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04/30/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/30/2024 12:08

Summary Prospectus by Investment Company - Form 497K

Global Atlantic BlackRock Allocation Portfolio

Class I, II and III Shares

Summary Prospectus

May 1, 2024

Before you invest, you may want to review the Portfolio's prospectus, which contains more information about the Portfolio and its risks. The Portfolio's prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, both dated May 1, 2024, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus. You can obtain these documents and other information about the Portfolio online at http://connect.rightprospectus.com/globalatlanticportfolios. You can also obtain these documents at no cost by calling 1-877-355-1820 or by sending an email request to [email protected].

Global Atlantic BlackRock Allocation Portfolio

Investment Objective: The Portfolio seeks to provide total return.

Fees and Expenses of the Portfolio: This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Portfolio. The table and the example do not include any fees or sales charges imposed by your variable annuity or variable life insurance contract. If they were included, your costs would be higher. Please refer to your variable contract prospectus for information on the separate account fees and expenses associated with your contract.

Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your investment)
Class I
Shares
Class II
Shares
Class III
Shares
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 redemption
proceeds)

None

None

None

Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Dividends and
Other Distributions

None

None

None

Redemption Fee (as a percentage of amount redeemed)

None

None

None

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

Management Fees

0.22

%

0.22

%

0.22

%

Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees

None

0.25

%

0.15

%

Other Expenses(1)​

0.12

%

0.12

%

0.12

%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses(2)​

0.13

%

0.13

%

0.13

%

Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses

0.47

%

0.72

%

0.62

%

(1) The "Other Expenses" for Class III shares are based on estimated amounts.

(2) Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are the indirect cost of investing in other investment companies, the costs of which will not be included in the Portfolio's financial statements. The operating expenses in this fee table will not correlate to the expense ratio in the Portfolio's financial highlights because the financial statements include only the direct operating expenses incurred by the Portfolio.

Example: This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Portfolio with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Portfolio for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. You would pay the same expenses if you did not redeem your shares. However, each variable contract and separate account involves fees and expenses that are not included in the Example. If these fees and expenses were included in the Example, your overall expenses would be higher. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Portfolio's operating expenses remain the same (except


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that the Example reflects any applicable contractual fee waivers/expense reimbursement arrangements for only the first year). Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based upon these assumptions your costs would be:

1 Year

3 Years

5 Years

10 Years

Class I

$

48

$

151

$

263

$

591

Class II

$

74

$

230

$

401

$

894

Class III

$

63

$

199

$

346

$

774

Portfolio Turnover: The Portfolio pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities or instruments (or "turns over" its portfolio). These costs, which are not reflected in annual portfolio operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Portfolio's performance. A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. During the most recent fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, the Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate was 73% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies: Under normal market conditions, the Portfolio seeks to achieve its investment objective primarily through investing at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in a diversified group of underlying exchange-traded funds ("Underlying ETFs") that are affiliated with the Portfolio's sub-adviser, BlackRock Investment Management, LLC ("BlackRock" or the "Sub-Adviser").

Under normal market conditions, the Sub-Adviser allocates approximately 40% to 80% of the Portfolio's assets to Underlying ETFs that invest primarily in equity securities of both U.S. and non-U.S. issuers and 20% to 60% of the Portfolio's assets to Underlying ETFs that invest primarily in fixed-income securities and/or cash alternatives in both U.S. and non-U.S. markets. The Portfolio incorporates a global tactical asset allocation strategy that, under normal circumstances, seeks to adjust allocations to asset classes that BlackRock deems to be attractive investments over the short to intermediate term. This strategy seeks to enhance the total return and manages portfolio risk at the aggregate level. Modifications in the allocations to the ETFs are based on techniques that may include technical, qualitative, quantitative and momentum analysis of the market. The mix of ETFs will vary with market conditions and BlackRock's assessment of the ETFs' relative attractiveness as investment opportunities. Certain ETFs' investments will focus on investments in securities listed on domestic and foreign equity exchanges with growth and value styles, including, small-, mid- and large-cap issuers, and on investments in domestic and foreign fixed-income instruments including U.S. treasuries, mortgage- and asset-backed securities, corporate loans, distressed securities, inflation-indexed instruments, corporate bonds, sovereign and emerging market debt. An ETF may invest a large percentage of its assets in indices located in a single country, a small number of countries, or a particular geographic region. In addition, the Underlying ETFs may invest in lower quality debt securities. Such securities are sometimes referred to as "junk bonds." An Underlying ETF may integrate environmental, social and governance ("ESG") factors into its investment selection process and/or screen out particular companies and industries based on certain ESG related criteria. An Underlying ETF may also seek to deliver exposure to certain style factors (i.e. quality, value, momentum, size, minimum volatility).

