Financial highlights for Class R4 shares of Transamerica Small Cap Value are based in part on the historical financial highlights of Transamerica Partners Institutional Small Value (the “predecessor fund”). For the periods through April 21, 2017, the information is that of the predecessor fund. Certain information is derived from the predecessor fund’s financial statements, audited by Ernst &Young LLP, an Independent Registered Public Accounting firm, whose report, along with certain of the predecessor fund’s financial statements, are included in the December 31, 2016 Annual Report to Shareholders, which is available to you upon request.
218

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Asset Allocation Intermediate Horizon
Class R4
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$11.97
$10.66
$10.57
$10.22
$10.38
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
0.56
0.30
0.18
0.26
0.18
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(2.55)
1.99
0.59
0.69
(0.16)
Total investment operations
(1.99)
2.29
0.77
0.95
0.02
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.56)
(0.31)
(0.19)
(0.26)
(0.18)
Net realized gains
(0.55)
(0.67)
(0.49)
(0.34)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(1.11)
(0.98)
(0.68)
(0.60)
(0.18)
Net asset value, end of year
$8.87
$11.97
$10.66
$10.57
$10.22
Total return
(18.09)%
22.33%
7.61%
10.10%
0.18%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$5,761
$10,351
$8,807
$9,321
$15,632
Expenses to average net assets(B)
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.38%
0.38%
0.38%
0.38%
0.38%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.35%
0.35%
0.35%
0.35%
0.35%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
5.59%
2.58%
1.75%
2.60%
1.73%
Portfolio turnover rate
33%
32%
48%
35%
27%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(B)
Does not include expenses of the underlying investments in which the Fund invests.
219

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Asset Allocation Intermediate Horizon
Class R
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$11.97
$10.66
$10.57
$10.22
$10.38
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
0.53
0.28
0.16
0.24
0.16
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(2.54)
1.98
0.58
0.69
(0.16)
Total investment operations
(2.01)
2.26
0.74
0.93
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.54)
(0.28)
(0.16)
(0.24)
(0.16)
Net realized gains
(0.55)
(0.67)
(0.49)
(0.34)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(1.09)
(0.95)
(0.65)
(0.58)
(0.16)
Net asset value, end of year
$8.87
$11.97
$10.66
$10.57
$10.22
Total return
(18.29)%
22.01%
7.33%
9.85%
(0.07)%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$233,763
$327,930
$300,319
$332,117
$357,118
Expenses to average net assets(B)
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.62%
0.62%
0.62%
0.62%
0.62%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.60%
0.60%
0.60%
0.60%
0.60%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
5.34%
2.38%
1.53%
2.35%
1.51%
Portfolio turnover rate
33%
32%
48%
35%
27%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(B)
Does not include expenses of the underlying investments in which the Fund invests.
220

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Asset Allocation Long Horizon
Class R4
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$12.51
$10.13
$10.51
$10.64
$10.68
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
0.71
0.26
0.14
0.25
0.12
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(3.14)
3.38
0.67
0.67
(0.04)(B)
Total investment operations
(2.43)
3.64
0.81
0.92
0.08
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.78)
(0.28)
(0.15)
(0.24)
(0.12)
Net realized gains
(0.68)
(0.98)
(1.04)
(0.81)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(1.46)
(1.26)
(1.19)
(1.05)
(0.12)
Net asset value, end of year
$8.62
$12.51
$10.13
$10.51
$10.64
Total return
(21.84)%
37.96%
7.98%
10.57%
0.72%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$5,451
$6,911
$5,134
$8,695
$25,038
Expenses to average net assets(C)
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.38%
0.38%
0.38%
0.38%
0.38%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.35%
0.35%
0.35%
0.35%
0.35%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
7.21%
2.21%
1.44%
2.47%
1.09%
Portfolio turnover rate
30%
23%
52%
40%
30%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(B)
The amount of net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) per share does not correspond with the amounts reported within the Statements of Changes due to the timing of purchases and redemptions of Fund shares and fluctuating market values during the period.
(C)
Does not include expenses of the underlying investments in which the Fund invests.
221

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Asset Allocation Long Horizon
Class R
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$12.49
$10.12
$10.50
$10.64
$10.68
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
0.72
0.23
0.12
0.22
0.10
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(3.17)
3.37
0.67
0.68
(0.05)(B)
Total investment operations
(2.45)
3.60
0.79
0.90
0.05
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.76)
(0.25)
(0.13)
(0.23)
(0.09)
Net realized gains
(0.68)
(0.98)
(1.04)
(0.81)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(1.44)
(1.23)
(1.17)
(1.04)
(0.09)
Net asset value, end of year
$8.60
$12.49
$10.12
$10.50
$10.64
Total return
(22.09)%
37.55%
7.72%
10.28%
0.47%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$139,118
$201,847
$164,147
$177,392
$190,928
Expenses to average net assets(C)
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.62%
0.62%
0.62%
0.62%
0.62%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.60%
0.60%
0.60%
0.60%
0.60%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
7.31%
2.00%
1.19%
2.16%
0.86%
Portfolio turnover rate
30%
23%
52%
40%
30%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(B)
The amount of net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) per share does not correspond with the amounts reported within the Statements of Changes due to the timing of purchases and redemptions of Fund shares and fluctuating market values during the period.
(C)
Does not include expenses of the underlying investments in which the Fund invests.
222

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Asset Allocation Short Horizon
Class R4
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$10.75
$10.54
$10.29
$9.76
$10.10
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
0.35
0.31
0.24
0.28
0.23
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(1.75)
0.35
0.29
0.57
(0.33)
Total investment operations
(1.40)
0.66
0.53
0.85
(0.10)
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.35)
(0.31)
(0.23)
(0.29)
(0.24)
Net realized gains
(0.28)
(0.14)
(0.05)
(0.03)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(0.63)
(0.45)
(0.28)
(0.32)
(0.24)
Net asset value, end of year
$8.72
$10.75
$10.54
$10.29
$9.76
Total return
(13.69)%
6.37%
5.29%
8.78%
(1.01)%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$450
$565
$552
$2,762
$3,156
Expenses to average net assets(B)
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.38%
0.38%
0.38%
0.38%
0.38%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.35%
0.35%
0.35%
0.35%
0.35%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
3.62%
2.86%
2.32%
2.75%
2.30%
Portfolio turnover rate
29%
22%
29%
26%
52%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(B)
Does not include expenses of the underlying investments in which the Fund invests.
223

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Asset Allocation Short Horizon
Class R
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$10.75
$10.54
$10.29
$9.76
$10.10
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
0.33
0.28
0.20
0.25
0.22
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(1.76)
0.35
0.30
0.57
(0.34)
Total investment operations
(1.43)
0.63
0.50
0.82
(0.12)
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.32)
(0.28)
(0.20)
(0.26)
(0.22)
Net realized gains
(0.28)
(0.14)
(0.05)
(0.03)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(0.60)
(0.42)
(0.25)
(0.29)
(0.22)
Net asset value, end of year
$8.72
$10.75
$10.54
$10.29
$9.76
Total return
(13.92)%
6.10%
5.02%
8.51%
(1.21)%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$82,354
$114,974
$122,392
$131,052
$142,129
Expenses to average net assets(B)
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.62%
0.62%
0.62%
0.62%
0.62%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.60%
0.60%
0.60%
0.60%
0.60%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
3.37%
2.63%
1.91%
2.53%
2.21%
Portfolio turnover rate
29%
22%
29%
26%
52%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(B)
Does not include expenses of the underlying investments in which the Fund invests.
224

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Balanced II
 
Class R
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$13.87
$11.62
$10.99
$10.20
$10.17
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
0.10
0.07
0.11
0.14
0.13
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(2.04)
2.72
0.90
1.09
0.06
Total investment operations
(1.94)
2.79
1.01
1.23
0.19
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.10)
(0.08)
(0.11)
(0.15)
(0.12)
Net realized gains
(1.12)
(0.46)
(0.27)
(0.29)
(0.04)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(1.22)
(0.54)
(0.38)
(0.44)
(0.16)
Net asset value, end of year
$10.71
$13.87
$11.62
$10.99
$10.20
Total return
(15.34)%
24.59%
9.43%
12.79%
1.85%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$56,015
$76,911
$66,033
$70,357
$82,270
Expenses to average net assets
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
1.07%
1.07%
1.07%
1.07%
1.09%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
1.07%
1.07%
1.07%
1.07%(B)
1.01%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
0.82%
0.55%
0.96%
1.32%
1.22%
Portfolio turnover rate
35%
37%
51%
45%
60%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(B)
Waiver and/or reimbursement rounds to less than 0.01%.
225

