# EDGAR Filing Document

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## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### 1290 VT Moderate Growth Allocation Portfolio (Series ID: S000064055)

| Class ID   | Class Name   | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000207177 | Class IB     |  |

**1290 VT Moderate Growth Allocation Portfolio — Class IB Shares**

**Summary Prospectus dated May 1, 2026**

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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 ("SAI"), each dated May 1, 2026, as may be amended or supplemented from time to time, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus. You can find the Portfolio's Prospectus, SAI, reports to shareholders and other information about the Portfolio online at https://equitable-funds.com/allportfolios.aspx. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 1-877-222-2144 or by sending an e-mail request to service@equitable.com. 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 certain other eligible investors and is not intended for use by other investors.

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**Investment Objective:** Seeks the highest total return over time consistent with its asset mix while managing portfolio volatility.

**Fees and Expenses of the Portfolio**

The following table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Portfolio. The table below does not reflect any fees and expenses associated with variable life insurance contracts and variable annuity certificates and contracts ("Contracts"), which would increase overall fees and expenses. See the Contract prospectus for a description of those fees and expenses.

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**Shareholder Fees** <br>(fees paid directly from your investment)

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Not applicable.

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

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| **1290 VT Moderate Growth Allocation Portfolio** | **Class IB**<br> **Shares**<br>|
| Management Fee | &nbsp;&nbsp; 0.70% |
| Distribution and/or Service Fees (12b-1 fees) | &nbsp;&nbsp; 0.25% |
| Other Expenses | &nbsp;&nbsp; 0.17% |
| Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses | &nbsp;&nbsp; 0.06% |
| Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses | &nbsp;&nbsp; 1.18% |
| Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement<sup>1</sup> <br>| &nbsp;&nbsp; (0.08)% |
| Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement | &nbsp;&nbsp; 1.10% |

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Pursuant to a contract, Equitable Investment Management Group, LLC (the "Adviser") has agreed to waive its and its affiliates' management, administrative and other fees and, if necessary, make payments to the Portfolio to limit the expenses of the Portfolio through April 30, 2027 (unless the Board of Trustees consents to an earlier revision or termination of this arrangement) ("Expense Limitation Arrangement") so that the annual operating expenses (including Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses) of the Portfolio (exclusive of taxes, interest, brokerage commissions, dividend and interest expenses on securities sold short, capitalized expenses, and extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Portfolio's business) do not exceed an annual rate of average daily net assets of 1.10% for Class IB shares of the Portfolio. The Expense Limitation Arrangement may be terminated by the Adviser at any time after April 30, 2027. The Adviser may be reimbursed the amount of any such waivers or payments in the future provided that the waivers or payments are reimbursed within three years of the waivers or payments being recorded and the Portfolio's expense ratio, after the reimbursement is taken into account, does not exceed the Portfolio's expense cap at the time of the waiver or the Portfolio's expense cap at the time of the reimbursement, whichever is lower.

**Example**

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Portfolio with the cost of investing in other portfolios. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Portfolio for the periods indicated, that your investment has a 5% return each year, that the Portfolio's operating expenses remain the same, and that the Expense Limitation Arrangement is not renewed. This Example does not reflect any Contract-related fees and expenses including redemption fees (if any) at

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the Contract level. If such fees and expenses were reflected, the total expenses would be higher. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, whether you redeem or hold your shares, your costs would be:

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|  | **1 Year** | **3 Years** | **5 Years** | **10 Years** |
| Class IB Shares | &nbsp;&nbsp; $112 | &nbsp;&nbsp; $367 | &nbsp;&nbsp; $641 | &nbsp;&nbsp; $1425 |

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**Portfolio Turnover**

The Portfolio 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 Example, affect the Portfolio's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate was 35% of the average value of its portfolio.

**Investments, Risks, and Performance**

**Principal Investment Strategy**

The Portfolio pursues its investment objective by investing primarily in exchange-traded securities of other investment companies or investment vehicles ("Underlying ETFs") that provide exposure to equity and fixed income markets. The Portfolio's current target allocation for long-term investments is approximately 60% of its assets in equity investments and approximately 40% of its assets in fixed income investments, through investments in Underlying ETFs. The Portfolio may from time to time make tactical increases or decreases beyond these target allocations based on momentum factors to determine the relative attractiveness of equity and fixed income asset classes. This means at any time the Portfolio's asset mix may differ from the target allocations. Momentum is the tendency of investments to exhibit persistence in their performance. When momentum deteriorates, the Adviser may reduce the Portfolio's exposure to a particular asset class.

