LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Total Bond Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-06
C000099231 — LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Total Bond Fund. United States Multi-Cap / All-Cap Blend / Core Equity. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000099231 Fund Overview
LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Total Bond Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust, categorised as United States Multi-Cap / All-Cap Blend / Core Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust
- Category: United States Multi-Cap / All-Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $1.56B
- 1-year return: 3.3%
- SEC CIK: 0000914036
- SEC series ID: S000031871
- Share class ID: C000099231
C000099231 Investment Objective and Strategy
LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Total Bond Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust.
Investment objective
The investment objective of the LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Total Bond Fund (the “Fund”) is to seek total return consistent with the preservation of capital. Total return is comprised of income and capital appreciation.
Principal investment strategy
The Fund operates under a fund of funds structure. The Fund, under normal circumstances, invests substantially all of its assets in mutual funds (underlying funds) and Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) which, in turn, invest in U.S. and foreign fixed income securities (debt obligations). The underlying funds and ETFs primarily are a combination of Dimensional Investment Group Inc. and/or DFA Investment Dimensions Group Inc. mutual funds (Dimensional Funds) and Vanguard ETF * mutual funds (Vanguard ETFs). Dimensional Investment Group Inc., DFA Investment Dimensions Group, Inc. and The Vanguard Group, Inc. are not affiliated with the Fund or its adviser. ETFs are funds whose shares are listed and traded on a stock exchange or otherwise traded in the over-the-counter market, and may be purchased and sold throughout the trading day based on their market price.
The adviser develops the Fund's asset allocation strategy based on the Fund's investment strategy. Through its investment in underlying funds and ETFs, the Fund pursues its objective by investing primarily in a broad and diverse range of debt obligations with medium term (5-15 years) and short term (0-5 years) maturities issued by U.S. and non-U.S. governments, their agencies or instrumentalities, U.S. and non-U.S. corporations, and the U.S. Treasury. The Fund also invests in underlying funds and ETFs that invest in mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, and inflation-indexed bonds. The underlying funds and ETFs may hold bonds that mature beyond 15 years. The Fund, through the underlying funds and ETFs, may invest a large percentage of its assets in issuers located in a single country, a small number of countries, or a particular geographic region.
Certain fixed income underlying funds use foreign currency contracts to hedge foreign currency risks. Also the underlying funds may lend their portfolio securities to generate additional income. On at least an annual basis, the adviser will reassess and may make revisions in the Funds asset allocation strategy consistent with the Fund's investment strategy and objective, including revising the weightings among the investments described above and adding underlying funds or ETFs to or removing underlying funds or ETFs from the asset allocation strategy. The adviser will also periodically rebalance the weightings in the underlying funds and ETFs held by the Fund to the current asset allocation strategy. In general, the adviser does not anticipate making frequent changes in the asset allocation strategy and will not attempt to time the market.
The adviser uses various analytical tools and proprietary and third party research to construct the portfolio. The underlying fund and ETF selection is made based on the Funds particular asset allocation strategy, the adviser's desired asset class exposures, credit quality, sector exposure, interest rate risk or duration, and the investment styles and performance of the underlying funds and ETFs. The adviser also considers the portfolio characteristics and risk profile for each underlying fund and ETF over various periods and market environments to assess suitability of each underlying fund and ETF as an investment. * Vanguard and Vanguard ETF are trademarks of The Vanguard Group, Inc.
C000099231 Holdings
Top 7 holdings of LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Total Bond Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Vanguard Core Bond Fund | 29.97% |
| Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF | 19.90% |
| Vanguard Total International Bond ETF | 14.97% |
| Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF | 12.17% |
| Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF | 11.66% |
| Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF | 11.09% |
| State Street Institutional US Government Money Market Fund | 0.28% |
C000099231 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Total Bond Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.8% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.3% |
C000099231 Performance
Total returns for C000099231 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 0.7% |
| 1 year | 3.3% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 4.0% |
| 5 years (annualised) | -0.1% |
C000099231 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000099231, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 3.0%
C000099231 Costs and Fees
C000099231 costs about $36 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.36%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.36%
- Portfolio turnover: 4%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.25 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000099231 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Total Bond Fund had net inflows of $195.33M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | $23.01M |
| 2026-05 | $11.27M |
| 2026-04 | −$1.56M |
| 2026-03 | −$8.13M |
| 2026-02 | $13.37M |
| 2026-01 | $7.92M |
C000099231 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Total Bond Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000099231 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official LVIP Dimensional/Vanguard Total Bond Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-04-30
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-04-29
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2023-04-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-06
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-18
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-06
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-03-06
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-03-07
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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.