Large Cap Blend Portfolio
Data updated: 2026-08-20
C000050277 — Large Cap Blend Portfolio. United States Large Cap Growth Equity · $174.72M AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000050277 Fund Overview
Large Cap Blend Portfolio is a US mutual fund managed by Northwestern Mutual Series Fund INC, categorised as United States 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: Northwestern Mutual Series Fund INC
- Category: United States Large Cap Growth Equity
- Assets under management: $174.72M
- 1-year return: 13.9%
- SEC CIK: 0000742212
- SEC series ID: S000018229
- Share class ID: C000050277
C000050277 Investment Objective and Strategy
Large Cap Blend Portfolio describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Northwestern Mutual Series Fund INC.
Investment objective
The investment objective of the Portfolio is to seek long-term growth of capital and income.
Principal investment strategy
Normally, the Portfolio invests at least 80% of net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in securities of large-capitalization companies. The Portfolio defines large-capitalization companies as those with a market capitalization in excess of $5 billion. The Portfolio invests primarily in securities of U.S. companies. The Portfolio may also invest up to 20% of its net assets in common stocks of foreign issuers, and may hold American Depositary Receipts (ADRs). The Portfolio may also invest in real estate investment trusts (REITs) and mid -capitalization companies. The Portfolio may utilize futures for cash management purposes and to gain exposure to indexes or certain securities within indexes. In managing the Portfolio, the adviser employs a three-step process that combines a blend of growth-focused research, valuation and stock selection.
The adviser takes an in-depth look at company prospects, which is designed to provide insight into a companys real growth potential (e.g., sales, revenue, or earnings growth that may outpace peer averages or the overall market). The research findings allow the adviser to rank the companies in each sector according to their relative value (i.e., ranking companies from most- to least-undervalued by the market in the advisers assessment). While the Portfolio does not seek to focus its investments in any particular economic sector, the Portfolio may at times have a relatively high percentage of its assets invested in a particular sector, such as the information technology sector, as a result of the advisers stock selection process. As part of its investment process, the adviser seeks to assess the impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors on many issuers in the universe in which the Portfolio invests.
The advisers assessment is based on an analysis of key opportunities and risks across industries to seek to identify financially material issues with respect to the Portfolios investments in securities and ascertain key issues that merit engagement with issuers. These ESG factor assessments may not be conclusive and securities of issuers that may be negatively impacted by such factors may be purchased and retained by the Portfolio while the Portfolio may divest or not invest in securities of issuers that may be positively impacted by such factors. Following the growth- and value-based assessments , the adviser seeks to outperform the benchmark through superior stock selection. The Portfolio may hold and maintain large positions in a single or small number of securities as a result of the advisers investment strategy.
Further, to the extent the Portfolio invests in futures with exposure to securities in an index , it may have the effect of increasing the Portfolios exposure to a relatively small number of securities. On behalf of the Portfolio, the adviser buys and sells equity securities, using the research and valuation rankings as a basis. In general, the adviser buys equity securities that are identified as attractively valued and considers selling them when they appear to be overvalued. Along with attractive valuation, the adviser often considers a number of other criteria: catalysts that could trigger a rise in a stocks price high potential reward compared to potential risk temporary mispricing caused by apparent market overreactions
C000050277 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Large Cap Blend Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp | 8.00% |
| Alphabet Inc | 6.84% |
| Apple Inc | 5.75% |
| Amazon.com Inc | 4.61% |
| Broadcom Inc | 4.00% |
| Microsoft Corp | 3.31% |
| Micron Technology Inc | 3.25% |
| Mastercard Inc | 2.90% |
| Wells Fargo & Co | 2.52% |
| American Express Co | 2.37% |
C000050277 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Large Cap Blend Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.8% |
C000050277 Performance
Total returns for C000050277 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 4.4% |
| 1 year | 13.9% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 17.6% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 10.5% |
C000050277 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000050277, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 14.2%
C000050277 Costs and Fees
C000050277 costs about $70 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.70%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.82%
- Portfolio turnover: 40%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.92 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000050277 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Large Cap Blend Portfolio had net inflows of $4.46M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$1.41M |
| 2026-05 | −$509.77K |
| 2026-04 | −$708.07K |
| 2026-03 | −$256.61K |
| 2026-02 | $1.82M |
| 2026-01 | −$2.29M |
C000050277 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Large Cap Blend Portfolio's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000050277 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Large Cap Blend Portfolio filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-04-24
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-04-25
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2024-04-30
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-20
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-27
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-23
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-03-12
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-03-11
Related Funds
Other United States Large Cap Growth Equity funds tracked on ABC INVEST:
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.