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Jackson Variable Series Trust – ‘497K’ on 4/29/16

On:  Friday, 4/29/16, at 9:17am ET   ·   Effective:  4/29/16   ·   Accession #:  1532747-16-393   ·   File #:  333-177369

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          → JNL/Neuberger Berman Commodity Strategy Fund JNL/Neuberger Berman Commodity Strategy Fund (A)

Summary Prospectus of an Open-End Management Investment Company   —   Rule 497(k)
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Summary Prospectus – April 25, 2016, as amended April 29, 2016

JNL/Neuberger Berman Risk Balanced Commodity Strategy Fund

Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund's Prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks.  You can find the Fund's Prospectus and other information about the Fund, including the Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") and most recent reports to shareholders, online at http://hosted.rightprospectus.com/Jackson/JacksonVariableSeriesTrust. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 1-800-644-4565 (Annuity and Life Service Center), 1-800-599-5651 (NY Annuity and Life Service Center), 1-800-777-7779 (for contracts purchased through a bank or financial institution) or 1-888-464-7779 (for NY contracts purchased through a bank or financial institution), or by sending an email request to ProspectusRequest@jackson.com. The current Prospectus and SAI, both dated April 25, 2016, are incorporated by reference into (which means they legally are a part of) this Summary Prospectus.
 

 
Investment Objective.  The investment objective of the JNL/Neuberger Berman Risk Balanced Commodity Strategy Fund (the "Fund") is to seek total return.

Expenses.  This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

The expenses do not reflect the expenses of the variable insurance contracts or the separate account through which you indirectly invest in the Fund, whichever may be applicable, and the total expenses would be higher if they were included.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
   
Management Fees
0.60%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees
0.20%
Other Expenses1
0.17%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses2
0.02%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses3
0.99%

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"Other Expenses" include an Administrative Fee of 0.15% which is payable to Jackson National Asset Management, LLC ("JNAM" or the "Adviser").
2
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are the indirect expenses of investing in other investment companies.  Accordingly, the expense ratio presented in the Financial Highlights section of the prospectus will not correlate to the Total Annual Operating Expense disclosed above.
3
Expense information has been restated to reflect current fees.

Expense 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.  Also, this example does not reflect the expenses of the variable insurance contracts or the separate account through which you indirectly invest in the Fund, whichever may be applicable, and the total expenses would be higher if they were included.  The table below shows the expenses you would pay on a $10,000 investment, assuming (1) a 5% annual return and (2) redemption at the end of each time period.  The example also assumes 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
$101
$315
$547
$1,213

Portfolio Turnover (% of average value of portfolio).  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.  These costs, which are not reflected in Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Expense Example above, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 13% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies.  The Fund seeks to achieve its goal by investing under normal circumstances in commodity-linked derivative instruments and fixed-income instruments. Commodities are assets that have tangible properties, such as oil, natural gas, agricultural products or metals.

The Fund seeks to gain exposure to the commodity markets by investing, directly or indirectly, in futures contracts on individual commodities and other commodity-linked derivative instruments. The performance of these commodity-linked derivative instruments is expected to correspond to the performance of the commodity underlying the derivative instrument, without requiring the Fund to invest directly in commodities. Although the Fund may make these investments in commodity-linked derivative instruments directly, the Fund expects to gain exposure to these investments primarily by investing in JNL/Neuberger Berman Risk Balanced Commodity Strategy Fund Ltd. (the "Subsidiary").

The Subsidiary may invest without limitation in commodity-linked derivative instruments. The Subsidiary also may invest in fixed income securities, cash or cash equivalent instruments, or money market mutual funds, some of which may serve as collateral for the Subsidiary's derivative instruments. The Fund will not invest more than 25% of the value of its total assets in the Subsidiary at the end of any quarter of its fiscal year.

Fund assets not invested either in the Subsidiary or directly in commodity-linked derivative instruments will be invested in fixed income securities, cash or cash equivalent instruments, or money market mutual funds.
 
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The Fund and the Subsidiary may hold commodity-linked derivative instruments that provide leveraged exposure to commodities so that the Fund's and the Subsidiary's investment exposure to commodities (through their use of commodity-linked derivative instruments) may, at times, equal or slightly exceed the Fund's net assets (including its interest in the Subsidiary).

