Venerable Variable Insurance Trust

04/29/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/29/2026 15:10

Summary Prospectus by Investment Company (Form 497K)

Venerable Variable Insurance Trust

Summary Prospectus

April 29, 2026

Venerable Real Estate Fund

Class/Ticker: V/VVRVX; I/VVRIX

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 (when available), at no cost online at https://docs.venerable.com/#/venerable-variable-insurance-trust. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 1-800-366-0066 or by sending an email request to [email protected]. The Fund's Prospectus and SAI, each dated April 29, 2026, as revised from time to time, and the Fund's most recent shareholder reports are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus. This Summary Prospectus is intended for use in connection with a variable contract as defined in Section 817(d) of the Internal Revenue Code and is not intended for use by other investors.

Investment Objective

The Venerable Real Estate Fund (the "Fund") seeks to provide current income and long-term capital growth.

Fund 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 and expenses such as fees and expenses imposed under your variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies ("Variable Contract"), which are not reflected in the tables and examples below. If these fees or expenses were included in the table, the Fund's expenses would be higher. For more information on these charges, please refer to the documents governing your Variable Contract.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses

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

Class V

Class I

Management Fees

0.80

%

0.80

%

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

0.30

%

0.00

%

Other Expenses1

0.15

%

0.15

%

Total Annual Operating Expenses

1.25

%

0.95

%

Less Waivers and Reimbursements2

(0.25

%)

(0.00

%)

Total Annual Operating Expenses Less Waivers
and Reimbursements

1.00

%

0.95

%

1​ Based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.

2​ Until March 20, 2028, Venerable Investment Advisers, LLC (the "Adviser"), the distributor, and certain financial intermediaries have contractually agreed to waive all or a portion of fees (including management fee, administrative services fee, and/or distribution and/or service fee (12b-1 Fee), as applicable) and/or reimburse other operating expenses to the extent necessary to limit total annual operating expenses (excluding interest expenses, short sale expenses, taxes, brokerage commissions, and extraordinary expenses such as litigation expenses) to 1.00% for Class V shares and 0.95% for Class I shares. Termination or modification of these obligations prior to March 20, 2028, requires approval by the Fund's Board of Trustees (the "Board"). To the extent these obligations terminate or are modified, the Fund's total annual operating expenses may increase.

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 does not reflect expenses and charges which are, or may be, imposed under your Variable Contract. If the example were to reflect the deduction of such charges, the costs shown would be greater. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. The example reflects the Fund's contractual fee waivers and reimbursement obligations only for the term of the fee waivers and reimbursement obligations. Although your actual costs and returns might be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

1 Year

3 Years

Class V

$

102

$

346

Class I

$

97

$

303

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 may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in the annual fund operating expenses or in the example above, affect the Fund's performance. Because the Fund commenced operations after the most recent fiscal year end, portfolio turnover information is not yet available.

Principal Investment Strategy

The Fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the value of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in real estate companies and in derivatives that have economic characteristics similar to such securities. The Fund considers a company to be a real estate company if it is included in the Global Industry Classification Standard ("GICS") real estate sector.


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The Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing in equity securities of real estate companies economically tied to the U.S. In determining if a security is economically tied to the U.S., the Fund generally looks to the "country of risk" of the issuer as determined by a third party such as Bloomberg L.P. The Fund invests principally in securities of companies, known as real estate investment trusts ("REITs") and other REIT-like entities, that own interests in real estate or real estate-related loans. The Fund may also invest in equity securities of other types of real estate-related companies. The Fund concentrates (i.e., invests greater than 25% of its net assets) in companies in the real estate industry.

The Fund may invest in large, medium or small capitalization companies.

The Adviser has engaged Russell Investment Management, LLC ("RIM") to provide the day-to-day management of the Fund's portfolio pursuant to a multi-style and multi-manager approach and investment guidelines provided by the Adviser. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by allocating its assets among a number of different investment strategies (or "sleeves"), each of which is advised by RIM or by RIM and a non-discretionary sub-adviser that provides the Adviser and RIM with investment recommendations in the form of a model portfolio, which RIM utilizes to purchase and sell securities for the Fund. The non-discretionary sub-advisers utilize different investment strategies in providing investment recommendations for their respective sleeves, act independently from one another, and use their own methodologies for selecting investments. Non-discretionary sub-advisers may employ a fundamental investment approach, a quantitative investment approach, or a combination of both. The Fund's use of such model portfolios and the allocation of Fund assets may change at any time. RIM also manages the Fund's cash balances and may manage portions of the Fund during transitions between non-discretionary sub-adviser strategies. The Fund usually, but not always, pursues a strategy to be fully invested by exposing all or a portion of its cash to the performance of certain markets by purchasing equity securities and/or derivatives, which typically include index futures contracts.