The Adviser targets an equity allocation of approximately 60% of its assets in Underlying ETFs that provide exposure to U.S. large, mid and small cap stocks and foreign developed markets securities. The Portfolio's current target is to invest approximately the following percentages of its assets in Underlying ETFs that provide exposure to the following equity asset categories: U.S. Large Cap (35%), U.S. Mid Cap (5%), U.S. Small Cap (2%), and International Developed (18%). The allocations among the equity asset categories may be changed by the Adviser without notice or shareholder approval. To gain exposure to each equity asset category, the Adviser generally will invest the Portfolio's assets in ETFs in a manner that is intended to track the performance (before fees and expenses) of an unmanaged index selected by the Adviser that measures the equity market performance of the asset category. The Adviser will periodically rebalance the Portfolio's allocations among the equity asset categories to maintain the desired exposure to each asset category. The Underlying ETFs in which the Portfolio invests may be invested in securities denominated in any currency.

The Adviser targets a fixed income allocation of approximately 40% of its assets in Underlying ETFs that invest in corporate debt securities to create a fixed income allocation with a risk and return profile similar to that of the Bloomberg U.S. Credit Corporate 5-10 Year Index, which is an unmanaged index that includes U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade, fixed-rate, taxable securities issued by industrial, utility and financial companies, with maturities between 5 and 10 years. An Underlying ETF's investments may include fixed coupon bonds, step-up bonds, bonds with sinking funds, medium term notes, callable and putable bonds, and 144A bonds.

The Underlying ETFs are investment companies or other investment vehicles whose shares are listed and traded on U.S. stock exchanges or otherwise traded in the over-the-counter market and may be purchased and sold throughout the trading day based on their market price. Generally, a passively managed (or index-based) Underlying ETF seeks to track a securities index or a basket of securities that an "index provider" (such as Standard & Poor's, Morgan Stanley Capital International ("MSCI"), or Bloomberg) selects as representative of a market, market segment, industry, sector, country or geographic region. An index-based Underlying ETF generally holds the same stocks or bonds as the index it seeks to track (or it may hold a representative sample of such securities). Accordingly, an index-based Underlying ETF is designed so that its performance, before fees and expenses, will correspond closely with that of the index it seeks to track. Underlying ETFs also may be actively managed.

The Adviser selects the Underlying ETFs in which to invest the Portfolio's assets. In selecting Underlying ETFs, the Adviser will utilize a proprietary investment process that may take into consideration a number of factors including, as appropriate and applicable, fund performance, management team, investment style, correlations, asset class exposure, industry classification, benchmark, risk adjusted return, volatility, expense ratio, asset size and portfolio turnover. For purposes of asset class and

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asset category target allocations, where an Underlying ETF could be assigned to more than one asset category, the Adviser may, in its discretion, assign an Underlying ETF to one or more asset categories. For purposes of complying with the Portfolio's investment policies, the Adviser will identify Underlying ETFs in which to invest by reference to such Underlying ETFs' investment policies at the time of investment. An Underlying ETF that changes its investment policies subsequent to the time of the Portfolio's investment may continue to be considered an appropriate investment for purposes of the policy. The Adviser may add new Underlying ETFs or replace or eliminate existing Underlying ETFs without notice or shareholder approval. The Underlying ETFs have been selected to represent what the Adviser believes is a reasonable spectrum of investment options for the Portfolio. The Adviser may sell the Portfolio's holdings for a variety of reasons, including to invest in an Underlying ETF that the Adviser believes offers superior investment opportunities.