In managing the Fund's commodity investments, the Fund's sub-adviser, Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC (the "Sub-Adviser") seeks to identify investment opportunities using quantitative investment models and fundamental analyses with an emphasis on risk management in an attempt to take advantage of both short-term and long-term opportunities in commodity markets. By managing a broadly diversified portfolio of commodity investments with an active investment approach, the Sub-Adviser seeks to provide returns that are not highly correlated with other major asset classes.

The Sub-Adviser will use various quantitative models employing strategies intended to identify investment opportunities and determine portfolio weightings in different commodity sectors and markets. These strategies include: (i) a risk-balancing strategy that considers the total portfolio risk the Sub-Adviser believes to be associated with each commodity; (ii) a strategy that endeavors to assess top down macro variables among various commodity sectors (such as, energy, industrial, precious metals, agricultural, livestock and softs (e.g., sugar, cotton, cocoa and coffee)); and/or (iii) a strategy that endeavors to assess the outlook for individual commodities within each commodity sector.

From time to time, the Fund's investment program may emphasize a particular sector of the commodities markets. If the Fund emphasizes one or more sectors, the performance of investments in the Fund will likely be affected by events affecting the performance of those sectors.

The Fund's fixed income investments will be mainly in investment grade fixed income securities and are intended to provide liquidity and preserve capital and may serve as collateral for the Fund's derivative instruments. These may include fixed income securities issued by the U.S. Government and its agencies and instrumentalities, bank certificates of deposit, mortgage backed securities, asset-backed securities, and corporate securities. The Fund considers fixed income securities to be investment grade if, at the time of investment, they are rated within the four highest categories by at least one independent credit rating agency or, if unrated, are determined by the Sub-Adviser to be of comparable quality.

The Fund may invest in cash or cash equivalent instruments. Because the Fund will use derivatives to gain exposure to commodities and because derivatives may not require the Fund to deposit the full notional amount of the investment, the
Fund may invest a significant amount of its assets in money market mutual funds.

Although the Fund invests primarily in domestic securities and other instruments, it may also invest in foreign securities and other instruments.

In an effort to achieve its goal, the Fund may engage in active and frequent trading.

The Fund is ''non-diversified'' under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), and may invest more of its assets in fewer issuers than ''diversified'' mutual funds.

Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund.  An investment in the Fund is not guaranteed.  As with any mutual fund, the value of the Fund's shares will change, and you could lose money by investing in the Fund.  (In the descriptions below of risks related to investments in commodities  except those describing U.S. federal income tax risks  references to the "Fund" include the Subsidiary as well.) The principal risks of investing in the Fund include:

Asset-based securities risk – Asset-based securities are typically fixed-income securities whose value is related to the market price of certain commodities, interests, and other items, such as precious metals, as well as, other assets, such as credit card receivables.  Although the market price of these securities is expected to follow the market price of the related assets, there may not be perfect correlation.  There are special risks associated with certain types of assets that will also affect the value of asset-based securities related to those assets.  For an example of such special risks, please refer to "Precious Metals Related Securities Risk."
Call risk – Call risk is the risk that, during a period of falling interest rates, the issuer may redeem a security by repaying it early, which may reduce the Fund's income if the proceeds are reinvested at lower interest rates.
Commodities regulatory and tax risk – Commodity-related operating companies typically are subject to significant federal, state and local government regulation in virtually every aspect of their operations, including how facilities are constructed, maintained and operated, environmental and safety controls, and the prices they may charge for the products and services they provide.   The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") and the exchanges on which futures contracts are traded are authorized to take extraordinary actions in the event of a market emergency, including, for example, increasing margin requirements, establishing daily limits and suspending trading. In addition, compliance with certain CFTC requirements may increase the Fund's expenses. Future regulatory developments may impact the Fund's ability to invest in commodity-linked derivatives.
Commodity-linked derivatives risk – The value of a commodity-linked derivative investment is typically based upon the price movements of a commodity, a commodity futures contract or commodity index, or some other readily measurable economic variable. The value of commodity-linked derivative instruments may be affected by changes in overall market movements, volatility of the
 
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underlying benchmark, changes in interest rates, or factors affecting a particular industry or commodity, such as drought, floods, weather, livestock disease, embargoes, tariffs and international economic, volatility in the spot market, and political and regulatory developments. The value of commodity-linked derivatives will rise or fall in response to changes in the underlying commodity or related index.  Investments in commodity-linked derivatives may be subject to greater volatility than non-derivative based investments.  A liquid secondary market may not exist for certain commodity-linked derivatives, and there can be no assurance that one will develop.