The Portfolio may also invest in securities and derivative contracts, including indexes, swap agreements, futures, options, currency forwards, and U.S. Treasury securities, and cash equivalents including, without limitation, commercial paper, and time deposits, as determined by the Sub-Adviser.

Principal Investment Risks: As with all mutual funds, there is the risk that you could lose money through your investment in the Portfolio. Many factors affect the Portfolio's net asset value and performance. The following is a summary description of principal risks of investing in the Portfolio. For purposes of this section, "Underlying Funds" refers to Underlying ETFs.

Affiliated Underlying Fund Risk: The Portfolio invests in Underlying Funds that are affiliated with a Sub-Adviser. The Sub-Adviser is subject to conflicts of interest when allocating Portfolio assets among the various Underlying Funds both because the fees payable to it and/or its affiliates by some Underlying Funds are higher than the fees payable by other Underlying Funds and because the Sub-Adviser and its affiliates are also responsible for managing the Underlying Funds.

Asset Allocation Risk: The Portfolio's percentage allocations among its investments could cause the Portfolio to underperform relative to relevant benchmarks and other mutual funds with similar investment objectives.


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Corporate Loans Risk: The value of corporate loan investments is generally less exposed to the adverse effects of shifts in market interest rates than investments that pay a fixed rate of interest. The market for corporate loans may be subject to irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads and extended trade settlement periods (which may exceed seven days). As a result, the proceeds from the sale of corporate loans may not be readily available to make additional investments or to meet an Underlying Fund's redemption obligations, meaning that the Underlying Fund may have to sell other investments or take other actions if necessary to raise cash to meet its obligations.

Derivatives Risk: The use of derivatives may increase costs, reduce the Portfolio's returns and/or increase volatility. The use of derivatives may also result in leverage, which can magnify the effects of changes in the value of investments, make such investments more volatile and expose the Portfolio to losses that exceed the initial amount invested. Many types of derivatives are also subject to the risk that the other party in the transaction will not fulfill its contractual obligation. Derivatives are subject to risks arising from margin requirements. In addition, the fluctuations in the values of derivatives may not correlate perfectly with, and may be more sensitive to market events than, the overall securities markets. The possible lack of a liquid secondary market for derivatives and the resulting inability to sell or otherwise close-out a derivatives position at an advantageous time or price could expose the Portfolio to losses and could make derivatives more difficult to value accurately. Derivative investments are further subject to regulatory risks, from both U.S. and foreign regulators that may impact the availability, liquidity and costs associated with such investments and potentially limit the ability of mutual funds to invest in derivatives.

Distressed Securities Risk: Distressed securities are speculative and involve substantial risks in addition to the risks of investing in junk bonds. An Underlying Fund will generally not receive interest payments on the distressed securities and may incur costs to protect its investment. In addition, distressed securities involve the substantial risk that principal will not be repaid. In any reorganization or liquidation proceeding relating to a portfolio company, an Underlying Fund may lose its entire investment or may be required to accept cash or securities with a value less than its original investment. Distressed securities and any securities received in an exchange for such securities may be subject to restrictions on resale.