The Adviser also employs a volatility management strategy that seeks to manage the volatility level of the Portfolio's returns. Volatility is a statistical measure of the magnitude of changes in the Portfolio's returns. A higher volatility level generally indicates higher risk and often results in more frequent and sometimes significant changes in the Portfolio's returns. To implement this volatility management strategy, the Adviser will monitor realized volatility of the Portfolio's returns, placing a greater weight on recent historic data. During periods of heightened realized volatility, the Adviser will attempt to lower volatility by selling Underlying ETFs or by investing up to 100% of its target allocation to that category in cash or cash equivalents. During periods of heightened realized volatility, the Portfolio may deviate significantly from its target asset allocation. During such times, the Portfolio's allocation to equity investments may decrease to 0% and its allocation to fixed income investments and cash instruments may increase to 100%; however, its equity allocation may remain sizeable. In addition, over time the use of a volatility management strategy could result in the Portfolio's having average exposure to equity investments that is lower than its target allocation. Although these actions are intended to reduce the overall risk of investing in the Portfolio, they could result in periods of underperformance, including during periods when market values are increasing, but market volatility is high. Under normal market conditions, the Portfolio seeks to maintain, over an extended period of years, an average annualized volatility in the Portfolio's daily equity returns of not more than 20%. The magnitude of the changes (or volatility) in the Portfolio's daily equity returns is measured by standard deviation. The Adviser may determine, in its sole discretion, not to implement the volatility management strategy or to allocate the Portfolio's assets in a manner different from the target allocations described above for various reasons including, but not limited to, if the volatility management strategy would result in de minimis trades or result in excess trading due to expected flows into or out of the Portfolio, or in connection with market events and conditions and other circumstances as determined by the Adviser. The Portfolio may maintain sizeable equity exposure during times of heightened volatility if in the Adviser's judgment such equity exposure is warranted to produce better risk-adjusted returns over time. Volatility management techniques could reduce potential losses and/or mitigate financial risks to insurance companies that provide certain benefits and guarantees available under the Contracts and offer the Portfolio as an investment option in their products. Accordingly, volatility management techniques could also benefit the insurance companies by reducing the risk that the insurance companies will be required to pay amounts to meet the benefits and guarantees from their own resources.

From time to time or potentially for extended periods of time in periods of continued market distress, the Portfolio may maintain a considerable percentage of its total assets in cash and cash equivalent instruments, including money market funds, to implement the volatility management strategy and for other portfolio management purposes.

**Principal Risks**

An investment in the Portfolio is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The value of your investment may fall, sometimes sharply, and you could lose money by investing in the Portfolio. There can be no assurance that the Portfolio will achieve its investment objective.

The Portfolio is also subject to the risks associated with the investments of the Underlying ETFs; please see the "Underlying ETFs" section of the Portfolio's Prospectus for additional information about these risks.

The following risks can negatively affect the Portfolio's performance. The most significant risks as of the date of this Prospectus are presented first, followed by additional principal risks in alphabetical order. In this section, the term "Portfolio" may include the Portfolio, an Underlying ETF, or both.

**Market Risk —** The Portfolio is subject to the risk that the securities markets will move down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, based on overall economic conditions and other factors, which may negatively affect Portfolio performance. Securities markets also may experience long periods of decline in value. The value of a security can be more volatile than the market as a whole and can perform differently from the market as a whole. Any issuer of securities may perform poorly, causing the value of its securities to decline. Poor performance may be caused by a variety of factors, such as poor management decisions; reduced demand for

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the issuer's goods or services; competitive pressures; negative perception in the marketplace; loss of major customers; strategic initiatives such as mergers or acquisitions and the market response to any such initiatives; and the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer. The value of a security also may decline due to general market conditions, such as real or perceived adverse economic or political conditions, inflation rates and/or investor expectations concerning such rates, changes in interest rates, recessions, or adverse investor sentiment generally. During a general downturn in the securities markets, multiple asset classes may decline in value simultaneously. Even when securities markets perform well, there can be no assurance that the investments held by the Portfolio will increase in value along with the broader market. Changes in the financial condition of (or other event affecting) a single issuer can impact an individual sector or industry, or the securities markets as a whole. To the extent that securities of issuers behave or are perceived to behave similarly to each other, events affecting one issuer, industry or sector may have a larger impact. The value of a security also may decline due to factors that affect a particular sector or industry, such as tariffs, labor shortages, or increased production costs and competitive conditions within the sector or industry.