Commodity-linked derivatives also may be subject to credit and interest rate risks that generally affect the values of fixed-income securities. Therefore, at maturity, the Fund may receive more or less principal than it originally invested. The Fund may also receive interest payments that are more or less than the stated coupon interest payments.
Commodity risk – Commodity prices can be extremely volatile may be directly or indirectly affected by many factors, including changes in overall market movements, real or perceived inflationary trends, commodity index volatility, changes in interest rates or currency exchange rates, population growth and changing demographics, and factors affecting a particular industry or commodity, such as drought, floods, or other weather conditions, livestock disease, trade embargoes, competition from substitute products, transportation bottlenecks or shortages, fluctuations in supply and demand, tariffs, and international regulatory, political, and economic developments (e.g., regime changes and changes in economic activity levels).
Counterparty risk – Transactions involving a counterparty are subject to the credit risk of the counterparty. A Fund that enters into contracts with counterparties, such as repurchase or reverse repurchase agreements or over-the-counter ("OTC") derivatives contracts, or that lends its securities runs the risk that the counterparty will be unable or unwilling to make timely settlement payments or otherwise honor its obligations. If a counterparty fails to meet its contractual obligations, files for bankruptcy, or otherwise experiences a business interruption, the Fund could miss investment opportunities or otherwise hold investments it would prefer to sell, resulting in losses for the Fund. Counterparty risk is heightened during unusually adverse market conditions.
Credit risk – The price of a debt instrument can decline in response to changes in the financial condition of the issuer, borrower, guarantor, counterparty, or other entity responsible for payment. The Fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a fixed-income security, or the counterparty to a derivatives contract, repurchase agreement or a loan of portfolio securities, is unable or unwilling to make timely principal and/or interest payments, or to otherwise honor its obligations.
Currency risk – Investments in foreign currencies, securities that trade in or receive revenues in  foreign currencies, or derivatives that provide exposure to foreign currencies are subject to the risk that those currencies may decline in value or, in the case of hedging positions, that the currency may decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. Currency exchange rates can be volatile and may be affected by a number of factors, such as the general economics of a country, the actions (or inaction) of U.S. and foreign governments or central banks, the imposition of currency controls, and speculation. A decline in the value of a foreign currency versus the U.S. dollar reduces the value in U.S. dollars of investments denominated in that foreign currency.
Derivatives risk – Investments in derivatives, which are financial instruments whose value depends on, or is derived from, the value of underlying assets, reference rates, or indices, can be highly volatile and may be subject to transaction costs and certain risks, such as unanticipated changes in securities prices and global currency investment. Derivatives also are subject to leverage risk, liquidity risk, interest rate risk, market risk, counterparty risk, and credit risk. They also involve the risk of mispricing or improper valuation and the risk that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, interest rate or index. Gains or losses from derivatives can be substantially greater than the derivatives' original cost. Certain derivative transactions may be subject to counterparty risk.
Extension risk – When interest rates rise, certain obligations will be paid off by the obligor more slowly than anticipated, which may cause the value of those securities to fall. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates. The value of longer-term securities generally changes more in response to changes in interest rates than shorter-term securities. As a result, in a period of rising interest rates, securities may exhibit additional volatility and may lose value.
Fixed-income risk – The price of fixed-income securities responds to economic developments, particularly interest rate changes, as well as to perceptions about the credit risk of individual issuers.  Rising interest rates generally will cause the price of bonds and other fixed-income debt securities to fall. Falling interest rates may cause an issuer to redeem, call or refinance a security before its stated maturity, which may result in the Fund having to reinvest the proceeds in lower yielding securities. Bonds and other fixed-income debt securities are subject to credit risk, which is the possibility that the credit strength of an issuer will weaken and/or an issuer of a fixed-income security will fail to make timely payments of principal or interest and the security will go into default.
Foreign regulatory risk – The Adviser is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential plc, a publicly-traded company incorporated in the United Kingdom and is not affiliated in any manner with Prudential Financial Inc., a company whose principal place of business is in the United States of America.  Through its ownership structure, the Adviser has a number of global financial industry affiliates.  As a result of this structure, and the asset management and financial industry business activities of the Adviser and its affiliates, the Adviser and the Fund
 