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Balanced II
 
Class I3
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$13.87
$11.62
$10.99
$10.21
$10.17
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
0.16
0.13
0.16
0.19
0.18
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(2.04)
2.72
0.91
1.08
0.07
Total investment operations
(1.88)
2.85
1.07
1.27
0.25
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.16)
(0.14)
(0.17)
(0.20)
(0.17)
Net realized gains
(1.12)
(0.46)
(0.27)
(0.29)
(0.04)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(1.28)
(0.60)
(0.44)
(0.49)
(0.21)
Net asset value, end of year
$10.71
$13.87
$11.62
$10.99
$10.21
Total return
(14.90)%
25.21%
10.01%
13.14%
2.49%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$44,058
$58,098
$52,587
$50,316
$49,964
Expenses to average net assets
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.58%
0.58%
0.57%
0.58%
0.59%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.58%
0.58%
0.57%
0.57%
0.50%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
1.32%
1.04%
1.44%
1.80%
1.73%
Portfolio turnover rate
35%
37%
51%
45%
60%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
226

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Bond
 
Class A
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$9.53
$9.57
$9.43
$8.95
$9.34
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
0.22
0.20
0.22
0.29
0.33
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(1.69)
0.03
0.15
0.49
(0.39)
Total investment operations
(1.47)
0.23
0.37
0.78
(0.06)
Contributions from affiliate
0.00(B),(C)
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.23)
(0.21)
(0.23)
(0.30)
(0.33)
Net realized gains
(0.05)
(0.06)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(0.28)
(0.27)
(0.23)
(0.30)
(0.33)
Net asset value, end of year
$7.78
$9.53
$9.57
$9.43
$8.95
Total return(D)
(15.75)%(C)
2.34%
4.03%
9.00%
(0.67)%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$107,307
$142,958
$149,010
$132,682
$87,523
Expenses to average net assets
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.90%
0.88%
0.93%
0.94%
0.99%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.90%(E)
0.88%
0.93%
0.94%(E)
0.97%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
2.51%
2.07%
2.36%
3.20%
3.58%
Portfolio turnover rate
40%
42%
39%
50%
38%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(B)
Rounds to less than $0.01 or $(0.01).
(C)
Please reference the Fees and Other Affiliated Transactions section of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information regarding Contributions from affiliate, Transamerica Capital, Inc. If the affiliate had not made the contribution, total return would have decreased by 0.00%.
(D)
Total return has been calculated without deduction of the initial sales charge and contingent deferred sales charge.
(E)
Waiver and/or reimbursement rounds to less than 0.01%.
227

For a share outstanding during the period indicated:
Transamerica
Bond
 
Class R
 
October 31,
2022(A)
Net asset value, beginning of period
$9.14
Investment operations:
 
Net investment income (loss)(B)
0.16
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(1.36)
Total investment operations
(1.20)
Contributions from affiliate
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
Net investment income
(0.15)
Net asset value, end of period
$7.79
Total return
(13.24)%(C)
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
Net assets end of period (000’s)
$9
Expenses to average net assets
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
1.20%(D)
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.76%(D)
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
2.89%(D)
Portfolio turnover rate
40%
(A)
Commenced operations on March 1, 2022.
(B)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(C)
Not annualized.
(D)
Annualized.
228

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Capital Growth
 
Class A
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$60.69
$46.11
$26.93
$26.81
$28.32
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
(0.28)
(0.53)
(0.37)
(0.26)
(0.21)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(31.69)
17.94
22.30
1.55
4.14
Total investment operations
(31.97)
17.41
21.93
1.29
3.93
Contributions from affiliate
0.00(B),(C)
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.00)(B)
Net realized gains
(8.92)
(2.83)
(2.75)
(1.17)
(5.44)
Return of capital
(0.00)(B)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(8.92)
(2.83)
(2.75)
(1.17)
(5.44)
Net asset value, end of year
$19.80
$60.69
$46.11
$26.93
$26.81
Total return (D)
(60.80)%(C)
38.29%
89.28%
5.40%
16.52%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$396,598
$1,213,394
$844,139
$425,595
$384,193
Expenses to average net assets
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
1.10%
1.01%
1.08%
1.18%
1.19%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
1.10%(E)
1.01%
1.08%
1.18%(E)
1.19%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
(0.94)%
(0.95)%
(1.04)%
(0.92)%
(0.78)%
Portfolio turnover rate
46%
63%
52%
90%
40%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(B)
Rounds to less than $0.01 or $(0.01).
(C)
Please reference the Fees and Other Affiliated Transactions section of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information regarding Contributions from affiliate, Transamerica Capital, Inc. If the affiliate had not made the contribution, total return would have decreased by 0.00%.
(D)
Total return has been calculated without deduction of the initial sales charge and contingent deferred sales charge.
(E)
Waiver and/or reimbursement rounds to less than 0.01%.
229

For a share outstanding during the period indicated:
Transamerica
Capital Growth
 
Class R
 
October 31,
2022(A)
Net asset value, beginning of period
$32.68
Investment operations:
 
Net investment income (loss)(B)
(0.14)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(12.73)
Total investment operations
(12.87)
Contributions from affiliate
Net asset value, end of period
$19.81
Total return
(39.32)%(C)
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
Net assets end of period (000’s)
$6
Expenses to average net assets
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
1.56%(D)
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
1.11%(D)
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
(0.92)%(D)
Portfolio turnover rate
46%
(A)
Commenced operations on March 1, 2022.
(B)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(C)
Not annualized.
(D)
Annualized.
230

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Core Bond
 
Class R4
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$10.36
$10.87
$10.52
$9.72
$10.22
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
0.20
0.16
0.20
0.26
0.24
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(1.79)
(0.14)
0.37
0.81
(0.49)
Total investment operations
(1.59)
0.02
0.57
1.07
(0.25)
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.21)
(0.17)
(0.22)
(0.27)
(0.25)
Net realized gains
(0.17)
(0.36)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(0.38)
(0.53)
(0.22)
(0.27)
(0.25)
Net asset value, end of year
$8.39
$10.36
$10.87
$10.52
$9.72
Total return
(15.85)%
0.21%
5.49%
11.10%
(2.46)%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$102,515
$152,590
$162,185
$178,769
$181,447
Expenses to average net assets
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.67%
0.66%
0.67%
0.67%
0.66%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.65%
0.65%
0.65%
0.65%
0.65%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
2.14%
1.57%
1.90%
2.54%
2.41%
Portfolio turnover rate
64%
48%
46%
49%
49%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
231

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Core Bond
 
Class R
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$10.37
$10.88
$10.52
$9.73
$10.22
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
0.18
0.14
0.18
0.23
0.22
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(1.81)
(0.15)
0.37
0.80
(0.48)
Total investment operations
(1.63)
(0.01)
0.55
1.03
(0.26)
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.18)
(0.14)
(0.19)
(0.24)
(0.23)
Net realized gains
(0.17)
(0.36)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(0.35)
(0.50)
(0.19)
(0.24)
(0.23)
Net asset value, end of year
$8.39
$10.37
$10.88
$10.52
$9.73
Total return
(16.15)%
(0.05)%
5.29%
10.68%
(2.61)%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$23,157
$31,469
$42,002
$51,335
$94,748
Expenses to average net assets
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.92%
0.91%
0.92%
0.91%
0.91%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.92%
0.91%
0.92%
0.91%(B)
0.90%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
1.88%
1.32%
1.64%
2.29%
2.18%
Portfolio turnover rate
64%
48%
46%
49%
49%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(B)
Waiver and/or reimbursement rounds to less than 0.01%.
232

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Core Bond
 
Class I3
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$10.36
$10.87
$10.51
$9.72
$10.22
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
0.22
0.19
0.23
0.28
0.27
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(1.80)
(0.14)
0.38
0.80
(0.49)
Total investment operations
(1.58)
0.05
0.61
1.08
(0.22)
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.23)
(0.20)
(0.25)
(0.29)
(0.28)
Net realized gains
(0.17)
(0.36)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(0.40)
(0.56)
(0.25)
(0.29)
(0.28)
Net asset value, end of year
$8.38
$10.36
$10.87
$10.51
$9.72
Total return
(15.74)%
0.45%
5.83%
11.26%
(2.21)%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$248,167
$369,100
$385,809
$485,794
$697,789
Expenses to average net assets
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.42%
0.41%
0.42%
0.42%
0.41%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.42%
0.41%
0.42%
0.42%(B)
0.40%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
2.36%
1.81%
2.14%
2.78%
2.70%
Portfolio turnover rate
64%
48%
46%
49%
49%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(B)
Waiver and/or reimbursement rounds to less than 0.01%.
233

For a share outstanding during the period and years indicated:
Transamerica Emerging Markets Opportunities
 
Class I
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020(A)
Net asset value, beginning of period/year
$11.81
$9.90
$10.00
Investment operations:
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(B)
0.25
0.19
0.07
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(4.30)
1.78
(0.17)(C)
Total investment operations
(4.05)
1.97
(0.10)
Contributions from affiliate
0.01(D)
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.14)
(0.06)
Net realized gains
(1.04)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(1.18)
(0.06)
Net asset value, end of period/year
$6.59
$11.81
$9.90
Total return
(37.56)%(D)
19.96%
(1.00)%(E)
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
Net assets end of period/year (000’s)
$5,366
$8,503
$70
Expenses to average net assets
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.97%
0.97%(F)
1.21%(F),(G)
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.97%
0.97%(F),(H)
0.98%(F),(G)
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
2.80%
1.57%
0.92%(G)
Portfolio turnover rate
66%
85%
49%(E)
(A)
Commenced operations on December 19, 2019.
(B)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(C)
The amount of net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) per share does not correspond with the amounts reported within the Statements of Changes due to the timing of purchases and redemptions of Fund shares and fluctuating market values during the period.
(D)
Please reference the Fees and Other Affiliated Transactions section of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information regarding Contributions from affiliate, Transamerica Funds Services, Inc. If the affiliate had not made the contribution, total return would have decreased by 0.08%.
(E)
Not annualized.
(F)
Does not include expenses of the underlying investments in which the Fund invests.
(G)
Annualized.
(H)
Waiver and/or reimbursement rounds to less than 0.01%.
234