Geopolitical events, including acts of terrorism, tensions, war or other open conflicts between nations, or political or economic dysfunction within nations that are global economic powers or major oil or other commodities producers, have led, and may in the future lead, to overall instability in world economies and markets generally and have led, and may in the future lead, to increased market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects. For example, the armed conflict among the United States, Israel and Iran that commenced in February 2026 has contributed to increased volatility and uncertainty in financial markets as well as significant volatility in the oil and natural gas markets, which has created widespread economic disruption. World markets, or those in a particular region, may all react in similar fashion to economic, political or other developments. Events such as environmental and natural disasters or other catastrophes, public health crises (such as epidemics and pandemics), social unrest, and cybersecurity incidents, and governments' reactions (or failure to react) to such events, could cause uncertainty in the markets and may adversely affect the performance of the global economy. Impacts from climate change may include significant risks to global financial assets and economic growth. The extent and duration of such events and resulting market disruptions could be substantial and could magnify the impact of other risks to the Portfolio. The value and liquidity of the Portfolio's investments may be negatively affected by developments in other countries and regions, whether or not the Portfolio invests in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to the countries or regions directly affected.

Changes in government or central bank policies, changes in existing laws and regulations, and political, diplomatic and other events within the United States and abroad could cause uncertainty in the markets, may affect investor and consumer confidence, and may adversely impact financial markets and the broader economy, perhaps suddenly and to a significant degree. High public debt and deficits in the United States and other countries create ongoing systemic and market risks and policymaking uncertainty and may negatively affect economic conditions and the values of markets, sectors and companies in which the Portfolio invests.

In addition, markets and market participants are increasingly reliant on information data systems. Inaccurate data, software or other technology malfunctions, programming inaccuracies, unauthorized use or access, and similar circumstances may impair the performance of these systems and may have an adverse impact upon a single issuer, a group of issuers, or the market at large. Furthermore, impacts from the rapid development and increasingly widespread use of artificial intelligence ("AI") technologies, including by market participants, may include significant risks to global financial markets. Significant downturns in the information technology sector, which includes companies that are investing heavily in AI research, development and infrastructure, could rapidly lead to widespread market weakness.

**Asset Allocation Risk —** The Portfolio's investment performance depends upon how its assets are allocated across various asset classes and how its assets are invested within those asset classes. Some asset classes and investments may perform below expectations, or below the securities markets generally, over short and extended periods. The allocation strategies used and the allocation and investment decisions made could cause the Portfolio to lose value and may not produce the desired results.

**Volatility Management Risk —** The Adviser from time to time may employ various volatility management techniques or make strategic adjustments to the Portfolio's asset mix (such as by using ETFs to manage equity exposure) in managing the Portfolio. Although these actions are intended to reduce the overall risk of investing in the Portfolio, they may not work as intended and may result in losses by the Portfolio or periods of underperformance, particularly during periods when market values are increasing but market volatility is high or when the Portfolio has reduced its equity exposure but market changes do not impact equity returns adversely to the extent predicted by the Adviser.

The result of the Portfolio's volatility management strategy will be subject to the Adviser's ability to correctly assess the degree of correlation between the performance of the relevant market index and the metrics used by the Adviser to measure market volatility. Since the characteristics of many securities change as markets change or time passes, the result of the Portfolio's volatility management strategy also will be subject to the Adviser's ability to continually recalculate, readjust, and execute volatility management techniques

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in an efficient manner. In addition, market conditions change, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, and the Adviser may be unable to execute the volatility management strategy in a timely manner or at all.

The Adviser uses proprietary modeling tools to implement the Portfolio's volatility management strategy. If the proprietary modeling tools prove to be flawed or for other reasons do not produce the desired results, any decisions based on the modeling tools may expose the Portfolio to additional risks and losses. The use of modeling tools has inherent risks, and the success of using a modeling tool depends, among other things, on the accuracy and completeness of the tool's development, implementation and maintenance; on the tool's assumptions and methodologies; and on the accuracy and reliability of the inputs and output of the tool. The Adviser from time to time may make changes to its proprietary modeling tools that do not require shareholder notice.

Moreover, volatility management strategies may expose the Portfolio to costs, such as increased portfolio transaction costs, which could cause or increase losses or reduce gains. In addition, it is not possible to manage volatility fully or perfectly.