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may be prohibited or limited in effecting transactions in certain securities. Additionally, the Adviser and the Fund may encounter trading limitations or restrictions because of aggregation issues or other foreign regulatory requirements.  Foreign regulators or foreign laws may impose position limits on securities held by the Fund, and the Fund may be limited as to which securities it may purchase or sell, as well as, the timing of such purchases or sales.  These foreign regulatory limits may increase the Fund's expenses and may limit the Fund's performance.
Foreign securities risk – Investments in, or exposure to, foreign securities involve risks not typically associated with U.S. investments.  These risks include, among others, adverse fluctuations in foreign currency values, possible imposition of foreign withholding or other taxes on income payable on the securities, as well as adverse political, social and economic developments such as political upheaval, acts of terrorism, financial troubles, or natural disasters.  Many foreign securities markets, especially those in emerging market countries, are less stable, smaller, less liquid, and less regulated than U.S. securities markets, and the costs of trading in those markets is often higher than in U.S. securities markets. There may also be less publicly-available information about issuers of foreign securities compared to issuers of U.S. securities. In addition, the economies of certain foreign markets may not compare favorably with the economy of the United States with respect to issues such as growth of gross national product, reinvestment of capital, resources and balance of payments position.
Forward and futures contract risk – The successful use of forward and futures contracts draws upon the Sub-Adviser's skill and experience with respect to such instruments and are subject to special risks, including but not limited to: (a) the imperfect correlation between the change in market value of the instruments held by the Fund and the price of the forward or futures contract; (b) possible lack of a liquid secondary market for a forward or futures contract and the resulting inability to close a forward or futures contract when desired; (c) losses caused by unanticipated market movements, which are potentially unlimited; (d) the Sub-Adviser's inability to predict correctly the direction of securities prices, interest rates, currency exchange rates and other economic factors; (e) the possibility that the counterparty, clearing member or clearinghouse will default in the performance of its obligations; and (f) if the Fund has insufficient cash, it may have to sell securities from its portfolio to meet daily variation margin requirements, and the Fund may have to sell securities at a time when it may be disadvantageous to do so.
Interest rate risk – When interest rates increase, fixed-income securities generally will decline in value. Long-term fixed income securities normally have more price volatility than short-term fixed income securities. The value of certain equity investments, such as utilities and real estate-related securities, may also be sensitive to interest rate changes.
Investment in other investment companies risk – As with other investments, investments in other investment companies are subject to market and selection risk. In addition, if the Fund acquires shares of investment companies, including ones affiliated with the Fund, shareholders bear both their proportionate share of expenses in the Fund (including management and advisory fees) and, indirectly, the expenses of the investment companies in which the Fund invests. To the extent that shares of the Fund are held by an affiliated fund, the ability of the Fund itself to invest in other investment companies may be limited.
Investment strategy risk – The investment manager uses the principal investment strategies and other investment strategies to seek to achieve the Fund's investment objective. Investment decisions made by the investment manager in accordance with these investment strategies may not produce the returns the investment manager expected, and may cause the Fund's shares to decline in value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.
Issuer risk – The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than the market as a whole and can perform differently from the market as a whole.  A security's value may decline for reasons that directly relate to the issuer, such as management performance, corporate governance, financial leverage and reduced demand for the issuer's goods or services.
Leverage risk – Certain transactions, such as reverse repurchase agreements, futures, forwards, swaps, or other derivative instruments, include the use of leverage and may cause the Fund to liquidate portfolio positions at disadvantageous times to satisfy its obligations or to meet segregation requirements.  The effect of using leverage is to amplify the Fund's gains and losses in comparison to the amount of the Fund's assets (that is, assets other than borrowed assets) at risk, which may cause the Fund's portfolio to be more volatile. If the Fund uses leverage, the Fund has the risk of capital losses that exceed the net assets of the Fund.
Liquidity risk – Investments in securities that are difficult to purchase or sell (illiquid or thinly-traded securities) may reduce returns if the Fund is unable to sell the securities at an advantageous time or price or achieve its desired level of exposure to a certain sector.  Liquidity risk arises, for example, from small average trading volumes, trading restrictions, or temporary suspensions of trading.  To meet redemption requests, the Fund may be forced to sell securities at an unfavorable time and/or under unfavorable conditions.
Managed portfolio risk – As an actively managed portfolio, the value of the Fund's investments could decline because the financial condition of an issuer may change (due to such factors as management performance, reduced demand or overall market changes), financial markets may fluctuate or overall prices may decline, or the Sub-Adviser's investment techniques could fail to achieve the Fund's investment objective or negatively affect the Fund's investment performance.
Market risk – Portfolio securities may decline in value due to factors affecting securities markets generally, such as
 