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Government Money Market
 
Class R2
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$1.00
$1.00
$1.00
$1.00
$1.00
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
0.01
0.00(B)
0.00(B)
0.02
0.01
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(0.00)(B)
0.00(B)
0.00(B)
Total investment operations
0.01
0.00(B)
0.00(B)
0.02
0.01
Contributions from affiliate
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.01)
(0.00)(B)
(0.00)(B)
(0.02)
(0.01)
Return of capital
(0.00)(B)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(0.01)
(0.00)(B)
(0.00)(B)
(0.02)
(0.01)
Net asset value, end of year
$1.00
$1.00
$1.00
$1.00
$1.00
Total return
0.65%
0.03%
0.35%
1.56%
0.91%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$127,876
$124,774
$1,017,445
$910,347
$728,262
Expenses to average net assets
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.62%
0.75%
0.86%
0.85%
0.88%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.36%
0.10%(C)
0.49%(C)
0.80%
0.80%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
0.65%
0.02%
0.34%
1.54%
0.92%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(B)
Rounds to less than $0.01 or $(0.01).
(C)
Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. or any of its affiliates may voluntarily waive fees and/or reimburse expenses of the class in an effort to prevent the class’s yield from falling below zero. Any such voluntary waiver or expense reimbursement may be discontinued by Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. or its affiliates at any time. Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. is entitled to reimbursement by the class of amounts voluntarily waived and/or reimbursed during the previous 36 months so long as the reimbursement does not result in the class’s effective daily yield being negative. Any such reimbursement may result in the class’s expenses exceeding the contractual expense cap for the class. See the Fees and Other Affiliated Transactions section of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information.
235

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Government Money Market
 
Class R4
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$1.00
$1.00
$1.00
$1.00
$1.00
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
0.01
0.00(B)
0.01
0.02
0.01
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(0.00)(B)
0.00(B)
Total investment operations
0.01
0.00(B)
0.01
0.02
0.01
Contributions from affiliate
0.00(B),(C)
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.01)
(0.00)(B)
(0.01)
(0.02)
(0.01)
Return of capital
(0.00)(B)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(0.01)
(0.00)(B)
(0.01)
(0.02)
(0.01)
Net asset value, end of year
$1.00
$1.00
$1.00
$1.00
$1.00
Total return
0.81%
0.34%(C)
0.60%
1.86%
1.21%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$70,505
$72,583
$91,021
$117,731
$174,150
Expenses to average net assets
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.56%
0.55%
0.58%
0.55%
0.57%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.19%
0.01%(D)
0.24%(D)
0.50%
0.50%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
0.80%
0.10%
0.59%
1.85%
1.19%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(B)
Rounds to less than $0.01 or $(0.01).
(C)
Please reference the Fees and Other Affiliated Transactions section of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information regarding Contributions from affiliate. The amount of contributions on a per share basis was immaterial to the class. The Total Return would have been 0.24% lower had the affiliate not made additional contributions.
(D)
Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. or any of its affiliates may voluntarily waive fees and/or reimburse expenses of the class in an effort to prevent the class’s yield from falling below zero. Any such voluntary waiver or expense reimbursement may be discontinued by Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. or its affiliates at any time. Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. is entitled to reimbursement by the class of amounts voluntarily waived and/or reimbursed during the previous 36 months so long as the reimbursement does not result in the class’s effective daily yield being negative. Any such reimbursement may result in the class’s expenses exceeding the contractual expense cap for the class. See the Fees and Other Affiliated Transactions section of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information.
236

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Government Money Market
 
Class I3
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$1.00
$1.00
$1.00
$1.00
$1.00
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
0.01
0.00(B)
0.01
0.02
0.01
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(0.00)(B)
0.00(B)
Total investment operations
0.01
0.00(B)
0.01
0.02
0.01
Contributions from affiliate
0.00(B),(C)
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.01)
(0.00)(B)
(0.01)
(0.02)
(0.01)
Return of capital
(0.00)(B)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(0.01)
(0.00)(B)
(0.01)
(0.02)
(0.01)
Net asset value, end of year
$1.00
$1.00
$1.00
$1.00
$1.00
Total return
0.79%
0.30%(C)
0.65%
2.07%
1.41%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$87,756
$83,914
$85,900
$134,883
$106,431
Expenses to average net assets
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.31%
0.30%
0.33%
0.30%
0.32%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.23%
0.06%(D)
0.19%(D)
0.30%(E),(F)
0.30%(F)
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
0.72%
0.04%
0.68%
2.02%
1.41%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(B)
Rounds to less than $0.01 or $(0.01).
(C)
Please reference the Fees and Other Affiliated Transactions section of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information regarding Contributions from affiliate. The amount of contributions on a per share basis was immaterial to the class. The Total Return would have been 0.26% lower had the affiliate not made additional contributions.
(D)
Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. or any of its affiliates may voluntarily waive fees and/or reimburse expenses of the class in an effort to prevent the class’s yield from falling below zero. Any such voluntary waiver or expense reimbursement may be discontinued by Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. or its affiliates at any time. Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. is entitled to reimbursement by the class of amounts voluntarily waived and/or reimbursed during the previous 36 months so long as the reimbursement does not result in the class’s effective daily yield being negative. Any such reimbursement may result in the class’s expenses exceeding the contractual expense cap for the class. See the Fees and Other Affiliated Transactions section of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information.
(E)
Waiver and/or reimbursement rounds to less than 0.01%.
(F)
Amounts recaptured by Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. under the voluntary yield waiver in certain cases exceeded the expense limit under the contractual expense arrangement. These earlier recaptures were discontinued by Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. as of March 1, 2019. See the Fees and Other Affiliated Transactions section of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information.
237

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica High Yield Bond
 
Class R4
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$9.22
$8.64
$9.10
$8.93
$9.43
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
0.41
0.38
0.42
0.50
0.52
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(1.46)
0.59
(0.43)
0.18
(0.51)
Total investment operations
(1.05)
0.97
(0.01)
0.68
0.01
Contributions from affiliate
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.40)
(0.39)
(0.45)
(0.51)
(0.51)
Net asset value, end of year
$7.77
$9.22
$8.64
$9.10
$8.93
Total return
(11.58)%
11.35%
0.03%
7.78%
0.08%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$48,173
$66,337
$621,798
$396,605
$361,072
Expenses to average net assets
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.85%
0.83%
0.85%
0.88%
0.88%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.85%(B)
0.85%
0.85%
0.85%
0.85%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
4.81%
4.20%
4.86%
5.56%
5.61%
Portfolio turnover rate
22%
37%
37%
38%
35%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(B)
Waiver and/or reimbursement rounds to less than 0.01%.
238

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica High Yield Bond
 
Class R
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$9.23
$8.64
$9.10
$8.93
$9.43
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
0.39
0.37
0.40
0.48
0.49
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(1.46)
0.60
(0.43)
0.17
(0.50)
Total investment operations
(1.07)
0.97
(0.03)
0.65
(0.01)
Contributions from affiliate
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.40)
(0.38)
(0.43)
(0.48)
(0.49)
Net asset value, end of year
$7.76
$9.23
$8.64
$9.10
$8.93
Total return
(11.86)%
11.29%
(0.23)%
7.51%
(0.17)%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$17,663
$24,423
$32,169
$35,439
$42,802
Expenses to average net assets
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
1.09%
1.12%
1.25%
1.26%
1.23%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
1.10%
1.10%
1.10%
1.10%
1.10%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
4.55%
3.98%
4.63%
5.33%
5.35%
Portfolio turnover rate
22%
37%
37%
38%
35%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
239

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica High Yield Bond
 
Class I3
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$9.23
$8.64
$9.10
$8.93
$9.43
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
0.43
0.41
0.44
0.52
0.54
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(1.46)
0.60
(0.43)
0.18
(0.50)
Total investment operations
(1.03)
1.01
0.01
0.70
0.04
Contributions from affiliate
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.44)
(0.42)
(0.47)
(0.53)
(0.54)
Net asset value, end of year
$7.76
$9.23
$8.64
$9.10
$8.93
Total return
(11.42)%
11.87%
0.28%
8.02%
0.33%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$154,394
$222,760
$218,199
$279,020
$298,604
Expenses to average net assets
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.60%
0.58%
0.60%
0.63%
0.63%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.60%
0.60%
0.60%
0.63%(B)
0.60%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
5.04%
4.48%
5.11%
5.79%
5.85%
Portfolio turnover rate
22%
37%
37%
38%
35%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(B)
Waiver and/or reimbursement rounds to less than 0.01%.
240

