C000072531 Performance — AST Bond Portfolio 2020

Data updated: 2020-11-25

C000072531 returned +2.55% over one year to Sep 2020. Over one year the fund trailed its Target-Date category average: $100 grew to $103, against $108 for the category. Volatility over the past 12 months was 0.84% a year. In the 12 months to Sep 2020 the fund took in a net $205.7M, and assets reached $36.09M.

C000072531 Growth of $100

What $100 invested in AST Bond Portfolio 2020 grew to, compounded from monthly returns reported on SEC Form N-PORT, against the Target-Date category average over the same months.

PeriodC000072531Category average
1 year (Oct 2019 – Sep 2020)$103$108
Since data start (Jul 2019 – Sep 2020)$103$109

C000072531 Trailing Returns

Total returns to Sep 2020, from SEC N-PORT.

PeriodTotal return
1 year+2.55%

C000072531 Annual Returns

Calendar-year total returns of AST Bond Portfolio 2020, compounded from monthly SEC N-PORT returns. Partial years show the months covered.

YearTotal return
2020 (Jan–Sep)+2.12%
2019 (Jul–Dec)+0.99%

C000072531 Monthly Returns

Monthly total returns as reported on SEC Form N-PORT.

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2020+0.3%+0.4%−0.3%+0.6%+0.6%+0.3%+0.3%0.0%0.0%———
2019——————−0.1%+0.7%0.0%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%

C000072531 Risk

Risk measures from monthly returns over Oct 2019 – Sep 2020.

  • 1-year volatility (annualised): 0.84%
  • Best month: +0.56% (Apr 2020)
  • Worst month: −0.28% (Mar 2020)

C000072531 Fund Flows

Monthly money in and out of AST Bond Portfolio 2020, from SEC Form N-PORT.

  • 12-month net flow: $205.7M
  • 12-month gross sales (incl. reinvestments): $68.5M
  • Sales ÷ redemptions: -0.50×
MonthSalesRedemptionsNet flow
Sep 2020$303K−$11.0M$11.3M
Aug 2020$0−$9.0M$9.0M
Jul 2020$54K−$8.8M$8.9M
Jun 2020$1.8M−$12.1M$13.9M
May 2020$4K−$15.7M$15.7M
Apr 2020$473K−$24.0M$24.5M
Mar 2020$29.7M−$18.9M$48.7M
Feb 2020$6.1M−$13.8M$19.9M
Jan 2020$285K−$17.4M$17.7M
Dec 2019$10.9M−$2.7M$13.6M
Nov 2019$8.1M−$2.3M$10.4M
Oct 2019$10.7M−$1.4M$12.1M

C000072531 Assets Under Management

Net assets of AST Bond Portfolio 2020 by report date, from SEC N-PORT filings.

Report dateNet assets
2020-09-30$36.09M
2020-06-30$64.49M
2020-03-31$112.67M
2019-12-31$126.06M
2019-09-30$102.28M

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.