AST Western Asset Core Plus Bond Portfolio
Data updated: 2026-05-27
C000053820 — AST Western Asset Core Plus Bond Portfolio data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. Long Total / Aggregate Bond · $3.92B AUM · 0.68% expense ratio · 4.2% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
C000053820 Fund Overview
AST Western Asset Core Plus Bond Portfolio is a US mutual fund managed by Advanced Series Trust, categorised as Long Total / Aggregate Bond. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Advanced Series Trust
- Category: Long Total / Aggregate Bond
- Assets under management: $3.92B
- 1-year return: 4.2%
- SEC CIK: 0000814679
- SEC series ID: S000019381
- Share class ID: C000053820
C000053820 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of AST Western Asset Core Plus Bond Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Advanced Series Trust | 5.84% |
| United States Treasury Notes | 2.39% |
| Vanguard Bond Index Funds | 1.99% |
| iShares Trust | 1.99% |
| United States Treasury Notes | 1.83% |
| Prudential Investment Portfolios 9 | 1.81% |
| United States Treasury Notes | 1.75% |
| United States Treasury Notes | 1.35% |
| United States Treasury Notes | 1.27% |
| Federal National Mortgage Association | 0.84% |
C000053820 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of AST Western Asset Core Plus Bond Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Securitized | 47.8% |
| Fixed Income | 46.7% |
| Equity | 11.8% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.5% |
| Derivatives | 0.1% |
C000053820 Performance
Total returns for C000053820 (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | -0.1% |
| 1 year | 4.2% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 3.8% |
| 5 years (annualised) | -0.1% |
C000053820 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000053820, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 3.7%
C000053820 Costs and Fees
C000053820 costs about $68 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.68%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.68%
- Portfolio turnover: 175%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.28 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000053820 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-03, AST Western Asset Core Plus Bond Portfolio had net outflows of $467.52M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-03 | −$163.90M |
| 2026-02 | −$31.17M |
| 2026-01 | −$32.05M |
| 2025-12 | −$29.18M |
| 2025-11 | −$54.23M |
| 2025-10 | −$14.62M |
C000053820 Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of AST Western Asset Core Plus Bond Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| United States Treasury Notes | 2.39% |
| United States Treasury Notes | 1.83% |
| United States Treasury Notes | 1.75% |
| United States Treasury Notes | 1.35% |
| United States Treasury Notes | 1.27% |
| United States Treasury Notes | 0.72% |
| United States Treasury Notes | 0.63% |
| United States Treasury Notes | 0.60% |
| United States Treasury Bonds | 0.60% |
| United States Treasury Notes | 0.54% |
C000053820 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official AST Western Asset Core Plus Bond Portfolio 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.