For a share outstanding during the period and years indicated:
Transamerica High Yield ESG
 
Class I
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020(A)
Net asset value, beginning of period/year
$10.09
$9.90
$10.00
Investment operations:
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(B)
0.39
0.33
0.08
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(1.55)
0.24
(0.09)
Total investment operations
(1.16)
0.57
(0.01)
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.40)
(0.38)
(0.09)
Net realized gains
(0.02)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(0.42)
(0.38)
(0.09)
Net asset value, end of period/year
$8.51
$10.09
$9.90
Total return
(11.73)%
5.76%
(0.08)%(C)
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
Net assets end of period/year (000’s)
$997
$1,130
$999
Expenses to average net assets
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
1.25%
1.50%
2.02%(D)
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.77%(E),(F)
0.77%(F)
0.77%(D),(F)
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
4.16%
3.29%
3.09%(D)
Portfolio turnover rate
20%
37%
3%(C)
(A)
Commenced operations on July 31, 2020.
(B)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(C)
Not annualized.
(D)
Annualized.
(E)
TAM has contractually agreed to reimburse 0.085% of the transfer agency fees through March 1, 2023. These amounts are not subject to recapture by TAM.
(F)
TAM contractually agreed to reimburse 0.08% of the sub-transfer agency fees and certain per account transfer agency fees through March 1, 2022. These amounts are not subject to recapture by TAM.
241

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Inflation-Protected Securities
 
Class R4
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$11.15
$10.86
$10.23
$9.63
$9.97
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
0.66
0.32
0.11
0.10
0.23
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(1.93)
0.32
0.64
0.72
(0.34)
Total investment operations
(1.27)
0.64
0.75
0.82
(0.11)
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.69)
(0.35)
(0.12)
(0.22)
(0.23)
Net asset value, end of year
$9.19
$11.15
$10.86
$10.23
$9.63
Total return
(11.77)%
5.96%
7.39%
8.58%
(1.15)%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$1,003
$1,147
$2,012
$2,340
$15,421
Expenses to average net assets(B)
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.75%
0.74%
0.76%
0.74%
0.81%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.65%
0.64%
0.64%
0.65%
0.65%(C)
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
6.34%
2.90%
1.04%
1.07%
2.33%
Portfolio turnover rate
32%
21%
16%
14%
134%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(B)
Does not include expenses of the underlying investments in which the Fund invests.
(C)
Includes reorganization expenses incurred outside the Fund’s operating expense limit.
242

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Inflation-Protected Securities
 
Class R
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$11.13
$10.85
$10.23
$9.65
$9.98
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
0.61
0.35
0.07
0.11
0.21
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(1.90)
0.24
0.65
0.67
(0.34)
Total investment operations
(1.29)
0.59
0.72
0.78
(0.13)
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.66)
(0.31)
(0.10)
(0.20)
(0.20)
Net asset value, end of year
$9.18
$11.13
$10.85
$10.23
$9.65
Total return
(12.01)%
5.53%
7.08%
8.24%
(1.29)%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$7,799
$9,787
$10,488
$9,125
$10,508
Expenses to average net assets(B)
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.99%
0.98%
1.00%
0.98%
1.05%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
1.00%
0.99%
0.99%
1.00%
0.92%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
5.89%
3.21%
0.69%
1.13%
2.07%
Portfolio turnover rate
32%
21%
16%
14%
134%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(B)
Does not include expenses of the underlying investments in which the Fund invests.
243

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Inflation-Protected Securities
 
Class I3
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$11.13
$10.84
$10.21
$9.63
$9.97
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
0.66
0.41
0.12
0.17
0.26
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(1.90)
0.25
0.65
0.65
(0.34)
Total investment operations
(1.24)
0.66
0.77
0.82
(0.08)
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.71)
(0.37)
(0.14)
(0.24)
(0.26)
Net asset value, end of year
$9.18
$11.13
$10.84
$10.21
$9.63
Total return
(11.55)%
6.16%
7.59%
8.58%
(0.88)%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$75,996
$98,870
$99,722
$104,687
$111,874
Expenses to average net assets(B)
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.50%
0.49%
0.51%
0.49%
0.56%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.50%(C)
0.49%(C)
0.52%
0.47%
0.40%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
6.39%
3.75%
1.14%
1.73%
2.59%
Portfolio turnover rate
32%
21%
16%
14%
134%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(B)
Does not include expenses of the underlying investments in which the Fund invests.
(C)
Waiver and/or reimbursement rounds to less than 0.01%.
244

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica International Equity
 
Class R4
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$21.77
$16.06
$18.01
$17.65
$19.54
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
0.42
0.37
0.24
0.36
0.38
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(5.11)
5.55
(1.71)
0.83
(1.82)
Total investment operations
(4.69)
5.92
(1.47)
1.19
(1.44)
Contributions from affiliate
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.71)
(0.21)
(0.48)
(0.31)
(0.45)
Net realized gains
(0.52)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(0.71)
(0.21)
(0.48)
(0.83)
(0.45)
Net asset value, end of year
$16.37
$21.77
$16.06
$18.01
$17.65
Total return
(22.22)%
37.05%
(8.50)%
7.44%
(7.59)%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$4,986
$23,706
$17,802
$19,425
$15,775
Expenses to average net assets
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
1.00%
1.00%
1.02%
1.02%
1.04%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
1.00%
1.00%
1.02%
1.02%
1.04%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
2.14%
1.76%
1.46%
2.14%
1.95%
Portfolio turnover rate
17%
22%
18%
13%
21%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
245

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica International Equity
 
Class R
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$21.80
$16.08
$18.03
$17.65
$19.51
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
0.37
0.33
0.20
0.32
0.34
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(5.11)
5.55
(1.72)
0.84
(1.83)
Total investment operations
(4.74)
5.88
(1.52)
1.16
(1.49)
Contributions from affiliate
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.66)
(0.16)
(0.43)
(0.26)
(0.37)
Net realized gains
(0.52)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(0.66)
(0.16)
(0.43)
(0.78)
(0.37)
Net asset value, end of year
$16.40
$21.80
$16.08
$18.03
$17.65
Total return
(22.40)%
36.74%
(8.75)%
7.23%
(7.89)%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$19,863
$31,246
$25,413
$31,770
$37,376
Expenses to average net assets
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
1.24%
1.24%
1.26%
1.26%
1.28%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
1.24%
1.24%
1.26%
1.26%
1.28%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
1.95%
1.57%
1.18%
1.89%
1.72%
Portfolio turnover rate
17%
22%
18%
13%
21%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
246

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica International Equity
 
Class I3
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$21.81
$16.08
$18.04
$17.68
$19.58
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
0.47
0.42
0.29
0.41
0.43
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(5.11)
5.56
(1.73)
0.84
(1.84)
Total investment operations
(4.64)
5.98
(1.44)
1.25
(1.41)
Contributions from affiliate
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.77)
(0.25)
(0.52)
(0.37)
(0.49)
Net realized gains
(0.52)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(0.77)
(0.25)
(0.52)
(0.89)
(0.49)
Net asset value, end of year
$16.40
$21.81
$16.08
$18.04
$17.68
Total return
(22.03)%
37.42%
(8.34)%
7.78%
(7.41)%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$115,536
$166,596
$204,877
$210,438
$218,378
Expenses to average net assets
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.75%
0.75%
0.77%
0.77%
0.79%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.75%
0.75%
0.77%
0.77%
0.79%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
2.48%
2.04%
1.74%
2.40%
2.21%
Portfolio turnover rate
17%
22%
18%
13%
21%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
247

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica International Focus
 
Class I2
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$10.09
$7.78
$7.53
$7.87
$9.02
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
0.17
0.16
0.11
0.15
0.16
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(2.66)
2.24
0.29
0.76
(1.16)
Total investment operations
(2.49)
2.40
0.40
0.91
(1.00)
Contributions from affiliate
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.30)
(0.09)
(0.15)
(0.15)
(0.15)
Net realized gains
(0.30)
(1.10)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(0.60)
(0.09)
(0.15)
(1.25)
(0.15)
Net asset value, end of year
$7.00
$10.09
$7.78
$7.53
$7.87
Total return
(26.24)%
31.01%
5.34%
15.22%
(11.29)%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$862,508
$1,467,721
$1,439,535
$1,162,120
$1,216,433
Expenses to average net assets
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.81%
0.80%
0.81%
0.81%
0.87%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.81%
0.80%
0.81%
0.81%
0.87%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
2.06%
1.69%
1.45%
2.20%
1.80%
Portfolio turnover rate
36%
21%
28%
25%
119%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
248