Any one or more of these factors could prevent the Portfolio from achieving the intended volatility management or could cause the Portfolio to underperform or experience losses (some of which may be sudden or substantial) or volatility for any particular period that may be higher or lower. In addition, the use of volatility management techniques may not protect against market declines and may limit the Portfolio's participation in market gains, even during periods when the market is rising. Volatility management techniques, when implemented effectively to reduce the overall risk of investing in the Portfolio, may result in underperformance by the Portfolio. For example, if the Portfolio has reduced its overall exposure to equities to avoid losses in certain market environments, the Portfolio may forgo some of the returns that can be associated with periods of rising equity values. The Portfolio's performance may be lower than the performance of similar funds where volatility management techniques are not used.

**Equity Risk —** In general, the values of stocks and other equity securities fluctuate, and sometimes widely fluctuate, in response to changes in a company's financial condition as well as general market, economic and political conditions and other factors. Stock markets tend to run in cycles, with periods when stock prices generally go up and periods when stock prices generally go down. However, stock markets also can move up and down rapidly and unpredictably. The Portfolio may experience a significant or complete loss on its investment in an equity security.

**Interest Rate Risk —** Changes in interest rates may affect the yield, liquidity and value of investments in debt securities or other income-producing securities. Changes in interest rates also may affect the value of other securities. In general, the value of the Portfolio's debt securities declines when interest rates rise and rises when interest rates decline. Typically, the longer the maturity (i.e., the term of a debt security) or duration (i.e., a measure of the sensitivity of a debt security to changes in market interest rates, based on the entire cash flow associated with the security) of a debt security, the greater the effect a change in interest rates could have on the security's price. Thus, the sensitivity of the Portfolio's debt securities to interest rate risk will increase the greater the duration of those securities. Changes in government or central bank monetary policy may have a substantial and immediate impact on interest rates, which could result in losses to the Portfolio.

**Credit Risk —** The Portfolio is subject to the risk that the issuer or guarantor of a fixed income security, or the counterparty to a transaction, is unable or unwilling, or is perceived as unable or unwilling, to make timely interest or principal payments or otherwise honor its obligations, or defaults completely, which may cause the Portfolio's holdings to lose value. The downgrade of a security's credit rating may decrease its value. Lower credit quality also may lead to greater volatility in the price of a security and may negatively affect a security's liquidity. The credit quality of a security can deteriorate suddenly and rapidly. The Portfolio may experience a significant or complete loss on a fixed income security or a transaction.

**Risks Related to Investments in Underlying ETFs —** When the Portfolio invests in an Underlying ETF, it will indirectly bear its proportionate share of the fees and expenses incurred by the Underlying ETF. These fees and expenses are in addition to the advisory fees and other expenses that the Portfolio and its shareholders bear directly in connection with the Portfolio's own operations. As a result, the Portfolio's shareholders will be subject to two layers of fees and expenses with respect to investments in the Portfolio. The cost of investing in the Portfolio, therefore, may be higher than the cost of investing in a mutual fund that invests directly in individual stocks and bonds. The Portfolio's performance depends upon a favorable allocation by the Adviser among the Underlying ETFs, as well as the ability of the Underlying ETFs to generate favorable performance. The Underlying ETFs' investment programs may not be complementary, which could adversely affect the Portfolio's performance.

The Portfolio's net asset value is subject to fluctuations in the market values of the Underlying ETFs in which it invests. The Portfolio is also subject to the risks associated with the securities or other investments in which the Underlying ETFs invest, and the ability of the Portfolio to meet its investment objective will directly depend on the ability of the Underlying ETFs to meet their respective investment objectives. The Portfolio and the Underlying ETFs are subject to certain general investment risks, including market risk, asset class risk, issuer-specific risk, investment style risk, portfolio management risk, and regulatory risk. In addition, to the extent the Portfolio invests in Underlying ETFs that invest in equity securities, fixed income securities, and/or foreign securities, the Portfolio

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is subject to the risks associated with investing in such securities. A passively managed (or index-based) ETF's performance may not match that of the index it seeks to track. An actively managed ETF's performance will reflect its manager's ability to make investment decisions that are suited to achieving the ETF's investment objective. Furthermore, it is possible that an active trading market for an Underlying ETF may not develop or be maintained, in which case the liquidity and value of the Portfolio's investment in the Underlying ETF could be substantially and adversely affected. The extent to which the investment performance and risks associated with the Portfolio correlate to those of a particular Underlying ETF will depend upon the extent to which the Portfolio's assets are allocated from time to time for investment in the Underlying ETF, which will vary.

