Columbia Variable Portfolio - Limited Duration Credit Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-28
C000087828 — Columbia Variable Portfolio - Limited Duration Credit Fund. Short Corporate Bond · $323.93M AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000087828 Fund Overview
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Limited Duration Credit Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II, categorised as Short Corporate Bond. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II
- Category: Short Corporate Bond
- Assets under management: $323.93M
- 1-year return: 3.5%
- SEC CIK: 0001413032
- SEC series ID: S000028705
- Share class ID: C000087828
C000087828 Investment Objective and Strategy
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Limited Duration Credit Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II.
Investment objective
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Select Short Corporate Income Fund (the Fund) seeks to provide shareholders with a level of current income consistent with preservation of capital.
Principal investment strategy
Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets ( plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in corporate bonds. The Fund primarily invests in debt securities with short- and intermediate-term maturities generally similar to those included in the Funds benchmark index, the Bloomberg U.S. 1-5 Year Corporate Index (the Index). The Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in debt instruments that, at the time of purchase, are rated below investment grade or are unrated but determined to be of comparable quality (commonly referred to as high-yield investments or junk bonds). The Funds duration is managed to help reduce volatility associated with changes in interest rates. Under normal circumstances , the Fund will target duration to be similar to or lower than that of the Index, but will not exceed that of the Index by more than one year.
As of March 31, 2026 , the duration of the Index was 2.71 years. The Fund may invest in privately placed and other securities or instruments that are purchased and sold pursuant to Rule 144A or other exemptions under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, subject to certain regulatory restrictions. The Fund may invest up to 25% of its net assets in foreign investments.
C000087828 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Columbia Variable Portfolio - Limited Duration Credit Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Columbia Short Term Cash Fund | 6.73% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 3.30% |
| Principal Lfe Glb Fnd Ii | 3.02% |
| Colorado Int Gas Co/iss | 2.86% |
| Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 2.66% |
| United States Treasury | 2.63% |
| Bacardi-Martini Bv | 2.50% |
| Bank Of America Corp. | 2.42% |
| Hsbc Holdings PLC | 2.22% |
| Diageo Capital PLC | 2.10% |
C000087828 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Columbia Variable Portfolio - Limited Duration Credit Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Fixed Income | 92.2% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 6.7% |
C000087828 Performance
Total returns for C000087828 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 0.7% |
| 1 year | 3.5% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 5.5% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 2.3% |
C000087828 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000087828, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 1.5%
C000087828 Costs and Fees
C000087828 costs about $41 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.41%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.51%
- Portfolio turnover: 129%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.00 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000087828 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Columbia Variable Portfolio - Limited Duration Credit Fund had net outflows of $450.83M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | $586.90K |
| 2026-05 | −$7.92M |
| 2026-04 | −$533.70K |
| 2026-03 | −$2.26M |
| 2026-02 | −$91.18K |
| 2026-01 | −$779.72K |
C000087828 Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of Columbia Variable Portfolio - Limited Duration Credit Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 3.30% |
| Principal Lfe Glb Fnd Ii | 3.02% |
| Colorado Int Gas Co/iss | 2.86% |
| Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 2.66% |
| United States Treasury | 2.63% |
| Bacardi-Martini Bv | 2.50% |
| Bank Of America Corp. | 2.42% |
| Hsbc Holdings PLC | 2.22% |
| Diageo Capital PLC | 2.10% |
| Morgan Stanley | 2.03% |
C000087828 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Columbia Variable Portfolio - Limited Duration Credit Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-04-27
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-04-28
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-04-25
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-26
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-03-10
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-03-12
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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.