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Large Core ESG
 
Class R4
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$13.68
$10.52
$9.95
$11.12
$11.01
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
0.09
0.10
0.12
0.13
0.12
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(1.56)
4.06
0.59
0.64
0.55
Total investment operations
(1.47)
4.16
0.71
0.77
0.67
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.09)
(0.10)
(0.14)
(0.13)
(0.11)
Net realized gains
(1.94)
(0.90)
(0.00)(B)
(1.81)
(0.45)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(2.03)
(1.00)
(0.14)
(1.94)
(0.56)
Net asset value, end of year
$10.18
$13.68
$10.52
$9.95
$11.12
Total return
(12.73)%
41.88%
7.31%
10.15%
6.00%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$2,391
$2,800
$2,045
$5,039
$5,386
Expenses to average net assets(C)
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.77%
0.76%
0.78%
0.76%
0.91%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.77%
0.76%
0.78%
0.88%
0.89%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
0.78%
0.77%
1.20%
1.33%
1.01%
Portfolio turnover rate
77%
82%
83%
82%
130%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(B)
Rounds to less than $0.01 or $(0.01).
(C)
Does not include expenses of the underlying investments in which the Fund invests.
249

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Large Core ESG
 
Class R
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$13.68
$10.52
$9.95
$11.11
$11.01
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
0.06
0.07
0.09
0.11
0.08
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(1.56)
4.06
0.60
0.65
0.55
Total investment operations
(1.50)
4.13
0.69
0.76
0.63
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.06)
(0.07)
(0.12)
(0.11)
(0.08)
Net realized gains
(1.94)
(0.90)
(0.00)(B)
(1.81)
(0.45)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(2.00)
(0.97)
(0.12)
(1.92)
(0.53)
Net asset value, end of year
$10.18
$13.68
$10.52
$9.95
$11.11
Total return
(13.03)%
41.64%
7.05%
10.05%
5.67%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$49,946
$66,418
$55,318
$61,472
$72,764
Expenses to average net assets(C)
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
1.02%
1.01%
1.02%
1.01%
1.15%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
1.02%
1.01%
1.02%
1.06%
1.14%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
0.54%
0.54%
0.91%
1.15%
0.74%
Portfolio turnover rate
77%
82%
83%
82%
130%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(B)
Rounds to less than $0.01 or $(0.01).
(C)
Does not include expenses of the underlying investments in which the Fund invests.
250

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Large Core ESG
 
Class I3
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$13.68
$10.52
$9.95
$11.12
$11.02
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
0.12
0.13
0.14
0.16
0.14
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(1.57)
4.06
0.60
0.64
0.55
Total investment operations
(1.45)
4.19
0.74
0.80
0.69
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.12)
(0.13)
(0.17)
(0.16)
(0.14)
Net realized gains
(1.94)
(0.90)
(0.00)(B)
(1.81)
(0.45)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(2.06)
(1.03)
(0.17)
(1.97)
(0.59)
Net asset value, end of year
$10.17
$13.68
$10.52
$9.95
$11.12
Total return
(12.58)%
42.24%
7.62%
10.53%
6.20%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$109,512
$136,168
$109,142
$191,543
$189,483
Expenses to average net assets(C)
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.52%
0.51%
0.52%
0.51%
0.66%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.52%
0.51%
0.52%
0.57%
0.64%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
1.03%
1.03%
1.41%
1.63%
1.24%
Portfolio turnover rate
77%
82%
83%
82%
130%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(B)
Rounds to less than $0.01 or $(0.01).
(C)
Does not include expenses of the underlying investments in which the Fund invests.
251

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Large Growth
 
Class R4
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$20.40
$16.94
$13.06
$12.44
$11.72
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
(0.06)
(0.11)
(0.07)
(0.01)
(0.01)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(7.61)
6.39
6.42
1.65
1.23
Total investment operations
(7.67)
6.28
6.35
1.64
1.22
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.05)
Net realized gains
(3.81)
(2.82)
(2.47)
(1.02)
(0.45)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(3.81)
(2.82)
(2.47)
(1.02)
(0.50)
Net asset value, end of year
$8.92
$20.40
$16.94
$13.06
$12.44
Total return
(45.34)%
39.52%
57.53%
15.29%
10.68%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$16,757
$64,361
$49,984
$34,955
$37,269
Expenses to average net assets
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.95%
0.94%
0.94%
0.95%
0.95%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.90%
0.90%
0.90%
0.90%
0.90%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
(0.53)%
(0.58)%
(0.52)%
(0.10)%
(0.04)%
Portfolio turnover rate
60%
48%
39%
63%
34%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
252

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Large Growth
 
Class R
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$20.13
$16.79
$13.00
$12.41
$11.71
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
(0.09)
(0.16)
(0.11)
(0.05)
(0.04)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(7.48)
6.32
6.37
1.66
1.23
Total investment operations
(7.57)
6.16
6.26
1.61
1.19
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.04)
Net realized gains
(3.81)
(2.82)
(2.47)
(1.02)
(0.45)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(3.81)
(2.82)
(2.47)
(1.02)
(0.49)
Net asset value, end of year
$8.75
$20.13
$16.79
$13.00
$12.41
Total return
(45.47)%
39.11%
57.02%
15.06%
10.39%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$92,615
$200,390
$161,089
$118,346
$140,192
Expenses to average net assets
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
1.19%
1.18%
1.19%
1.19%
1.19%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
1.19%
1.18%
1.19%
1.19%(B)
1.15%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
(0.81)%
(0.86)%
(0.81)%
(0.38)%
(0.30)%
Portfolio turnover rate
60%
48%
39%
63%
34%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(B)
Waiver and/or reimbursement rounds to less than 0.01%.
253

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Large Growth
 
Class I3
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$20.56
$17.03
$13.09
$12.45
$11.72
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
(0.04)
(0.07)
(0.04)
0.01
0.03
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(7.68)
6.42
6.45
1.66
1.22
Total investment operations
(7.72)
6.35
6.41
1.67
1.25
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.01)
(0.07)
Net realized gains
(3.81)
(2.82)
(2.47)
(1.02)
(0.45)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(3.81)
(2.82)
(2.47)
(1.03)
(0.52)
Net asset value, end of year
$9.03
$20.56
$17.03
$13.09
$12.45
Total return
(45.20)%
39.76%
57.90%
15.57%
10.94%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$303,089
$971,642
$769,670
$640,098
$622,541
Expenses to average net assets
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.70%
0.69%
0.69%
0.70%
0.70%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.70%
0.69%
0.69%
0.69%
0.65%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
(0.32)%
(0.36)%
(0.31)%
0.10%
0.20%
Portfolio turnover rate
60%
48%
39%
63%
34%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
254

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Large Value Opportunities
 
Class R4
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$11.51
$8.17
$9.33
$10.75
$10.71
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
0.16
0.19
0.19
0.20
0.15
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(0.28)
3.34
(1.10)
0.29
0.21
Total investment operations
(0.12)
3.53
(0.91)
0.49
0.36
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.17)
(0.19)
(0.20)
(0.20)
(0.14)
Net realized gains
(1.61)
(0.05)
(1.71)
(0.18)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(1.78)
(0.19)
(0.25)
(1.91)
(0.32)
Net asset value, end of year
$9.61
$11.51
$8.17
$9.33
$10.75
Total return
(1.46)%
43.42%
(9.81)%
7.31%
3.32%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$9,087
$10,065
$19,376
$38,170
$36,445
Expenses to average net assets(B)
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.75%
0.74%
0.75%
0.74%
0.77%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.75%(C)
0.75%
0.75%(C)
0.75%
0.74%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
1.61%
1.83%
2.13%
2.14%
1.39%
Portfolio turnover rate
119%
117%
116%
118%
137%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(B)
Does not include expenses of the underlying investments in which the Fund invests.
(C)
Waiver and/or reimbursement rounds to less than 0.01%.
255

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Large Value Opportunities
 
Class R
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$11.50
$8.17
$9.33
$10.75
$10.71
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
0.14
0.16
0.16
0.18
0.13
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(0.27)
3.33
(1.09)
0.28
0.21
Total investment operations
(0.13)
3.49
(0.93)
0.46
0.34
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.15)
(0.16)
(0.18)
(0.17)
(0.12)
Net realized gains
(1.61)
(0.05)
(1.71)
(0.18)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(1.76)
(0.16)
(0.23)
(1.88)
(0.30)
Net asset value, end of year
$9.61
$11.50
$8.17
$9.33
$10.75
Total return
(1.63)%
42.93%
(10.05)%
6.97%
3.08%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$61,830
$70,159
$56,104
$73,596
$103,701
Expenses to average net assets(B)
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.99%
0.98%
0.99%
0.99%
1.01%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
1.00%
1.00%
1.00%
1.00%
0.99%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
1.37%
1.53%
1.89%
1.91%
1.14%
Portfolio turnover rate
119%
117%
116%
118%
137%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(B)
Does not include expenses of the underlying investments in which the Fund invests.
256