Emerging Markets Risk: Emerging markets are riskier than more developed markets because they tend to develop unevenly and may never fully develop. Investments in emerging markets may be considered speculative. Emerging markets are more likely to experience hyperinflation and currency devaluations, which adversely affect returns to U.S. investors. In addition, many emerging securities markets have far lower trading volumes and less liquidity than developed markets.

Equity Risk: Common and preferred stock prices can fall rapidly in response to developments affecting a specific company or industry, or to changing economic, political or market conditions.

ESG Investing Risk: The Portfolio may invest a portion of its assets in Underlying Funds that integrate ESG in their investment selection process and/or screen out particular companies and industries based on certain ESG related criteria. An Underlying Fund may forgo certain investment opportunities, which may affect the Portfolio's exposure to certain companies or industries. An Underlying Fund's results may be lower than other funds that do not seek to invest in companies based on ESG ratings and/or screen out certain companies or industries. An Underlying Fund may invest in companies that do not reflect the beliefs and values of any particular investor.

ETF Risk: Investments in underlying ETFs typically present the same risks as investments in conventional Underlying Funds. In addition, disruptions to the creations and redemptions process through which market makers directly purchase and sell ETF shares, the existence of extreme market volatility or potential lack of an active trading market, or changes in the liquidity of the market for an ETF's underlying portfolio holdings, may result in the ETF's shares trading at significantly above (at a premium to) or below (at a discount to) net asset value, which may result in a Portfolio paying significantly more or receiving significantly less for ETF shares than the value of the relevant ETF's underlying holdings. Because the value of ETF shares depends on the demand in the market, the Portfolio may not be able to liquidate its holdings at the most optimal time, adversely affecting performance.

Fixed Income Risk: The value of bonds and other fixed-income securities will fluctuate with changes in interest rates. Typically, a rise in periods of volatility and rising interest rates may lead to increased redemptions and volatility and decreased liquidity in the fixed-income markets, making it more difficult to sell fixed-income holdings. In general, the market price of debt securities with longer maturities will increase or decrease more in response to changes in interest rates than shorter-term securities. Securities issued by U.S. government agencies or government-sponsored enterprises may not be guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury. Other risk factors include credit risk (the debtor may default), prepayment risk (the debtor may pay its obligations early, reducing the amount of interest payments), extension risk


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(repayments may occur more slowly if interest rates rise) and income risk (distributions to shareholders may decline where interest rates fall or defaults occur). These risks could affect the value of a particular investment, possibly causing the Portfolio's share price and total return to be reduced and fluctuate more than other types of investments.

Focus Risk: To the extent that the Portfolio or an Underlying Fund focuses on particular countries, regions, industries, sectors or types of investment from time to time, the Portfolio or Underlying Fund may be subject to greater risks of adverse developments in such areas of focus than a fund that invests in a wider variety of countries, regions, industries, sectors or investments.

Foreign Currency Risk: Exposure to foreign securities denominated in non-US dollar currencies will subject the Portfolio to currency trading risks that include market risk and country risk. Market risk results from adverse changes in exchange rates. Country risk arises because a government may interfere with transactions in its currency.

Foreign Investment Risk: Foreign investing involves risks not typically associated with U.S. investments, including adverse fluctuations in foreign currency values, adverse political, social and economic developments, less liquidity, greater volatility, restrictions on capital movements, less developed or less efficient trading markets, political instability, sanctions, and differing auditing and legal standards.

Forward Currency Contracts Risk: Use of forward currency contracts can have the effect of reducing returns, limiting opportunities for gain and creating losses. Forward currency contracts do not eliminate fluctuations in the value of foreign securities but allow the Portfolio to establish a fixed rate of exchange for a future point in time.

Growth Stock Risk: Growth stocks may be more volatile than other stocks because they are more sensitive to investors' perceptions of the issuing company's growth potential. In addition, growth stocks typically lack the dividend yield that can cushion stock prices in market downturns. The growth investing style can also fall out of favor, which may lead the Portfolio to underperform other funds that use different investing styles.

