1290 VT Micro Cap Portfolio
Data updated: 2026-08-25
C000138906 — 1290 VT Micro Cap Portfolio. United States Small Cap Blend / Core Equity · $220.18M AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000138906 Fund Overview
1290 VT Micro Cap Portfolio is a US mutual fund managed by Eq Advisors Trust, categorised as United States Small 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: Eq Advisors Trust
- Category: United States Small Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $220.18M
- 1-year return: 57.4%
- SEC CIK: 0001027263
- SEC series ID: S000044688
- Share class ID: C000138906
C000138906 Investment Objective and Strategy
1290 VT Micro Cap Portfolio describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Eq Advisors Trust.
Investment objective
Seeks to achieve long-term growth of capital.
Principal investment strategy
Under normal circumstances, the Portfolio invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities of micro-cap companies (or other financial instruments that derive their value from the securities of such companies). For purposes of this Portfolio, micro-cap companies are those companies with market capitalizations that are either under $1 billion or are within the range of companies in the Russell Microcap Index (Russell Microcap) at the time of purchase (as of December 31, 2017, the market capitalization of the companies in the Russell Microcap was between $7.7 million and $2.5 billion). The size of companies in the Russell Microcap Index changes with changes in market conditions, which can result in changes to the market capitalization range of companies in the index.
The Portfolio intends to invest primarily in common stocks, but it may also invest in other securities that a Sub-Adviser believes provide opportunities for capital growth. The Portfolio may invest in U.S. and foreign securities, including securities of companies based in developing countries and depositary receipts of foreign-based companies. The Portfolios assets normally are allocated among two or more investment managers, each of which manages its portion of the Portfolio using a different but complementary investment strategy. One portion of the Portfolio is actively managed (Active Allocated Portion) and one portion of the Portfolio seeks to track the performance of a particular index (Index Allocated Portion). Under normal circumstances, the Active Allocated Portion consists of approximately 50% of the Portfolios net assets and the Index Allocated Portion consists of approximately 50% of the Portfolios net assets.
The Active Allocated Portion invests primarily in equity securities of micro-cap companies that the Sub-Adviser believes have the potential for more rapid growth than the overall economy. Equity securities may include any interests that represent equity ownership in a company, such as common stocks, preferred stocks, equity interests in trusts (including real estate investment trusts), partnerships, joint ventures, and limited liability companies. The Sub-Adviser to the Active Allocated Portion evaluates companies based on an analysis of their financial statements, products and operations, market sectors and interviews with management, and seeks to invest its portion of the Portfolios assets in companies that exhibit faster-than-average gains in earnings and have the potential to continue profit growth at a high level.
Although the Sub-Adviser seeks to diversify the Active Allocated Portion across many industries and sectors, its assets may, from time to time, be overweighted or underweighted to certain industries and sectors relative to its benchmark index. Securities of foreign companies may be traded on U.S. or non-U.S. securities exchanges, may be denominated in the U.S. dollar or other currencies, and may include American Depository Receipts (ADRs). The Sub-Adviser to the Active Allocated Portion may sell a security when it believes the security is less likely to benefit from the current market and economic environment, shows signs of deteriorating fundamentals, or has reached its valuation target, among other reasons. The Sub-Adviser may engage in active and frequent trading of its portfolio securities.
The Index Allocated Portion of the Portfolio seeks to track the performance (before fees and expenses) of the Russell Microcap with minimal tracking error. This strategy is commonly referred to as an indexing strategy. The Index Allocated Portion may use a full replication technique or a sampling approach in pursuing its indexing strategy. The Portfolio also may lend its portfolio securities to earn additional income.
C000138906 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of 1290 VT Micro Cap Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Invesco Govt And Agcy Lex | 3.33% |
| Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Lex | 1.91% |
| Cardinal Infrastructure Group, Inc. | 1.68% |
| Cogent Biosciences, Inc. | 1.56% |
| Aehr Test Systems | 1.50% |
| CECO Environmental Corp. | 1.37% |
| Terawulf, Inc. | 1.22% |
| Ouster, Inc. | 1.21% |
| Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp. | 1.15% |
| Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc. | 1.10% |
C000138906 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of 1290 VT Micro Cap Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 98.1% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 6.1% |
C000138906 Performance
Total returns for C000138906 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 31.0% |
| 1 year | 57.4% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 22.8% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 6.1% |
C000138906 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000138906, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 16.9%
C000138906 Costs and Fees
C000138906 costs about $115 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.15%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.38%
- Portfolio turnover: 90%
- Brokerage commissions: 14.35 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000138906 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, 1290 VT Micro Cap Portfolio had net outflows of $20.73M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$2.38M |
| 2026-05 | −$1.54M |
| 2026-04 | −$1.69M |
| 2026-03 | −$1.09M |
| 2026-02 | −$1.82M |
| 2026-01 | −$1.58M |
C000138906 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in 1290 VT Micro Cap Portfolio's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000138906 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official 1290 VT Micro Cap Portfolio filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-04-28
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-04-26
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2023-04-26
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-25
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-26
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-27
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-03-11
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-03-10
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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.