C000119856 Performance — AST Bond Portfolio 2024

Data updated: 2024-11-25

C000119856 returned +7.42% over one year to Sep 2024. Annualised returns are +0.56% over 3 years and +1.73% over 5 years. The fund trailed its Target-Date category average: $100 invested three years ago grew to $102, against $116 for the category, and to $107 over one year, against $124. Volatility over the past three years was 3.33% a year. In the 12 months to Sep 2024 the fund lost a net $31.0M, and assets reached $9.75M.

C000119856 Growth of $100

What $100 invested in AST Bond Portfolio 2024 grew to, compounded from monthly returns reported on SEC Form N-PORT, against the Target-Date category average over the same months.

PeriodC000119856Category average
1 year (Oct 2023 – Sep 2024)$107$124
3 years (Oct 2021 – Sep 2024)$102$116
5 years (Oct 2019 – Sep 2024)$109$149
Since data start (Jul 2019 – Sep 2024)$111$150

C000119856 Trailing Returns

Total returns to Sep 2024, from SEC N-PORT.

PeriodTotal return
1 year+7.42%
3 years (annualised)+0.56%
5 years (annualised)+1.73%

C000119856 Annual Returns

Calendar-year total returns of AST Bond Portfolio 2024, compounded from monthly SEC N-PORT returns. Partial years show the months covered.

YearTotal return
2024 (Jan–Sep)+4.25%
2023+5.72%
2022−6.62%
2021−2.37%
2020+8.66%
2019 (Jul–Dec)+1.38%

C000119856 Monthly Returns

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

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024+0.6%+0.1%+0.6%+0.2%+0.9%0.0%+0.9%+0.3%+0.7%———
2023+1.6%−1.0%+0.9%+0.3%−0.3%+0.1%+0.7%+0.3%0.0%−0.1%+1.9%+1.2%
2022−1.2%−0.7%−2.1%−1.2%+0.6%−1.4%+0.9%−0.9%−2.2%−0.2%+1.4%+0.3%
20210.0%−0.7%−0.6%+0.4%+0.2%−0.5%+0.5%−0.2%−0.4%−0.9%−0.2%−0.2%
2020+2.1%+1.5%+0.6%+1.2%+0.9%+0.7%+0.6%0.0%0.0%−0.2%+0.5%+0.3%
2019——————−0.4%+2.8%−0.9%+0.3%−0.3%−0.3%

C000119856 Risk

Risk measures from monthly returns over Oct 2021 – Sep 2024.

  • 3-year volatility (annualised): 3.33%
  • 3-year Sharpe ratio: -1.18 (vs 4.5% risk-free rate)
  • Best month: +1.94% (Nov 2023)
  • Worst month: −2.23% (Sep 2022)

C000119856 Fund Flows

Monthly money in and out of AST Bond Portfolio 2024, from SEC Form N-PORT.

  • 12-month net flow: −$31.0M
  • 12-month gross sales (incl. reinvestments): $30.1M
  • Sales ÷ redemptions: 0.49×
MonthSalesRedemptionsNet flow
Sep 2024$5K$4.0M−$4.0M
Aug 2024$794K$11.0M−$10.2M
Jul 2024$84K$9.2M−$9.1M
Jun 2024$72K$5.0M−$5.0M
May 2024$15K$8.8M−$8.8M
Apr 2024$3.2M$7.8M−$4.6M
Mar 2024$195K$10.0M−$9.8M
Feb 2024$229K$14.4M−$14.2M
Jan 2024$430K$11.7M−$11.3M
Dec 2023$4.4M−$9.8M$14.2M
Nov 2023$8.8M−$9.6M$18.5M
Oct 2023$11.9M−$1.4M$13.3M

C000119856 Assets Under Management

Net assets of AST Bond Portfolio 2024 by report date, from SEC N-PORT filings.

Report dateNet assets
2024-09-30$9.75M
2024-06-28$32.79M
2024-03-28$50.71M
2023-12-29$85.07M
2023-09-29$78.25M
2023-06-30$56.00M
2023-03-31$38.57M
2022-12-30$6.01M
2022-09-30$6.94M
2022-06-30$6.38M
2022-03-31$2.80M
2021-12-31$4.08M

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.