High-Yield Debt Securities Risk: Lower-quality bonds (including loans), known as "high-yield" or "junk" bonds, and unrated securities of similar credit quality are considered speculative and involve greater risk of a complete loss of an investment, or delays of interest and principal payments, than higher-quality debt securities. Issuers of high-yield debt securities are typically not as strong financially as those issuing securities of higher credit quality. These issuers are more likely to encounter financial difficulties and are more vulnerable to changes in the relevant economy that could affect their ability to make interest and principal payments when due. The prices of high-yield debt securities generally fluctuate more than higher quality securities. High-yield debt securities are generally less liquid than higher quality securities, making them harder to sell and harder to value.

Issuer Risk: The value of a security may decline for a number of reasons that directly relate to the issuer, such as management performance or the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer.

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

Management Risk: The Portfolio's strategies may not produce the desired results, and may result in losses to the Portfolio.

Market Risk: Overall securities market risks may affect the value of individual securities. Factors such as foreign and domestic economic growth and market conditions, interest rate levels, and political events may adversely affect the securities markets. Local, regional or global events such as war, military conflict, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, natural disasters, recessions, inflation, rapid interest rate changes, supply chain disruptions, sanctions, increased government spending, social unrest or other events could also have a significant impact on the Portfolio and its investments.

Mid Cap Risk: The securities of mid cap companies generally trade in lower volumes and are generally subject to greater and less predictable price changes than the securities of larger capitalization companies. Medium capitalization companies may be more vulnerable than larger, more established organizations to adverse business or economic developments.


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Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk: Mortgage- and asset-backed securities differ from conventional debt securities because principal is paid back periodically over the life of the security rather than at maturity. An investor may receive unscheduled payments of principal due to voluntary prepayments, refinancings or foreclosures on the underlying loans. To the investor this means a loss of anticipated interest, and a portion of its principal investment represented by any premium the investor may have paid. Mortgage prepayments generally increase when interest rates fall. Mortgage-backed securities also are subject to extension risk. Rising interest rates could reduce the rate of prepayments on mortgage-backed securities and extend their life. This could cause the price of the mortgage-backed securities and the Underlying Fund's share price to fall and would make the mortgage-backed securities more sensitive to interest rate changes. Issuers of asset-backed securities may have limited ability to enforce the security interest in the underlying assets, and credit enhancements provided to support the securities, if any, may be inadequate to protect investors in the event of default. Like mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities are subject to prepayment and extension risks.

Over-the-Counter Transactions Risk: The Portfolio engages in over-the-counter ("OTC") transactions, some of 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 transactions entered into on organized exchanges, with OTC transactions subject to the risk that a counterparty to the transaction will not fulfill its contractual obligations.

Settlement Risk: Settlement risk is the risk that a settlement in a transfer system does not take place as expected. If the Portfolio cannot settle or is delayed in settling a sale of securities, it may lose money if the value of the security then declines or, if it has contracted to sell the security to another party, the Portfolio could be liable for any losses incurred.

Small Cap Risk: Small capitalization companies may be more vulnerable than larger, more established organizations to adverse business or economic developments. In particular, small capitalization companies may have more limited product lines, markets and financial resources and may depend on a relatively small management group.

Sovereign Debt Risk: Sovereign debt instruments are subject to the risk that a governmental entity may delay or refuse to pay interest or repay principal on its sovereign debt.

Style Factors Risk: The equity style factors (i.e., momentum, quality, value, low volatility and size) that determine the weight of each component security in an underlying index have characteristics that may cause an Underlying ETF to underperform the index or the market as a whole.

Tactical Asset Allocation Risk: Tactical asset allocation is an investment strategy that actively adjusts a portfolio's asset allocation. The Portfolio's tactical asset management discipline may not work as intended. The Portfolio may not achieve its objective and may not perform as well as other funds using other asset management styles. The Sub-Adviser's evaluations and assumptions in selecting Underlying Funds or individual securities may be incorrect in view of actual market conditions, and may result in owning securities that underperform other securities.

