International Portfolio
Data updated: 2026-08-28
C000012159 — International Portfolio. Developed ex-US Large Cap Growth Equity · $3.42B AUM · 0.32% expense ratio. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000012159 Fund Overview
International Portfolio is a US mutual fund managed by Vanguard Variable Insurance Funds, categorised as Developed ex-US Large Cap Growth Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Vanguard Variable Insurance Funds
- Category: Developed ex-US Large Cap Growth Equity
- Assets under management: $3.42B
- 1-year return: 9.5%
- SEC CIK: 0000857490
- SEC series ID: S000004403
- Share class ID: C000012159
C000012159 Investment Objective and Strategy
International Portfolio describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Vanguard Variable Insurance Funds.
Investment objective
Vanguard Variable Insurance Funds International Portfolio (the Fund) seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation.
Principal investment strategy
The Fund employs an active management approach, investing mainly in stocks of companies located outside the United States. The Fund is expected to diversify its assets in countries across developed and emerging markets. In selecting stocks, the Funds advisors evaluate foreign markets around the world and choose large-, mid-, and small-capitalization companies considered to have above-average growth potential. The Fund has multiple investment advisors, each of which independently selects and maintains a fund of common stocks for the Fund.
C000012159 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of International Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd | 7.78% |
| ASML Holding NV | 4.12% |
| MercadoLibre Inc | 2.79% |
| Spotify Technology SA | 2.44% |
| Sea Ltd | 2.29% |
| SK hynix Inc | 2.24% |
| Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund | 2.20% |
| Keyence Corp | 2.16% |
| Atlas Copco AB | 1.94% |
| Tencent Holdings Ltd | 1.87% |
C000012159 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of International Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 96.8% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 2.2% |
C000012159 Performance
Total returns for C000012159 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 5.8% |
| 1 year | 9.5% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 11.9% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 0.6% |
C000012159 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000012159, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 14.4%
C000012159 Costs and Fees
C000012159 costs about $32 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.32%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.32%
- Portfolio turnover: 20%
- Brokerage commissions: 1.72 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000012159 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, International Portfolio had net inflows of $50.96M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$28.51M |
| 2026-05 | −$25.95M |
| 2026-04 | −$21.27M |
| 2026-03 | $185.06M |
| 2026-02 | −$3.78M |
| 2026-01 | $12.50M |
C000012159 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in International Portfolio's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000012159 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official International Portfolio filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-04-28
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-04-29
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-04-26
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-26
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-03-12
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-03-13
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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.