Principal Risks of Investing

As with all mutual funds, an investor is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to the principal risks described below.

REITs Risk. REITs may be affected by changes in the value of the underlying properties owned by the REITs and by the quality of tenants' credit.

Equity Securities Risk. The value of equity securities will rise and fall in response to the activities of the company that issued them, general market conditions, and/or economic conditions.

Small Capitalization Companies Risk. Small-cap companies carry additional risks because the operating histories of these companies tend to be more limited, their earnings and revenues less predictable (and some companies may be experiencing significant losses), and their share prices more volatile than those of larger, more established companies. The shares of smaller companies tend to trade less frequently than those of larger, more established companies, which can adversely affect the pricing of these securities and the Fund's ability to purchase or sell these securities.

Large and Medium Capitalization Companies Risk. More established companies may be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges such as changes in technology and consumer tastes. Larger companies also may not be able to attain the high growth rates of successful smaller companies. Investments in medium capitalization companies may involve greater risks than in larger companies because they may have narrower markets, more limited managerial and financial resources, and a less diversified product offering than larger companies. Some medium capitalization stocks may also be thinly traded and, thus, difficult to buy and sell in the market.

Industry Concentration Risk. By concentrating in an industry, the Fund carries much greater risk of adverse developments in that industry than a fund that invests in a wide variety of industries.

Real Estate Industry Concentration Risk. Securities of companies principally operating in the real estate industry may be subject to the risks associated with the direct ownership of real estate. Risks commonly associated with the direct ownership of real estate include: (i) changes in general economic and market conditions; (ii) changes in the value of real estate properties; (iii) risks related to local economic conditions, overbuilding and increased competition; (iv) increases in property taxes and operating expenses; (v) changes in zoning laws; (vi) casualty and condemnation losses; (vii) variations in rental income, neighborhood values or the appeal of property to tenants; (viii) the availability of financing; and (ix) changes in interest rates and quality of credit extended.


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Derivatives Risk. Investments in a derivative instrument could lose more than the initial amount invested. Compared to conventional securities, derivatives can be more sensitive to changes in interest rates or to sudden fluctuations in market prices and thus the Fund's losses may be greater if it invests in derivatives than if it invests only in conventional securities. The use of derivative instruments involves risks different from, and possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in equity or fixed income securities, currencies, or other instruments. Derivatives are generally subject to a number of risks such as leveraging risk, liquidity risk (the risk that the investment cannot be sold quickly), market risk, credit risk, default risk, counterparty risk (the risk that the other party in an agreement will fail to perform its obligations), management risk, operational risk, and legal risk. Certain of these risks do not apply to derivative instruments entered into for hedging or cash equitization, certain cleared derivative instruments, and written options contracts. Derivatives also involve the risk of mispricing or improper valuation and the risk that changes in the value of the derivative instrument may not correlate exactly with the change in the value of the underlying asset, rate, or index.

Financial Markets Risk. Global economies and financial markets are becoming increasingly interconnected and conditions (including volatility and instability) and events (including natural disasters, pandemics, and epidemics) in one country, region or financial market may adversely impact issuers in a different country, region, or financial market. In addition, governmental and quasi-governmental organizations have taken a number of unprecedented actions designed to support the markets. Such events and conditions may adversely affect the value of the Fund's securities, result in greater market or liquidity risk or cause difficulty valuing the Fund's portfolio instruments or achieving the Fund's objective.

Active Management Risk. Despite strategies designed to achieve the Fund's investment objective, the value of investments will change with market conditions, and so will the value of any investment in the Fund and you could lose money. The securities selected for the portfolio may not perform as expected. Additionally, securities selected may cause the Fund to underperform relative to other funds with similar investment objectives and strategies. There is no guarantee that the Fund's advisers will effectively assess the Fund's portfolio characteristics, and it is possible that its judgments regarding the Fund's exposures may prove incorrect. In addition, actions taken to manage Fund characteristics, including risk, may be ineffective and/or cause the Fund to underperform.

Multi-Manager Approach Risk. While the investment styles employed by the sub-advisers are intended to be complementary, they may not in fact be complementary. A multi-manager approach could result in more exposure to certain types of securities and higher portfolio turnover.

Fundamental Investing Risk. A fundamental investment approach uses research and analysis of a variety of factors to create a forecast of company results, which is used to select securities. The process may result in an evaluation of a security's value that may be incorrect or, if correct, may not be reflected by the market. Security or instrument selection using a fundamental investment approach may also cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives and investment strategies even in a rising market.