Underlying Fund Risk: Underlying Funds are subject to investment advisory and other expenses, which will be indirectly paid by the Portfolio. As a result, your cost of investing in the Portfolio will be higher than the cost of investing directly in an Underlying Fund and may be higher than other mutual funds that invest directly in stocks and bonds. Because the Portfolio's investments include shares of the Underlying Funds, the Portfolio's risks include the risks of each Underlying Fund.

Value Stock Risk: Value stocks involve the risk that they may never reach what the ETF manager believes is their full market value, either because the market fails to recognize the stock's intrinsic worth or the manager misgauged that worth. Because different types of stocks tend to shift in and out of favor depending on market and economic conditions, the Portfolio's performance may sometimes be lower or higher than that of other types of mutual funds.

Performance: The bar chart and performance table below show the variability of the Portfolio's returns, which is some indication of the risks of investing in the Portfolio. The bar chart shows performance of the Portfolio's Class I shares for each full calendar year since the Portfolio's inception and the table shows how the average annual total returns of the Portfolio's Class I shares compared with the returns of two indexes. Effective as of May 1, 2024, the MSCI All Country World Index ("MSCI ACWI Index") (Net Total Return, USD) replaced the S&P Target Risk®​ Growth Index as the Portfolio's broad-based securities market index. The MSCI ACWI Index (Net Total Return, USD) was selected in connection with certain regulatory requirements to provide a broad measure of market performance. The performance in the bar chart and the table does not include the effect of variable contract charges. If variable contract charges had been included,


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performance would have been lower. Because all of the Portfolio's shares are invested in the same portfolio of securities, returns for the Portfolio's Class II shares differ only to the extent that the classes do not have the same expenses. You should be aware that the Portfolio's past performance may not be an indication of how the Portfolio will perform in the future.

Class I Annual Total Return by Calendar Year

Highest Quarter

2nd Quarter 2020

12.82

%

Lowest Quarter

1st Quarter 2020

-11.91

%

Performance Table
Average Annual Total Returns
(For periods ended December 31, 2023)

One Year

Five Years

Since Inception
(November 1, 2017)

Class I shares return before taxes

15.26

%

9.02

%

6.67

%

Class II shares return before taxes

14.93

%

8.75

%

6.40

%

S&P Target Risk®​ Growth Index (reflects no deduction
for fees, expenses or taxes)

15.38

%

7.73

%

5.58

%

MSCI ACWI Index (Net Total Return, USD) (reflects no
deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

22.20

%

11.72

%

8.23

%

Management: The Portfolio's Adviser is Global Atlantic Investment Advisors, LLC. The Portfolio's Sub-Adviser is BlackRock Investment Management, LLC.

Portfolio Manager

Title

Involved with Portfolio

Michael Gates, CFA

Managing Director of BlackRock

Since Inception

Suzanne Ly, CFA, FRM

Managing Director of BlackRock

May 1, 2021

Purchase and Sale of Portfolio Shares: Shares of the Portfolio are intended to be sold to certain separate accounts of insurance companies. You and other purchasers of variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts will not own shares of the Portfolio directly. Rather, all shares will be held by a separate account for your benefit and the benefit of other purchasers. You may purchase and redeem shares of the Portfolio on any day that the New York Stock Exchange is open, or as permitted under your variable contract. Class III Shares are not currently offered.


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Tax Information: It is the Portfolio's intention to distribute income and gains to the separate accounts. Generally, owners of variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts are not taxed currently on income or gains realized by the separate accounts with respect to such contracts. However, some distributions from such contracts may be taxable at ordinary income tax rates. In addition, distributions made to a contract owner who is younger than 59 1/2 may be subject to a 10% penalty tax. Investors should ask their own tax advisors for more information on their own tax situation, including possible state or local taxes. Please refer to your variable contract prospectus for additional information on taxes.

Payments to Other Financial Intermediaries: The Portfolio or the Adviser may pay insurance companies for the sale of Portfolio shares and/or other services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing insurance companies and your salesperson to recommend a variable contract and the Portfolio over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.


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