International Growth and Income Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-27
C000121516 — International Growth and Income Fund. Developed ex-US Mid Cap Blend / Core Equity · $453.23M AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000121516 Fund Overview
International Growth and Income Fund is a US mutual fund managed by American Funds Insurance Series, categorised as Developed ex-US Mid 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: American Funds Insurance Series
- Category: Developed ex-US Mid Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $453.23M
- 1-year return: 25.1%
- SEC CIK: 0000729528
- SEC series ID: S000023461
- Share class ID: C000121516
C000121516 Investment Objective and Strategy
International Growth and Income Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by American Funds Insurance Series.
Investment objective
The funds investment objective is to provide you with long-term growth of capital while providing current income.
Principal investment strategy
The fund invests primarily in stocks of companies domiciled outside the United States, including in emerging markets and developing countries, that the investment adviser believes have the potential for growth and/or to pay dividends. The fund currently intends to invest at least 90% of its assets in issuers whose securities are listed primarily on exchanges outside the United States, cash, cash equivalents (including shares of money market or similar funds managed by the investment adviser or its affiliates) and securities held as collateral issued by U.S. issuers. The fund therefore expects to be invested in various (but no fewer than three) countries outside the United States. The fund is designed for investors seeking both capital appreciation and income. In pursuing its objective, the fund focuses on stocks of companies with strong earnings that pay dividends.
The investment adviser believes that these stocks may be more resistant to market declines than stocks of companies that do not pay dividends. The investment adviser uses a system of multiple portfolio managers in managing the funds assets. Under this approach, the portfolio of the fund is divided into segments managed by individual managers. The fund relies on the professional judgment of its investment adviser to make decisions about the funds portfolio investments. The basic investment philosophy of the investment adviser is to seek to invest in attractively valued companies that, in its opinion, represent good, long-term investment opportunities. Securities may be sold when the investment adviser believes that they no longer represent relatively attractive investment opportunities.
C000121516 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of International Growth and Income Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. | 5.85% |
| Capital Group Central Cash Fund | 3.85% |
| Asml Holding NV | 3.28% |
| Sk Hynix, Inc. | 2.52% |
| Mediatek, Inc. | 2.47% |
| Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. | 2.47% |
| Astrazeneca PLC | 1.78% |
| Totalenergies SE | 1.68% |
| Bae Systems PLC | 1.44% |
| Unicredit Spa | 1.29% |
C000121516 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of International Growth and Income Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 95.0% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 3.8% |
C000121516 Performance
Total returns for C000121516 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 12.1% |
| 1 year | 25.1% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 17.9% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 8.5% |
C000121516 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000121516, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 14.6%
C000121516 Costs and Fees
C000121516 costs about $106 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.06%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.06%
- Portfolio turnover: 48%
- Brokerage commissions: 5.22 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000121516 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, International Growth and Income Fund had net outflows of $26.57M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$2.14M |
| 2026-05 | −$2.73M |
| 2026-04 | −$1.27M |
| 2026-03 | −$8.97M |
| 2026-02 | $10.62M |
| 2026-01 | $5.96M |
C000121516 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in International Growth and Income Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000121516 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official International Growth and Income Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-04-30
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-04-30
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-04-30
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-27
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-26
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-03-16
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-03-17
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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.