Short Duration Bond Fund
Data updated: 2026-09-25
C000004338 — Short Duration Bond Fund. Intermediate Corporate Bond · $358.74M AUM · 0.83% expense ratio. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000004338 Fund Overview
Short Duration Bond Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Russell Investment CO, categorised as Intermediate Corporate Bond. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Russell Investment CO
- Category: Intermediate Corporate Bond
- Assets under management: $358.74M
- SEC CIK: 0000351601
- SEC series ID: S000001601
- Share class ID: C000004338
C000004338 Investment Objective and Strategy
Short Duration Bond Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Russell Investment CO.
Investment objective
The Fund seeks to provide current income and preservation of capital with a focus on short duration securities.
Principal investment strategy
The Fund has a non-fundamental policy to invest, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the value of its net assets plus borrowings for investment purposes in bonds. Russell Investment Management, LLC (RIM) provides or oversees the provision of all investment advisory and portfolio management services for the Fund. The Funds assets are managed by RIM and multiple money managers unaffiliated with RIM pursuant to a multi-manager approach. RIM manages assets not allocated to money manager strategies and utilizes quantitative and/or rules-based processes and qualitative analysis to assess Fund characteristics and invest in securities and instruments which provide the desired exposures. RIM may use strategies based on indexes. RIM also manages the Fund's cash balances. The Fund invests principally in short duration bonds and defines short duration as a duration ranging from 0.5 to 3.0 years.
The Fund has no restrictions on individual security duration. The Fund may invest in mortgage related securities, including mortgage-backed securities. The Fund may also invest in (1) U.S. and non-U.S. corporate debt securities, (2) Yankee Bonds (dollar-denominated obligations issued in the U.S. by non-U.S. banks and corporations), (3) fixed income securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, non-U.S. governments, or by any U.S. government or non-U.S. government agency or instrumentality and (4) asset-backed securities. The Fund may invest in debt securities that are rated below investment grade (commonly referred to as high-yield or junk bonds). The Fund may invest in currency futures and options on futures, forward currency contracts, currency swaps and currency options for speculative purposes or to seek to protect a portion of its investments against adverse currency exchange rate changes.
The Fund may invest in derivative instruments and may use derivatives to take both long and short positions. The Funds use of derivatives may cause the Funds investment returns to be impacted by the performance of securities the Fund does not own and result in the Funds total investment exposure exceeding the value of its portfolio. A portion of the Funds net assets may be illiquid. The Fund may invest in variable and floating rate securities. The Fund may purchase loans and other direct indebtedness, including bank loans (also called leveraged loans). The Fund may invest in non-U.S. debt securities, including developed and emerging market debt securities, some of which may be non-U.S. dollar denominated. The Fund considers the following countries to have developed markets: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.
As a general rule, the Fund considers emerging market countries to include every other country. The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements. The Fund may invest in commercial paper, including asset-backed commercial paper. The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading of portfolio securities to achieve its principal investment strategies. The Fund may invest in obligations issued or guaranteed by U.S. or foreign banks. The Fund usually, but not always, exposes a portion of its cash to changes in interest rates or market/sector returns by purchasing fixed income securities and/or derivatives, which typically include exchange traded fixed income futures contracts and swaps. Please refer to the Investment Objective and Investment Strategies section in the Fund's Prospectus for further information.
C000004338 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Short Duration Bond Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Russell Investments Trust Company Commingled Employee Benefit Funds Trust-U.S. Cash Management Fund | 5.75% |
| United States Treasury | 3.68% |
| United States Treasury | 1.84% |
| United States Treasury | 1.28% |
| American Express Credit Account Master Trust | 1.23% |
| Mercedes-Benz Auto Receivables Trust | 0.75% |
| Federal Farm Credit Bank | 0.63% |
| Onslow Bay Financial LLC | 0.54% |
| Federal Farm Credit Bank | 0.53% |
| Saudi International Bond | 0.48% |
C000004338 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Short Duration Bond Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Fixed Income | 59.5% |
| Securitized | 33.0% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 6.4% |
| Derivatives | 0.1% |
C000004338 Costs and Fees
C000004338 costs about $83 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.83%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.06%
- Portfolio turnover: 113%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.36 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000004338 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-04, Short Duration Bond Fund had net outflows of $25.49M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | −$2.06M |
| 2026-03 | −$165.22K |
| 2026-02 | −$87.29M |
| 2026-01 | $809.89K |
| 2025-12 | $132.17M |
| 2025-11 | −$69.95M |
C000004338 Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of Short Duration Bond Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| United States Treasury | 3.68% |
| United States Treasury | 1.84% |
| United States Treasury | 1.28% |
| Federal Farm Credit Bank | 0.63% |
| Federal Farm Credit Bank | 0.53% |
| Saudi International Bond | 0.48% |
| Eaton Corp. | 0.47% |
| Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 0.41% |
| Truist Bank | 0.39% |
| United States Treasury | 0.38% |
C000004338 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Short Duration Bond Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-02-27
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-02-28
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-02-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-09-25
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-06-22
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-03-26
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-01-09
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-01-10
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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.