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Large Value Opportunities
 
Class I3
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$11.49
$8.16
$9.32
$10.75
$10.71
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
0.19
0.21
0.21
0.22
0.18
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(0.28)
3.33
(1.09)
0.28
0.21
Total investment operations
(0.09)
3.54
(0.88)
0.50
0.39
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.20)
(0.21)
(0.23)
(0.22)
(0.17)
Net realized gains
(1.61)
(0.05)
(1.71)
(0.18)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(1.81)
(0.21)
(0.28)
(1.93)
(0.35)
Net asset value, end of year
$9.59
$11.49
$8.16
$9.32
$10.75
Total return
(1.20)%
43.70%
(9.67)%
7.58%
3.60%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$259,718
$313,063
$254,111
$438,107
$458,786
Expenses to average net assets(B)
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.50%
0.49%
0.50%
0.49%
0.52%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.50%
0.49%(C)
0.50%(C)
0.50%
0.49%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
1.87%
2.04%
2.36%
2.38%
1.64%
Portfolio turnover rate
119%
117%
116%
118%
137%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(B)
Does not include expenses of the underlying investments in which the Fund invests.
(C)
Waiver and/or reimbursement rounds to less than 0.01%.
257

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Mid Cap Growth
 
Class R4
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$15.53
$12.17
$10.53
$13.13
$14.30
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
(0.04)
(0.08)
(0.05)
(0.03)
0.02
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(4.17)
4.08
1.87
1.60
(0.95)(B)
Total investment operations
(4.21)
4.00
1.82
1.57
(0.93)
Contributions from affiliate
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.01)
(0.01)
Net realized gains
(4.35)
(0.64)
(0.18)
(4.16)
(0.23)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(4.35)
(0.64)
(0.18)
(4.17)
(0.24)
Net asset value, end of year
$6.97
$15.53
$12.17
$10.53
$13.13
Total return
(35.26)%
33.59%
17.50%
23.05%
(6.64)%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$127
$192
$334
$357
$4,709
Expenses to average net assets
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
1.03%
1.01%
1.01%
1.13%
1.12%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.95%
0.95%
0.95%
0.95%
0.95%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
(0.43)%
(0.54)%
(0.43)%
(0.32)%
0.17%
Portfolio turnover rate
77%
99%
91%
136%
61%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(B)
The amount of net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) per share does not correspond with the amounts reported within the Statements of Changes due to the timing of purchases and redemptions of Fund shares and fluctuating market values during the period.
258

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Mid Cap Growth
 
Class R
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$15.29
$12.03
$10.45
$13.08
$14.26
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
(0.06)
(0.12)
(0.09)
(0.07)
(0.03)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(4.09)
4.02
1.85
1.60
(0.92)(B)
Total investment operations
(4.15)
3.90
1.76
1.53
(0.95)
Contributions from affiliate
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net realized gains
(4.35)
(0.64)
(0.18)
(4.16)
(0.23)
Net asset value, end of year
$6.79
$15.29
$12.03
$10.45
$13.08
Total return
(35.47)%
33.13%
17.05%
22.79%
(6.89)%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$14,603
$25,582
$22,527
$20,748
$19,711
Expenses to average net assets
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
1.27%
1.25%
1.26%
1.37%
1.37%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
1.27%
1.25%
1.32%
1.35%
1.27%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
(0.76)%
(0.88)%
(0.81)%
(0.76)%
(0.19)%
Portfolio turnover rate
77%
99%
91%
136%
61%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(B)
The amount of net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) per share does not correspond with the amounts reported within the Statements of Changes due to the timing of purchases and redemptions of Fund shares and fluctuating market values during the period.
259

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Mid Cap Growth
 
Class I3
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$15.56
$12.17
$10.51
$13.14
$14.32
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
(0.02)
(0.05)
(0.03)
(0.03)
0.05
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(4.19)
4.08
1.87
1.61
(0.95)(B)
Total investment operations
(4.21)
4.03
1.84
1.58
(0.90)
Contributions from affiliate
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.05)
(0.05)
Net realized gains
(4.35)
(0.64)
(0.18)
(4.16)
(0.23)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(4.35)
(0.64)
(0.18)
(4.21)
(0.28)
Net asset value, end of year
$7.00
$15.56
$12.17
$10.51
$13.14
Total return
(35.11)%
33.64%
17.71%
23.41%
(6.49)%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$22,531
$36,970
$35,975
$38,275
$36,797
Expenses to average net assets
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.78%
0.76%
0.76%
0.88%
0.87%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.78%
0.76%(C)
0.78%
0.84%
0.75%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
(0.26)%
(0.38)%
(0.27)%
(0.27)%
0.32%
Portfolio turnover rate
77%
99%
91%
136%
61%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(B)
The amount of net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) per share does not correspond with the amounts reported within the Statements of Changes due to the timing of purchases and redemptions of Fund shares and fluctuating market values during the period.
(C)
Waiver and/or reimbursement rounds to less than 0.01%.
260

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Mid Cap Value Opportunities
 
Class R4
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$14.92
$10.19
$11.79
$11.66
$11.94
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
0.08
0.06
0.12
0.12
0.11
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(0.53)
4.77
(1.30)
0.87
0.50
Total investment operations
(0.45)
4.83
(1.18)
0.99
0.61
Contributions from affiliate
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.05)
(0.10)
(0.08)
(0.13)
(0.06)
Net realized gains
(3.27)
(0.34)
(0.73)
(0.83)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(3.32)
(0.10)
(0.42)
(0.86)
(0.89)
Net asset value, end of year
$11.15
$14.92
$10.19
$11.79
$11.66
Total return
(3.99)%
47.83%
(10.55)%
9.83%
5.07%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$82,892
$116,919
$83,065
$101,137
$362,082
Expenses to average net assets
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
1.00%
0.99%
1.00%
1.00%
1.00%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.90%
0.90%
0.90%
0.90%
0.90%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
0.67%
0.40%
1.13%
1.06%
0.96%
Portfolio turnover rate
54%
54%
82%
77%
85%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
261

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Mid Cap Value Opportunities
 
Class R
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$14.86
$10.15
$11.77
$11.63
$11.92
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
0.04
0.01
0.08
0.07
0.07
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(0.53)
4.77
(1.29)
0.88
0.50
Total investment operations
(0.49)
4.78
(1.21)
0.95
0.57
Contributions from affiliate
0.00(B),(C)
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.00)(B)
(0.07)
(0.07)
(0.08)
(0.03)
Net realized gains
(3.27)
(0.34)
(0.73)
(0.83)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(3.27)
(0.07)
(0.41)
(0.81)
(0.86)
Net asset value, end of year
$11.10
$14.86
$10.15
$11.77
$11.63
Total return
(4.34)%(C)
47.20%
(10.77)%
9.45%
4.70%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$52,688
$58,856
$46,194
$62,961
$69,546
Expenses to average net assets
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
1.24%
1.23%
1.25%
1.25%
1.26%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
1.25%
1.25%
1.25%(D)
1.25%(D)
1.24%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
0.33%
0.07%
0.79%
0.60%
0.63%
Portfolio turnover rate
54%
54%
82%
77%
85%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(B)
Rounds to less than $0.01 or $(0.01).
(C)
Please reference the Fees and Other Affiliated Transactions section of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information regarding Contributions from affiliate, Transamerica Capital, Inc. If the affiliate had not made the contribution, total return would have decreased by 0.00%.
(D)
Waiver and/or reimbursement rounds to less than 0.01%.
262

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Mid Cap Value Opportunities
 
Class I3
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$14.89
$10.17
$11.80
$11.67
$11.96
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
0.10
0.08
0.13
0.12
0.14
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(0.52)
4.76
(1.29)
0.90
0.48
Total investment operations
(0.42)
4.84
(1.16)
1.02
0.62
Contributions from affiliate
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.08)
(0.12)
(0.13)
(0.16)
(0.08)
Net realized gains
(3.27)
(0.34)
(0.73)
(0.83)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(3.35)
(0.12)
(0.47)
(0.89)
(0.91)
Net asset value, end of year
$11.12
$14.89
$10.17
$11.80
$11.67
Total return
(3.81)%
48.03%
(10.43)%
10.10%
5.19%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$99,003
$128,122
$114,102
$212,674
$231,307
Expenses to average net assets
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.75%
0.74%
0.75%
0.75%
0.75%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.75%
0.74%
0.75%
0.75%(B)
0.70%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
0.83%
0.60%
1.28%
1.09%
1.16%
Portfolio turnover rate
54%
54%
82%
77%
85%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(B)
Waiver and/or reimbursement rounds to less than 0.01%.
263

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Multi-Managed Balanced
 
Class A
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$36.04
$30.23
$28.66
$27.54
$27.90
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
0.29
0.22
0.28
0.36
0.34
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(5.41)
7.06
2.44
2.79
0.24
Total investment operations
(5.12)
7.28
2.72
3.15
0.58
Contributions from affiliate
0.00(B),(C)
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.27)
(0.22)
(0.30)
(0.37)
(0.35)
Net realized gains
(2.16)
(1.25)
(0.85)
(1.66)
(0.59)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(2.43)
(1.47)
(1.15)
(2.03)
(0.94)
Net asset value, end of year
$28.49
$36.04
$30.23
$28.66
$27.54
Total return(D)
(15.21)%(C)
24.80%
9.76%
12.53%
2.05%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$578,116
$725,936
$572,827
$558,639
$532,861
Expenses to average net assets
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.96%
0.94%
1.01%
1.04%
1.03%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.96%(E)
0.94%
1.01%
1.04%
1.03%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
0.90%
0.65%
0.98%
1.34%
1.22%
Portfolio turnover rate
34%
40%
53%
41%
48%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(B)
Rounds to less than $0.01 or $(0.01).
(C)
Please reference the Fees and Other Affiliated Transactions section of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information regarding Contributions from affiliate, Transamerica Capital, Inc. If the affiliate had not made the contribution, total return would have decreased by 0.00%.
(D)
Total return has been calculated without deduction of the initial sales charge and contingent deferred sales charge.
264