**Index Strategy Risk —** The Portfolio employs an index strategy for a portion of the Portfolio and may be particularly susceptible to a general decline in the market segment relating to the relevant index. In addition, although the index strategy attempts to closely track the relevant index, the Portfolio may not invest in all of the securities in the index. Therefore, there can be no assurance that the performance of the index strategy will match that of the relevant index.

**Portfolio Management Risk —** The Portfolio is subject to the risk that strategies used by an investment manager and its securities selections fail to produce the intended results. An investment manager's judgments or decisions 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 or other factors, may be incorrect or otherwise may not produce the intended results, which may result in losses to the Portfolio. In addition, many processes used in Portfolio management, including security selection, rely, in whole or in part, on the use of various technologies. The Portfolio may 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 an investment manager, or if such tools, resources, information or data are used incorrectly, fail to produce the desired results, or otherwise do not work as intended. There can be no assurance that the use of these technologies will result in effective investment decisions for the Portfolio. In addition, the Portfolio could experience losses if an investment manager's judgments about the risks associated with the Portfolio's investment program prove to be incorrect.

**Cash Management Risk —** The Portfolio may maintain cash and cash equivalent positions as part of the Portfolio's strategy in order to take advantage of investment opportunities as they arise, to manage the Portfolio's market exposure, and for other portfolio management purposes. As such, the Portfolio may maintain cash balances, which may be significant, with counterparties such as the Trust's custodian or its affiliates. Maintaining larger cash and cash equivalent positions could negatively affect the Portfolio's performance due to missed investment opportunities and could also subject the Portfolio to additional risks, such as increased credit risk with respect to the custodian bank holding the assets and the risk that a counterparty may be unable or unwilling, or perceived as unable or unwilling, to honor its obligations.

**Foreign Securities Risk —** Investments in foreign securities involve risks in addition to those associated with investments in U.S. securities. Foreign markets may be less liquid, more volatile and subject to less government supervision and regulation than U.S. markets, and it may take more time to clear and settle trades involving foreign securities, which could negatively impact the Portfolio's investments and cause it to lose money. Security values also may be negatively affected by changes in the exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies. Differences between U.S. and foreign legal, political and economic systems, regulatory regimes and market practices, as well as changes in international trading patterns, trade barriers and other protectionist trade policies (including those of the United States), tariffs, governmental instability, acts of terrorism, war or other open conflicts, or other political, diplomatic or economic actions, also may adversely impact security values. Foreign securities are also subject to the risks associated with the potential imposition of economic or other sanctions against a particular foreign country, its nationals, businesses or industries. World markets, or those in a particular region, may all react in similar fashion to economic, political or other developments. Events and evolving conditions in certain economies or markets may alter the risks associated with investments tied to countries or regions that historically were perceived as comparatively stable and make such investments riskier and more volatile. Regardless of where a company is organized or its stock is traded, its performance may be significantly affected by events in regions from which it derives its profits or in which it conducts significant operations.

Currency Risk — Investments that are denominated in or that provide exposure to foreign currencies are subject to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar. Any such decline may erode or reverse any potential gains from an investment in securities denominated in foreign currency or may widen existing loss. In the case of hedging positions, there is the risk that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

Geographic Focus Risk — To the extent the Portfolio invests a significant portion of its assets in securities of companies domiciled, or exercising the predominant part of their economic activity, in one country or geographic region, it assumes the risk that economic, political, social and environmental conditions in that particular country or region will have a significant impact

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on the Portfolio's investment performance and that the Portfolio's performance will be more volatile than the performance of more geographically diversified portfolios.

**Investment Grade Securities Risk —** Securities rated in the lower investment grade rating categories (e.g., BBB or Baa) are considered investment grade securities, but may have more risk than higher rated obligations because they are regarded as having only an adequate capacity to pay principal and interest, are considered to lack outstanding investment characteristics, and may possess certain speculative characteristics.