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real or perceived adverse economic, political, or regulatory conditions, inflation, changes in interest or currency rates or adverse investor sentiment, among others. Adverse market conditions may be prolonged and may not have the same impact on all types of securities. The values of securities may fall due to factors affecting a particular issuer, industry or the securities market as a whole.
Model risk – The Fund bears the risk that the proprietary quantitative models used by the portfolio managers will not be successful in identifying securities that will help the Fund achieve its investment objectives, which may cause the Fund to underperform its benchmark or other funds with a similar investment objective.
Mortgage-related and other asset-backed securities risk – Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of mortgage-related and other asset-backed securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates and exhibit increased volatility.  When interest rates decline, borrowers may pay off their mortgages or other loans sooner than expected, which can reduce the returns.
Non-diversification risk – The Fund is non-diversified, as defined by the 1940 Act, and as such may invest in the securities of a limited number of issuers and may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer. Therefore, a decline in the market price of a particular security held by the Fund may affect the Fund's performance more than if the Fund were a diversified investment company.
Portfolio turnover risk – Active trading, including investments made on a shorter- term basis or in derivative instruments or in instruments with a maturity of one year or less at the time of acquisition, may increase transaction costs, which may reduce performance.
Prepayment risk – During periods of falling interest rates, a debt security with a high interest rate may be prepaid before its expected maturity date. The Fund may have to reinvest the proceeds in an investment that may have lower yields than the yield on the prepaid debt security. In addition, prepayment rates are difficult to predict and the potential impact of prepayment on the price of a debt instrument depends on the terms of the instrument.
Sector risk – Companies with similar characteristics may be grouped together in broad categories called sectors. Sector risk is the risk that securities of companies within specific sectors of the economy can perform differently than the overall market. This may be due to changes in such things as the regulatory or competitive environment or to changes in investor perceptions regarding a sector. Because the Fund may allocate relatively more assets to certain sectors than others, the Fund's performance may be more susceptible to any developments which affect those sectors emphasized by the Fund. In addition, the Fund could underperform other funds investing in similar sectors or comparable benchmarks because of the investment manager's choice of securities within such sector.
Settlement risk – Settlement risk is the risk that a settlement in a transfer system does not take place as expected.  When a Fund enters into certain contracts with counterparties, such as over-the-counter derivatives contracts, it faces the risk that the counterparty will be unable or unwilling to make timely settlement payments or otherwise honor its obligations. If a Fund cannot settle or is delayed in settling a sale of securities, it may lose money if the value of the security declines or, if the Fund has contracted to sell the security to a third party, it could be liable for any losses incurred by that party.
Subsidiary risk – By investing in the Subsidiary, the Fund is indirectly exposed to the risks associated with the Subsidiary's investments. The commodity-related instruments held by the Subsidiary are generally similar to those that are permitted to be held by its Fund, without regard to certain U.S. federal income tax rules, and are generally subject to the same risks that apply to similar investments held directly by the Fund (see "Commodity-linked derivatives risk," "Commodities regulatory and tax risk," and "Commodity risk" above). There can be no assurance that the investment objective of the Subsidiary will be achieved. The Subsidiary is not registered under the 1940 Act, and, unless otherwise noted in this Prospectus, is not subject to all the investor protections of the 1940 Act. However, the Fund wholly owns and controls the Subsidiary, and the Fund and the Subsidiary are both managed by the Fund's Adviser and Sub-Adviser, making it unlikely that the Subsidiary will take action contrary to the interests of the Fund and its shareholders. Changes in the laws of the United States and/or the Cayman Islands could result in the inability of the Fund and/or the Subsidiary to operate as described in this Prospectus and the Fund's SAI and could affect the Fund.
Tax risk – In order for the Fund to qualify as a RIC under Subchapter M, it must derive at least 90% of its gross income each taxable year from "qualifying income," which is described in more detail in the SAI. Income and gains from certain commodity-linked instruments does not constitute "qualifying income" to a RIC for purposes of the 90% gross income test. The tax treatment of some other commodity-linked instruments in which a Fund might invest is not certain, in particular with respect to whether income or gains from such instruments constitute qualifying income to a RIC.  Income from commodities and certain commodity-linked derivative instruments in which the Fund may invest is not considered "qualifying income."  The Fund will therefore annually restrict its income from commodities and commodity-linked derivative instruments, such as commodity-linked swaps, and other assets that give rise to non-qualifying income to a maximum of 10% of the Fund's gross income.  The Fund's investment in the Subsidiary is expected to provide the Fund with exposure to the commodities markets within the limitations of the federal tax requirements of Subchapter M.  The annual net income, if any, realized by the Subsidiary and imputed for income tax purposes to the Fund should constitute "qualifying income" for purposes of the Fund's qualification as a RIC. The tax treatment of commodity-linked notes, other commodity-linked derivatives and the Fund's investments in the Subsidiary may be adversely affected by future legislation, Treasury regulations and/or guidance issued by the IRS that could, among other things, affect the
 