For a share outstanding during the period indicated:
Transamerica
Multi-Managed
Balanced
 
Class R
 
October 31,
2022(A)
Net asset value, beginning of period
$32.40
Investment operations:
 
Net investment income (loss)(B)
0.16
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(3.88)
Total investment operations
(3.72)
Contributions from affiliate
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
Net investment income
(0.15)
Net asset value, end of period
$28.53
Total return
(11.47)%(C)
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
Net assets end of period (000’s)
$113
Expenses to average net assets
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
1.29%(D)
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
1.03%(D)
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
0.81%(D)
Portfolio turnover rate
34%
(A)
Commenced operations on March 1, 2022.
(B)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(C)
Not annualized.
(D)
Annualized.
265

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Short-Term Bond
 
Class A
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$10.33
$10.32
$10.29
$10.05
$10.22
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
0.14
0.13
0.21
0.26
0.22
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(0.69)
0.02
0.04(B)
0.24
(0.17)
Total investment operations
(0.55)
0.15
0.25
0.50
0.05
Contributions from affiliate
0.00(C),(D)
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.15)
(0.14)
(0.22)
(0.26)
(0.22)
Net asset value, end of year
$9.63
$10.33
$10.32
$10.29
$10.05
Total return(E)
(5.35)%(D)
1.46%
2.43%
5.04%
0.53%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$623,306
$817,203
$731,602
$698,062
$732,815
Expenses to average net assets
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.71%
0.70%
0.72%
0.82%
0.85%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.71%(F)
0.70%
0.72%
0.82%
0.85%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
1.40%
1.27%
2.04%
2.54%
2.16%
Portfolio turnover rate
56%
44%
44%
61%
60%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(B)
The amount of net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) per share does not correspond with the amounts reported within the Statements of Changes due to the timing of purchases and redemptions of Fund shares and fluctuating market values during the period.
(C)
Rounds to less than $0.01 or $(0.01).
(D)
Please reference the Fees and Other Affiliated Transactions section of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information regarding Contributions from affiliate, Transamerica Capital, Inc. If the affiliate had not made the contribution, total return would have decreased by 0.00%.
(E)
Total return has been calculated without deduction of the initial sales charge and contingent deferred sales charge.
(F)
Waiver and/or reimbursement rounds to less than 0.01%.
266

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Small Cap Growth
 
Class R4
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$9.80
$6.98
$6.80
$6.81
$7.18
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
(0.05)
(0.06)
(0.05)
(0.02)
(0.03)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(2.63)
3.55
0.69
0.65
0.34
Total investment operations
(2.68)
3.49
0.64
0.63
0.31
Contributions from affiliate
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net realized gains
(0.97)
(0.67)
(0.46)
(0.64)
(0.68)
Net asset value, end of year
$6.15
$9.80
$6.98
$6.80
$6.81
Total return
(29.93)%
52.06%
9.74%
11.54%
4.60%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$186
$249
$93
$252
$6,609
Expenses to average net assets
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
1.25%
1.21%
1.25%
1.29%
1.26%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
1.15%
1.15%
1.15%
1.15%
1.15%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
(0.69)%
(0.65)%
(0.77)%
(0.38)%
(0.46)%
Portfolio turnover rate
38%
40%
69%
72%
55%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
267

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Small Cap Growth
 
Class R
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$9.60
$6.87
$6.72
$6.79
$7.16
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
(0.07)
(0.08)
(0.08)
(0.06)
(0.05)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(2.57)
3.48
0.69
0.63
0.36
Total investment operations
(2.64)
3.40
0.61
0.57
0.31
Contributions from affiliate
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net realized gains
(0.97)
(0.67)
(0.46)
(0.64)
(0.68)
Net asset value, end of year
$5.99
$9.60
$6.87
$6.72
$6.79
Total return
(30.16)%
51.54%
9.38%
10.78%
4.48%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$13,897
$21,336
$14,838
$15,869
$16,846
Expenses to average net assets
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
1.49%
1.46%
1.49%
1.53%
1.50%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
1.49%
1.46%
1.49%
1.49%
1.42%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
(1.03)%
(0.98)%
(1.15)%
(0.94)%
(0.73)%
Portfolio turnover rate
38%
40%
69%
72%
55%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
268

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Small Cap Growth
 
Class I3
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$9.87
$7.01
$6.83
$6.84
$7.19
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
(0.04)
(0.05)
(0.04)
(0.03)
(0.01)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(2.65)
3.58
0.68
0.66
0.34
Total investment operations
(2.69)
3.53
0.64
0.63
0.33
Contributions from affiliate
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net realized gains
(0.97)
(0.67)
(0.46)
(0.64)
(0.68)
Net asset value, end of year
$6.21
$9.87
$7.01
$6.83
$6.84
Total return
(29.81)%
52.42%
9.69%
11.48%
4.90%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$22,433
$34,682
$28,089
$26,997
$29,619
Expenses to average net assets
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
1.00%
0.96%
1.00%
1.04%
1.01%
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
1.00%
0.99%
1.00%(B)
0.99%
0.90%
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
(0.53)%
(0.51)%
(0.67)%
(0.46)%
(0.20)%
Portfolio turnover rate
38%
40%
69%
72%
55%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(B)
Waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture rounds to less than 0.01%.
269

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Small Cap Value
 
Class R4
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$13.07
$8.23
$9.95
$10.74
$12.01
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
0.04
0.02
0.08
(0.01)
0.04
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(0.66)
4.83
(1.39)
0.14
(0.84)
Total investment operations
(0.62)
4.85
(1.31)
0.13
(0.80)
Contributions from affiliate
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.05)
(0.01)
(0.20)
(0.05)
Net realized gains
(5.70)
(0.21)
(0.87)
(0.47)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(5.75)
(0.01)
(0.41)
(0.92)
(0.47)
Net asset value, end of year
$6.70
$13.07
$8.23
$9.95
$10.74
Total return
(7.85)%
58.90%
(13.88)%
2.57%
(6.99)%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$162
$184
$117
$328
$253
Expenses to average net assets
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
1.09%
1.05%
1.17%
1.15%
1.21%(B)
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
1.10%
1.10%
1.10%
1.10%
1.10%(B)
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
0.59%
0.20%
0.93%
(0.07)%
0.36%
Portfolio turnover rate
38%
94%
80%
168%
84%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(B)
Does not include expenses of the underlying investments in which the Fund invests.
270

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Small Cap Value
 
Class R
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$13.05
$8.23
$9.93
$10.73
$12.01
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
0.03
0.00(B)
0.05
(0.01)
0.01
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(0.67)
4.82
(1.38)
0.10
(0.82)
Total investment operations
(0.64)
4.82
(1.33)
0.09
(0.81)
Contributions from affiliate
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.03)
(0.16)
(0.02)
Net realized gains
(5.70)
(0.21)
(0.87)
(0.47)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(5.73)
(0.37)
(0.89)
(0.47)
Net asset value, end of year
$6.68
$13.05
$8.23
$9.93
$10.73
Total return
(8.16)%
58.57%
(14.05)%
2.13%
(7.25)%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$7,613
$10,125
$6,206
$7,982
$9,264
Expenses to average net assets
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
1.34%
1.29%
1.42%
1.40%
1.45%(C)
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
1.34%
1.29%
1.40%
1.39%
1.35%(C)
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
0.36%
0.02%
0.59%
(0.08)%
0.10%
Portfolio turnover rate
38%
94%
80%
168%
84%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(B)
Rounds to less than $0.01 or $(0.01).
(C)
Does not include expenses of the underlying investments in which the Fund invests.
271

For a share outstanding during the years indicated:
Transamerica Small Cap Value
 
Class I3
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020
October 31,
2019
October 31,
2018
Net asset value, beginning of year
$13.10
$8.24
$9.96
$10.77
$12.05
Investment operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(A)
0.06
0.06
0.08
0.04
0.07
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(0.66)
4.83
(1.38)
0.11
(0.84)
Total investment operations
(0.60)
4.89
(1.30)
0.15
(0.77)
Contributions from affiliate
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.10)
(0.03)
(0.21)
(0.09)
(0.04)
Net realized gains
(5.70)
(0.21)
(0.87)
(0.47)
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
(5.80)
(0.03)
(0.42)
(0.96)
(0.51)
Net asset value, end of year
$6.70
$13.10
$8.24
$9.96
$10.77
Total return
(7.70)%
59.37%
(13.75)%
2.77%
(6.78)%
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets end of year (000’s)
$23,917
$31,764
$28,471
$24,216
$27,065
Expenses to average net assets
 
