MetLife Russell 2000 Index Portfolio
Data updated: 2026-08-27
C000017841 — MetLife Russell 2000 Index Portfolio. United States Small Cap Blend / Core Equity · $1.09B AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000017841 Fund Overview
MetLife Russell 2000 Index Portfolio is a US mutual fund managed by Brighthouse Funds Trust II, categorised as United States Small Cap Blend / Core Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Brighthouse Funds Trust II
- Category: United States Small Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $1.09B
- 1-year return: 40.3%
- SEC CIK: 0000710826
- SEC series ID: S000006525
- Share class ID: C000017841
C000017841 Investment Objective and Strategy
MetLife Russell 2000 Index Portfolio describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Brighthouse Funds Trust II.
Investment objective
To track the performance of the Russell 2000 Index.
Principal investment strategy
The Russell 2000 Index is composed of approximately 2,000 small capitalization companies. MetLife Investment Management, LLC (MIM or Subadviser), the subadviser to the Portfolio, invests the Portfolios assets in a selected stratified sample of the 2,000 stocks included in the Russell 2000 Index. The stocks purchased for the Portfolio are chosen by MIM based on a variety of models and factors to, as a group, reflect the composite performance of the Russell 2000 Index. Although the Portfolio seeks to track the performance of the Russell 2000 Index, its performance usually will not exactly match that of the index because, among other things, the Portfolio incurs operating expenses. The Russell 2000 Index is an unmanaged group of common stocks, and therefore does not incur these expenses. As of December 31, 2025, the highest market capitalization of companies in the Russell 2000 Index was $35.6 billion.
The market capitalization limits will vary with market fluctuations. MIM, under normal circumstances, invests at least 80% of the Portfolios net assets in stocks included in the Russell 2000 Index. The Portfolio may also invest in real estate investment trusts. In seeking to track the performance of the Russell 2000 Index, from time to time the Portfolio may focus its investments in one or more industries or sectors. MIM may rebalance the Portfolio due to, among other things, cash flows into and out of the Portfolio or changes in the Russell 2000 Index.
C000017841 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of MetLife Russell 2000 Index Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Ms Govt US Lex | 2.01% |
| Tfdxx Lex Blackrock Fed Fund | 2.01% |
| Invesco Govt And Agcy Lex | 2.01% |
| Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Lex | 2.01% |
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc | 1.46% |
| National Bank Financial Inc | 1.01% |
| Allspring Govt Fund Lex | 0.92% |
| iShares Russell 2000 ETF | 0.81% |
| National Bank Of Canada | 0.64% |
| United States Treasury | 0.50% |
C000017841 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of MetLife Russell 2000 Index Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 98.1% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 15.8% |
| Derivatives | 0.1% |
C000017841 Performance
Total returns for C000017841 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 22.4% |
| 1 year | 40.3% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 18.2% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 6.8% |
C000017841 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000017841, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 14.7%
C000017841 Costs and Fees
C000017841 costs about $45 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.45%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.45%
- Portfolio turnover: 29%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.72 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000017841 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, MetLife Russell 2000 Index Portfolio had net outflows of $126.31M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | $55.73M |
| 2026-05 | −$20.09M |
| 2026-04 | −$16.54M |
| 2026-03 | −$8.94M |
| 2026-02 | −$9.82M |
| 2026-01 | −$21.98M |
C000017841 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in MetLife Russell 2000 Index Portfolio's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000017841 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official MetLife Russell 2000 Index Portfolio filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-04-24
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-04-25
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-04-25
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-27
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-27
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-03-11
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-03-14
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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.