AB Bond Inflation Strategy

C000085436 Fund Overview

AB Bond Inflation Strategy is a US mutual fund managed by Ab Bond Fund, Inc., categorised as Intermediate Treasury / Sovereign Bond. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.

• Type: US mutual fund
• Manager: Ab Bond Fund, Inc.
• Category: Intermediate Treasury / Sovereign Bond
• Assets under management: $832.37M
• 1-year return: 1.4%
• SEC CIK: 0000003794
• SEC series ID: S000027378
• Share class ID: C000085436

C000085436 Investment Objective and Strategy

AB Bond Inflation Strategy describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Ab Bond Fund, Inc..

Investment objective

The Fund's investment objective is to maximize real return without assuming what the Adviser considers to be undue risk.

Principal investment strategy

"The Fund seeks real return. Real return is the rate of return after adjusting for inflation. The Fund pursues its objective by investing principally in inflation-indexed securities (such as Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (""TIPS"") or inflation-indexed securities from issuers other than the U.S. Treasury) or by gaining inflation protection through derivatives transactions, such as inflation (CPI) swaps or total return swaps linked to TIPS. In deciding whether to purchase inflation-indexed securities or use inflation-linked derivatives transactions, the Adviser will consider the relative costs and efficiency of each method. In addition, in seeking to maximize real return, the Fund may also invest in other fixed-income investments, such as U.S. and non-U.S. Government securities, corporate fixed-income securities and mortgage-related securities, as well as derivatives linked to such securities.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in fixed-income securities. While the Fund expects to invest principally in investment-grade securities, it may invest up to 15% of its total assets in fixed-income securities rated BB or B or the equivalent by at least one national rating agency (or deemed by the Adviser to be of comparable credit quality), which are not investment-grade (""junk bonds""). Inflation-indexed securities are fixed-income securities structured to provide protection against inflation. Their principal value and/or the interest paid on them are adjusted to reflect official inflation measures. The inflation measure for TIPS is the Consumer Price Index for Urban Consumers, or the CPI. The Fund may also invest in other inflation-indexed securities, issued by both U.S.

and non-U.S. issuers, and in derivative instruments linked to these securities. The Fund may invest in derivatives, such as options, futures contracts, forwards, or swaps. The Fund intends to use leverage for investment purposes. To do this, the Fund expects to enter into (i) reverse repurchase agreement transactions and use the cash made available from these transactions to make additional investments in fixed-income securities in accordance with the Fund's investment policies and (ii) total return swaps. In determining when and to what extent to employ leverage or enter into derivatives transactions, the Adviser will consider factors such as the relative risks and returns expected of potential investments and the costs of such transactions. The Adviser will consider the impact of reverse repurchase agreements, swaps and other derivatives in making its assessments of the Fund's risks.

The resulting exposures to markets, sectors, issuers or specific securities will be continuously monitored by the Adviser. The Adviser selects securities for purchase or sale based on its assessment of the securities' risk and return characteristics as well as the securities' impact on the overall risk and return characteristics of the Fund. In making this assessment, the Adviser takes into account various factors, including the credit quality and sensitivity to interest rates of the securities under consideration and of the Fund's other holdings. The Fund may also invest in loan participations, structured securities, asset-backed securities, variable, floating, and inverse floating-rate instruments, and preferred stock, and may use other investment techniques. The Fund may invest in fixed-income securities of any maturity and duration.

If the rating of a fixed-income security falls below investment-grade, the Fund will not be obligated to sell the security and may continue to hold it if, in the Adviser's opinion, the investment is appropriate under the circumstances."

C000085436 Holdings

Top 10 holdings of AB Bond Inflation Strategy by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.

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C000085436 Portfolio Allocation

Asset-class allocation of AB Bond Inflation Strategy by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.

C000085436 Performance

Total returns for C000085436 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.

C000085436 Risk Information

Risk metrics for C000085436, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.

• 1-year volatility (annualised): 4.2%

C000085436 Costs and Fees

C000085436 costs about $86 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.

• Net expense ratio: 0.86%
• Gross expense ratio: 1.25%
• Portfolio turnover: 61%
• Brokerage commissions: 0.41 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)

C000085436 Cashflows

Over the 12 months to 2026-04, AB Bond Inflation Strategy had net inflows of $141.18M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.

C000085436 Debt Constituents

Largest debt holdings of AB Bond Inflation Strategy by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.

C000085436 Prospectus and SEC Filings

Official AB Bond Inflation Strategy filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.

• Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-01-29
• Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-01-28
• Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2025-01-30
• Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-09-24
• Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-06-24
• Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-03-26
• Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-01-14
• Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-01-13

Related Funds

Other Intermediate Treasury / Sovereign Bond funds tracked on ABC INVEST:

• Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund (VBIIX)
• Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index Fund (VSIGX)
• iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (GOVT)
• iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEI)
• Fidelity SAI Inflation-Protected Bond Index Fund (FSPWX)

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.