**Large-Cap Company Risk —** Larger more established companies may be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges such as changes in technology and consumer tastes, which may lead to a decline in their market price. Many larger companies also may not be able to attain the high growth rate of successful smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansion.

**Liquidity Risk —** From time to time, there may be little or no active trading market for a particular investment in which the Portfolio may invest or is invested. In such a market, the value of such an investment and the Portfolio's share price may fall dramatically. Illiquid investments may be difficult or impossible to sell or purchase at an advantageous time or price or in sufficient amounts to achieve the Portfolio's desired level of exposure. To meet redemption requests during periods of illiquidity, the Portfolio may be forced to dispose of investments at unfavorable times or prices and/or under unfavorable conditions, which may result in losses or may be costly to the Portfolio. Investments that are illiquid or that trade in lower volumes may be more difficult to value. The Portfolio also may not receive its proceeds from the sale of certain investments for an extended period of time. Certain investments that were liquid when purchased may later become illiquid, sometimes abruptly, particularly in times of overall economic distress or adverse investor perception. An inability to sell a portfolio position can adversely affect the Portfolio's value or prevent the Portfolio from being able to take advantage of other investment opportunities. During periods of market stress, an investment or even an entire market segment may become illiquid, sometimes abruptly, which can adversely affect the Portfolio's ability to limit losses. In addition, a reduction in the ability or willingness of dealers and other institutional investors to make a market in certain securities may result in decreased liquidity in certain markets.

**Mid-Cap and Small-Cap Company Risk —** Mid-cap and 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, all of which can negatively affect their value. In general, these risks are greater for small-cap companies than for mid-cap companies.

**Momentum Risk —** Momentum entails investing more in securities that have recently had higher total returns and investing less in securities that have recently had lower total returns. These securities may be more volatile than a broad cross-section of securities, and momentum may be an indicator that a security's price is reaching its maximum or its minimum. Momentum (positive or negative) can turn quickly, and utilizing momentum as a factor in the investment analysis process can cause significant variation from other types of investment strategies. The Portfolio may experience significant losses or miss out on significant gains if a security's momentum stops, turns or otherwise behaves differently than predicted.

**Redemption Risk —** The Portfolio may experience periods of heavy redemptions that could cause the Portfolio to sell assets at inopportune times or at a loss or depressed value. Redemption risk is heightened during periods of declining or illiquid markets. Heavy redemptions could hurt the Portfolio's performance.

Market developments and other factors, including a general rise in interest rates, have the potential to cause investors to move out of fixed income securities on a large scale, which may increase redemptions from mutual funds that hold large amounts of fixed income securities. The ability or willingness of dealers and other institutional investors to buy or hold fixed-income securities or otherwise to "make a market" in debt securities may also be reduced. These factors, along with an inability to find a ready buyer, may result in decreased liquidity and increased volatility in the fixed income markets.

**Risk/Return Bar Chart and Table**

The bar chart and table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Portfolio by showing changes in the Portfolio's performance from year to year and by showing how the Portfolio's average annual total returns for the past one-year, five-year, and since inception periods through December 31, 2025, compared to the returns of a broad-based securities market index. The additional securities market index and the composite index show how the Portfolio's performance compared with the returns of other asset classes in which the Portfolio may invest. Past performance is not an indication of future performance.

*VTMGA 7*

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The performance results do not reflect any Contract-related fees and expenses, which would reduce the performance results.

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**Calendar Year Annual Total Returns — Class IB**

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| Best quarter (% and time period) | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 10.09% | 2023 4th Quarter |
| Worst quarter (% and time period) | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -14.07% | 2020 1st Quarter |

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**Average Annual Total Returns**

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|  | &nbsp;&nbsp; **One**<br> **Year**<br>| &nbsp;&nbsp; **Five**<br> **Years**<br>| &nbsp;&nbsp; **Since**<br> **Inception**<br>| &nbsp;&nbsp; **Inception**<br> **Date**<br>|
| 1290 VT Moderate Growth Allocation Portfolio - Class IB  | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 13.34% | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6.32% | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 7.46% | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 02/01/2019 |
| S&P 500<sup>®</sup> Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 17.88% | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 14.42% | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 16.22% |  |
| 1290 VT Moderate Growth Allocation Index<sup>1</sup> (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 16.28% | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 7.64% | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 9.71% |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp; Bloomberg U.S. Credit Corporate 5-10 Year Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or <br> taxes)<br>| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 9.58% | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0.86% | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3.58% |  |