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character, timing or amount of the Fund's taxable income or gains and thus the distributions made by the Fund.
U.S. Government securities risk – Obligations issued by agencies and instrumentalities of the U.S. Government vary in the level of support they receive from the U.S. Government.  They may be: (i) supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury; (ii) supported by the right of the issuer to borrow from the U.S. Treasury; (iii) supported by the discretionary authority of the U.S. Government to purchase the issuer's obligations; or (iv) supported only by the credit of the issuer. The maximum potential liability of the issuers of some U.S. Government securities may greatly exceed their current resources, or their legal right to receive support from the U.S. Treasury.
Volatility risk – The Fund may have investments that appreciate or depreciate significantly in value over short periods of time. This may cause the Fund's net asset value per share to experience significant appreciations or depreciations in value over short periods of time.

Performance.  The performance information shown provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by comparing the Fund's performance with those of a broad measure of market performance.  The Fund's past performance is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.

The returns shown in the bar chart and table do not include charges that will be imposed by variable insurance products. If these amounts were reflected, returns would be less than those shown.

Annual Total Returns as of December 31
Best Quarter (ended 6/30/2015): 3.15%; Worst Quarter (ended 9/30/2015): -14.49 %

Average Annual Total Returns as of December 31, 2015
 
1 year
Life of Fund
JNL/Neuberger Berman Risk Balanced Commodity Strategy Fund
-25.06%
-27.74%
Bloomberg Commodity Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
-24.66%
-28.45%

Portfolio Management.

Investment Adviser:
Jackson National Asset Management, LLC

Sub-Adviser:
Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC ("Neuberger Berman")

Portfolio Managers:
Name:
Joined Fund
Management
Team In:
Title:
Wai Lee
April 2014
Managing Director, Neuberger Berman
Hakan Kaya
April 2014
Vice President, Neuberger Berman
Thomas Sontag
April 2014
Managing Director, Neuberger Berman
David Yi Wan
 April 2016
Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman

Messrs. Lee, Kaya, and Wan are primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund's investments in commodity-linked derivative instruments and the investments made by the Subsidiary. Mr. Sontag is primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund's fixed income securities.
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Purchase and Redemption of Fund Shares
Only separate accounts of Jackson National Life Insurance Company ("Jackson") or Jackson National Life Insurance Company of New York ("Jackson NY") and series, including funds of funds, of registered investment companies in which either or both of those insurance companies invest may purchase shares of the Fund. You may invest indirectly in the Fund through your purchase of a variable annuity or life insurance contract issued by a separate account of Jackson or Jackson NY that invests directly, or through a fund of funds, in the Fund. Any minimum initial or subsequent investment requirements and redemption procedures are governed by the applicable separate account or plan through which you invest indirectly.

This Fund serves as an underlying investment by insurance companies, affiliated investment companies, and retirement plans for funding variable annuity and life insurance contracts and retirement plans.

Tax Information
The Fund's shareholders are separate accounts of Jackson or Jackson NY and mutual funds owned directly or indirectly by such separate accounts. Accordingly, the Fund's dividends and other distributions generally are not taxable to you, the contract owner or plan participant, but no further discussion is included about the U.S. federal income tax consequences to you. You should consult the prospectus of the appropriate separate account or description of the plan for a discussion therein of the U.S. federal income tax consequences to you of your contract, policy or plan.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Financial Intermediaries
If you invest in the Fund under a variable insurance contract or a plan through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.

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This ‘497K’ Filing    Date    Other Filings
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4/25/16485BPOS,  497K
12/31/1524F-2NT,  N-CSR,  NSAR-B
4/28/14485BPOS,  497K
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