BICAX — Sterling Capital Total Return Bond Fund
Data updated: 2026-05-28
BICAX — Sterling Capital Total Return Bond Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. Long Securitized (MBS/ABS/CMBS) Bond · $1.51B AUM · 0.78% expense ratio · -18.3% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
BICAX Fund Overview
BICAX — Sterling Capital Total Return Bond Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Sterling Capital Funds, categorised as Long Securitized (MBS/ABS/CMBS) Bond. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Sterling Capital Funds
- Category: Long Securitized (MBS/ABS/CMBS) Bond
- Assets under management: $1.51B
- 1-year return: -18.3%
- Ticker: BICAX
- SEC CIK: 0000889284
- SEC series ID: S000003549
- Share class ID: C000009864
BICAX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Sterling Capital Total Return Bond Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Chicago Board of Trade | 5.16% |
| United States Treasury Bonds | 3.59% |
| Chicago Board of Trade | 3.55% |
| United States Treasury Bonds | 2.31% |
| United States Treasury Notes | 2.29% |
| United States Treasury Bonds | 2.28% |
| Federal National Mortgage Association | 1.35% |
| Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC | 1.18% |
| Money Market Obligations Trust | 1.18% |
| United States Treasury Notes | 1.08% |
BICAX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Sterling Capital Total Return Bond Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Securitized | 56.9% |
| Fixed Income | 42.1% |
| Derivatives | 9.5% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 1.2% |
| Equity | 0.2% |
BICAX Performance
Total returns for BICAX (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | -6.1% |
| 1 year | -18.3% |
| 3 years (annualised) | -10.0% |
| 5 years (annualised) | -8.0% |
BICAX Risk Information
Risk metrics for BICAX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 3.3%
BICAX Costs and Fees
BICAX costs about $78 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.78%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.74%
- Portfolio turnover: 79%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.00 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
BICAX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-03, Sterling Capital Total Return Bond Fund had net inflows of $40.37M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-03 | $3.61M |
| 2026-02 | −$8.21M |
| 2026-01 | $8.41M |
| 2025-12 | −$313.81K |
| 2025-11 | $2.15M |
| 2025-10 | −$18.61M |
BICAX Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of Sterling Capital Total Return Bond Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| United States Treasury Bonds | 3.59% |
| United States Treasury Bonds | 2.31% |
| United States Treasury Notes | 2.29% |
| United States Treasury Bonds | 2.28% |
| United States Treasury Notes | 1.08% |
| New York N Y City Transitional Fin Auth | 0.80% |
| United States Treasury Notes | 0.63% |
| United States Treasury Notes | 0.46% |
| New York N Y City Transitional Fin Auth | 0.43% |
| Bank of America Corp. | 0.38% |
BICAX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Sterling Capital Total Return Bond Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.