Quantitative Investing Risk. Quantitative inputs and models use historical company, economic and/or industry data to evaluate prospective investments or to generate forecasts which could result in incorrect assessments of the specific portfolio characteristics or ineffective adjustments to the Fund's exposures. Securities selected using quantitative analysis may perform differently than analysis of their historical trends would suggest. Inputs or models may be flawed or not work as anticipated and may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives and strategies.

Non-Discretionary Implementation Risk. With respect to the portion of the Fund that is managed pursuant to model portfolios provided by non-discretionary sub-advisers, it is expected that trades will be effected on a periodic basis and therefore less frequently than would typically be the case if discretionary sub-advisers were employed. Given that values of investments change with market conditions, this could cause the Fund's return to be lower than if the Fund employed discretionary sub-advisers with respect to that portion of its portfolio.

Impact of Large Redemptions (Including Possible Fund Liquidation) Risk. The Fund may be used as an investment by certain funds of funds and may have a large percentage of its shares owned by such funds. Large redemption activity could result in the Fund incurring additional costs and being forced to sell portfolio securities at a loss to meet redemptions. Large redemptions may also result in increased expense ratios, higher levels of realized capital gains or losses with respect to the Fund's portfolio securities, higher


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Fund cash levels, higher brokerage commissions and other transaction costs, among other negative consequences such as reduced liquidity in the Fund's portfolio. As a result, large redemption activity could adversely affect the Fund's ability to conduct its investment program which, in turn, could adversely impact the Fund's performance or may result in the Fund no longer remaining at an economically viable size, in which case the Fund may cease operations.

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.

Performance Information

Performance information is not provided because the Fund did not complete one full calendar year of operations as of the date of this Prospectus. Once the Fund has completed a full calendar year of operations, a bar chart and table will be included that will provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by comparing the Fund's return to a broad measure of market performance.

Investment Adviser

The Adviser serves as the investment adviser to the Fund.

Sub-Advisers

Discretionary Sub-Adviser and Portfolio Managers

RIM serves as discretionary investment sub-adviser to the Fund.

The individual members of the team jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund are:

Name

Title

Date Began Managing the Fund

Tim Ryan

Managing Director, Senior

March 2026

Portfolio Manager, Real Assets

Adrianna Giesey

Senior Portfolio Manager, Real

March 2026

Assets

Non-Discretionary Sub-Advisers

Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. and Wellington Management Company LLP serve as non-discretionary investment sub-advisers to the Fund.


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Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Shares of the Fund are not offered directly to the public. Purchase and sale of shares may be made only by separate accounts of insurance companies serving as investment options under Variable Contracts. Please refer to the prospectus for the appropriate Variable Contract for information on how to direct investments in, or sale from, an investment option corresponding to the Fund and any fees that may apply. Participating insurance companies and certain other designated organizations are authorized to receive purchase orders on the Fund's behalf.

Shares of the Fund also may be sold directly to other investment companies.

Tax Information

Distributions made by the Fund to a Variable Contract, and exchanges and redemptions of Fund shares made by a Variable Contract, ordinarily do not cause the corresponding contract holder or plan participant to recognize income or gain for federal income tax purposes. See the prospectus for the appropriate Variable Contract for information regarding the federal income tax treatment of the distributions to your Variable Contract and the holders of the Variable Contracts.

Payments to Insurance Companies and Other Financial Intermediaries

Class V shares and Class I shares of the Fund may be offered as investment options in Variable Contracts issued by affiliated and non-affiliated insurance companies. Fees derived from a Fund's Distribution Plan (if applicable) may be paid to insurance companies, broker-dealers, and other financial intermediaries for selling the Fund's shares to the clients of the insurance companies, broker-dealers, or other financial intermediaries. See "Distribution Plan."

In addition, the Adviser or its affiliated entities, out of their own resources and without additional cost to the Fund or its shareholders, may pay additional compensation to these insurance companies, broker-dealers, or other financial intermediaries. Payments of such additional compensation may provide an incentive for insurance companies to make the Fund available through Variable Contracts over other mutual funds or products. As of the date of this Prospectus, the Adviser and its affiliated entities have not entered into any such arrangements.

The Adviser and its affiliated entities may also share their profits with affiliated insurance companies or other affiliated entities through inter-company payments. The sharing of such profits may provide an incentive for affiliated insurance companies to make the Fund available through Variable Contracts over other mutual funds or products. As of the date of this Prospectus, the Adviser intends to share all of its profits with affiliated insurance companies.

The insurance companies issuing Variable Contracts may also pay fees to third parties in connection with distribution of the Variable Contracts and for services provided to Contract Owners. Neither the Fund, the Adviser, nor the Fund's distributor are parties to these arrangements. Contract Owners should consult the prospectus and statement of additional information for their Variable Contracts for a discussion of these payments and should consult with their agent or broker.


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