 
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.84%
0.80%
0.92%
0.90%
0.96%(B)
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.84%
0.83%
0.92%(C)
0.90%(C)
0.85%(B)
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
0.85%
0.52%
1.04%
0.40%
0.60%
Portfolio turnover rate
38%
94%
80%
168%
84%
(A)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(B)
Does not include expenses of the underlying investments in which the Fund invests.
(C)
Waiver and/or reimbursement rounds to less than 0.01%.
272

For a share outstanding during the period and years indicated:
Transamerica Sustainable Bond
 
Class I
 
October 31,
2022
October 31,
2021
October 31,
2020(A)
Net asset value, beginning of period/year
$9.67
$9.82
$10.00
Investment operations:
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)(B)
0.18
0.13
0.02
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
(1.90)
(0.14)
(0.17)
Total investment operations
(1.72)
(0.01)
(0.15)
Contributions from affiliate
0.02(C)
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 
 
 
Net investment income
(0.21)
(0.14)
(0.03)
Net asset value, end of period/year
$7.76
$9.67
$9.82
Total return
(17.80)%(C)
(0.06)%
(1.52)%(D)
Ratio and supplemental data:
 
 
 
Net assets end of period/year (000’s)
$813
$1,010
$985
Expenses to average net assets
 
 
 
Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
1.13%
1.27%
1.79%(E)
Including waiver and/or reimbursement and recapture
0.50%
0.50%
0.50%(E)
Net investment income (loss) to average net assets
2.05%
1.30%
0.93%(E)
Portfolio turnover rate
18%
43%
33%(D)
(A)
Commenced operations on July 31, 2020.
(B)
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
(C)
Please reference the Fees and Other Affiliated Transactions section of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information regarding Contributions from affiliate, Transamerica Funds Services, Inc. If the affiliate had not made the contribution, total return would have decreased by 0.20%.
(D)
Not annualized.
(E)
Annualized.
273

Appendix A - Asset Allocation Funds
As described in this prospectus, under normal market conditions the assets of each Asset Allocation Fund are invested in underlying bond, stock and money market funds approximately as follows:
 
Long-Term Expected Average Allocations
 
Bond
Funds
Stock
Funds
Government
Money Market
Fund
Transamerica Asset Allocation Intermediate Horizon
49.8%
50%
0.2%
Transamerica Asset Allocation Long Horizon
9.8%
90%
0.2%
Transamerica Asset Allocation Short Horizon
89.8%
10%
0.2%
TAM selects the underlying funds and the relative amounts to be invested in them. The underlying bond funds reflect a mix of short-term bonds, intermediate-term bonds, and high yield bonds. The underlying stock funds reflect a mix of large, mid, and small cap domestic stocks as well as international stocks.
Currently, TAM seeks to allocate an Asset Allocation Fund’s bond investments under the broad allocations listed above among sub-asset classes according to the following target percentages, under normal market conditions:
Sub-Asset Class
Potential Asset
Allocation Range
Underlying Funds Available
Intermediate-term bonds
55 – 90%
Transamerica Core Bond
Transamerica Inflation-Protected
Securities
Short-term bonds
0 – 25%
Transamerica Short-Term Bond
High-yield bonds
0 – 20%
Transamerica High Yield Bond
Currently, TAM seeks to allocate an Asset Allocation Fund’s stock investments under the broad allocations listed above among sub-asset classes according to the following target percentages, under normal market conditions:
Sub-Asset Class
Potential Asset
Allocation Range
Underlying Funds Available
Large cap stocks
35 – 70%
Transamerica Stock Index
Transamerica Large Core ESG
Transamerica Large Value
Opportunities
Transamerica Large Growth
Small and mid-cap stocks
10 – 40%
Transamerica Mid Cap Growth
Transamerica Mid Cap Value
Opportunities
Transamerica Small Cap Value
Transamerica Small Cap Growth
International stocks
10 – 40%
Transamerica International Equity
In the short-term, actual asset allocations may vary due to short-term changes in cash flows caused by purchases and redemptions in the Asset Allocation Funds. Under normal circumstances, each Asset Allocation Fund invests in Transamerica Government Money Market in minimal amounts for cash management and liquidity purposes. However, TAM may allocate the assets of each Asset Allocation Fund without limit to Transamerica Government Money Market in attempting to respond to adverse market, political or other conditions or to process a large purchase or redemption within an Asset Allocation Fund.
The Asset Allocation Funds are not required to invest in all of the underlying funds available, nor are they required to invest in any particular underlying Fund. TAM may change the overall asset allocations between underlying bond and stock funds at any time to reflect TAM’s current strategy for asset allocation, and also may change the relative amounts invested in a particular sub-asset class, at any time. From time to time, TAM may select new or different underlying funds than those listed in this Appendix A, without prior approval or notice to shareholders.
The following is a summary of the principal investment strategies and risks for the underlying funds not described elsewhere in this prospectus. Further information about the underlying funds not described elsewhere in this prospectus can be found in those underlying funds’ prospectuses, available at www.transamerica.com.
274

Transamerica Stock Index
Principal Investment Strategies: The fund invests in securities through an underlying master fund. BlackRock Fund Advisors is the investment adviser of the S&P 500® Index Master Portfolio, the underlying master fund in which the fund invests.
The fund seeks its investment objective by investing substantially all of its investable assets in the underlying master fund. The underlying master fund seeks its objective by investing in the stocks comprising the Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”) 500® Index1. The weightings of stocks in the S&P 500® Index are based on each stock’s relative total market capitalization; that is, its market price per share times the number of shares outstanding. The master fund invests approximately the same percentage of its assets in each stock as the stock represents in the S&P 500® Index. Under normal circumstances, the master fund invests at least 90% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in securities comprising the S&P 500® Index.
The master fund attempts to achieve, in both rising and falling markets, a correlation of at least 95% between the total return of its net assets before expenses and the total return of the S&P 500® Index. The master fund’s ability to match the investment performance of the S&P 500® Index may be affected by, among other things, master fund expenses, the amount of cash and cash equivalents held by the master fund, the manner in which the total return of the S&P 500® Index is calculated, the size of the master fund’s investment portfolio and the timing, frequency and size of cash flows into and out of the master fund.
In the future, the fund or the master fund may select another index if it is deemed to be more representative of the performance of publicly traded common stocks in the aggregate.
In seeking to replicate or match the performance of the S&P 500® Index, the master fund may use various investment techniques, such as buying and selling futures contracts and options and purchasing indexed securities. The master fund may also lend its portfolio securities. These techniques may increase the master fund’s volatility and may involve a small investment of cash relative to the magnitude of the risk being taken.
The fund and the master fund may invest not more than 10% of its total assets, under normal market conditions, in cash and high-quality money market instruments. These investments are made to provide liquidity and when there is an unexpected or abnormal level of investments in or redemptions from the fund or the master fund.
Principal Risks of the Underlying Funds
Principal Risks
Transamerica Stock
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Passive Strategy/Index
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Index Fund
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Equity Securities
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Large Capitalization Companies
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Management
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Industry Concentration
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Derivatives
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Counterparty
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Credit
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Leveraging
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Liquidity
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Standard & Poor’s does not sponsor the fund, nor is it affiliated in any way with the fund or the fund’s advisers. “Standard & Poor’s®,” “S&P®,” “S&P 500®,” and “Standard & Poor’s 500®” are trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a division of S&P Global. The fund is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Standard & Poor’s and Standard & Poor’s makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, regarding the advisability of investing in the fund.
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Both the investment returns and principal value of mutual funds will fluctuate over time so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
Transamerica Funds
1801 California Street, Suite 5200
Denver, CO 80202
Customer Service: 1-888-233-4339
Shareholder inquiries and transaction requests should be mailed to:
Transamerica Fund Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 219945
Kansas City, MO 64121-9945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION about these funds is contained in the Statement of Additional Information dated March 1, 2023, as may be further supplemented or revised from time to time, and in the annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders. The Statement of Additional Information is incorporated by reference into this prospectus.
Information about the funds (including the Statement of Additional Information) has been filed with and is available from the SEC. Copies of this information may be obtained upon payment of a duplication fee or by electronic request at the following e-mail address, [email protected]. Reports and other information about the funds are also available on the SEC’s Internet site at http://www.sec.gov.
To obtain a copy of the Statement of Additional Information or the annual and semi-annual reports, without charge, or to request other information or make other inquiries about the funds, call or write to Transamerica Funds at the phone number or address above or visit Transamerica Funds website at www.transamerica.com. In the Transamerica Funds annual report, you will find a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the funds’ performance during the last fiscal year. Additional information about the funds’ investments is available in the funds’ annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders.
Each fund’s most recently calculated net asset value per share is available on our website at www.transamerica.com.
www.transamerica.com
Sales Support: 1-800-851-7555
Distributor: Transamerica Capital, Inc.
The Investment Company Act File Number for Transamerica Funds is 811-04556.