Delaware Ivy VIP Global Bond
Historical Performance
Objective And Strategy
ObjectiveA high level of current income. Capital appreciation is a secondary objective.
Strategy
Our style seeks a diversified portfolio of debt securities of foreign and domestic issuers. During normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in bonds. The Fund may invest in bonds of any maturity, although the primary focus is on the intermediate-term sector (generally, bonds with maturities ranging between one and ten years). The Fund may invest in securities issued by foreign or U.S. governments and in securities issued by foreign or domestic companies of any size.
Tax Inefficient Fund
Principle Risks
* This portfolio invests in securities of foreign issuers which involves risks not typically associated with domestic issuers, including currency fluctuations and the possibility of political and economic instability. Emerging markets involve risks in addition to those generally associated with foreign securities, because political and economic structures in many emerging markets may be undergoing significant evolution and rapid development.
* This portfolio invests (or may invest) in securities of companies with micro-, small-, or mid-capitalization. Any investment in micro-, small-, or mid-capitalization companies involves greater risk than that customarily associated with investments in larger, more established companies because of the greater business risks of smaller size, limited markets and financial resources, narrower product lines, and frequent lack of management depth. As such, micro- or small-cap companies may be more subject to erratic and abrupt market movements than securities of larger, more established companies.
* The Fund could lose money if the issuer of a debt security is unable to meet its financial obligations or goes bankrupt. This fund may invest in securities rated below investment grade or "junk bonds." Junk bonds may sensitive to economic changes, political changes, or adverse developments specific to a company.
* The value of your investment in a Fund is based on the net asset value ("NAV") of the underlying funds and, in turn, the securities that the underlying funds hold. The Funds are subject to the risk that one or more underlying funds will not perform as expected or will under perform other similar funds or that the combination of underlying funds selected by the Funds' investment will not perform as expected. The Funds will be exposed to all of the risk of an investment in the underlying Funds.
* Fixed income securities are subject to interest rate risk because the prices of fixed income securities tend to move in the opposite direction of interest rates. When interest rates rise, fixed income security prices fall. When interest rates fall, fixed income security prices rise.
* Credit risk is the risk that the issuer of a security may be unable to make interest payments and/or repay principal when due. A downgrade to an issuer’s credit rating or a perceived change in an issuer’s financial strength may affect a security’s value, and thus, impact the VA Short-Term Fixed Portfolio’s performance.
* During periods of declining interest rates, the issuer of a security may exercise its option to prepay principal earlier than scheduled, forcing the portfolio to reinvest in lower yielding securities.
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Global Bonds08/2010
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Documents
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Fund Family Summary Prospectus
Updated 05-01-2021
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Fund Semi-Annual Report
Updated 06-30-2021
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Fund Annual Report
Updated 12-31-2020
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Fund Prospectus
Updated 05-01-2021
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Fund SAI
Updated 05-01-2021
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Fund Family Summary Prospectus