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The composite index is a hypothetical combination of unmanaged indexes composed of the Bloomberg U.S. Credit Corporate 5-10 Year Index, MSCI EAFE Index, S&P MidCap 400<sup>®</sup> Index, S&P 500<sup>®</sup> Index and Russell 2000<sup>®</sup> Index at weightings of 40%, 18%, 5%, 35% and 2%, respectively.

**Who Manages the Portfolio**

**Investment Adviser: Equitable Investment Management Group, LLC ("EIM" or the "Adviser")**

**Portfolio Managers:** The members of the team that are jointly and primarily responsible for selecting the Underlying ETFs in which the Portfolio invests are:

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| **Name** | **Title** | **Since** |
| Kenneth T. Kozlowski, CFP<sup>®</sup>, CLU, ChFC | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Executive Vice President and Chief Investment <br> Officer of EIM<br>| 2019 |
| Xavier Poutas, CFA<sup>®</sup> <br>| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Vice President and Assistant Portfolio Manager <br> of EIM<br>| 2019 |
| Miao Hu, CFA<sup>®</sup> <br>| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Vice President and Assistant Portfolio Manager <br> of EIM<br>| 2019 |
| Kevin McCarthy | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Vice President and Assistant Portfolio Manager <br> of EIM<br>| 2019 |

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The Adviser has been granted relief by the Securities and Exchange Commission to hire, terminate and replace sub-advisers for the Portfolio and enter into and amend sub-advisory agreements on behalf of the Portfolio subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees and without obtaining shareholder approval. If the Board of Trustees approves the hiring of sub-advisers, the Adviser is responsible for overseeing the sub-advisers and recommending their hiring, termination and replacement to the Board of Trustees. The Adviser may not enter into a sub-advisory agreement on behalf of the Portfolio with an "affiliated person" of the Adviser unless the sub-advisory agreement is approved by the Portfolio's shareholders. The relief does not extend to any increase in the advisory fee paid by the Portfolio to the Adviser; any such increase would be subject to shareholder approval.

*VTMGA 8*

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**PURCHASE AND REDEMPTION OF PORTFOLIO SHARES**

The Portfolio's shares are currently sold only to insurance company separate accounts in connection with Contracts issued by Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company ("Equitable Financial") or other affiliated or unaffiliated insurance companies and to The Equitable 401(k) Plan. Shares also may be sold to other investors eligible under applicable federal income tax regulations.

The Portfolio does not have minimum initial or subsequent investment requirements. Shares of the Portfolio are redeemable on any business day (which typically is any day the New York Stock Exchange is open) upon receipt of a request. All redemption requests will be processed and payment with respect thereto will normally be made within seven days after tender. Please refer to your Contract prospectus for more information on purchasing and redeeming Portfolio shares.

**TAX INFORMATION**

The Portfolio's shareholders are (or may include) insurance company separate accounts and other investors eligible under applicable federal income tax regulations. Distributions made by the Portfolio to such an account, and exchanges and redemptions of Portfolio shares made by such an account, ordinarily do not cause the holders of underlying Contracts to recognize income or gain for federal income tax purposes at the time of the distributions, exchanges or redemptions; the holders generally are taxed only on amounts they withdraw from their Contract. See the prospectus for your Contract for further tax information.

**PAYMENTS TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES**

The Portfolio is not sold directly to the general public but instead is offered as an underlying investment option for Contracts and to other eligible investors. The Portfolio and the Adviser and its affiliates may make payments to sponsoring insurance companies (and their affiliates) or other financial intermediaries for distribution and/or other services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing an insurance company or other financial intermediary and your financial adviser to recommend the Portfolio over another investment or by influencing an insurance company to include the Portfolio as an underlying investment option in the Contract. The prospectus (or other offering document) for your Contract may contain additional information about these payments. Ask your financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.

*VTMGA 9*

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