Columbia Variable Portfolio - Balanced Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-28
C000143977 — Columbia Variable Portfolio - Balanced Fund. Balanced Allocation · $1.72B AUM · 0.96% expense ratio. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000143977 Fund Overview
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Balanced Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II, categorised as Balanced Allocation. 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: Balanced Allocation
- Assets under management: $1.72B
- 1-year return: 13.5%
- SEC CIK: 0001413032
- SEC series ID: S000019838
- Share class ID: C000143977
C000143977 Investment Objective and Strategy
Columbia Variable Portfolio - Balanced 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 Balanced Fund (the Fund) seeks maximum total investment return through a combination of capital growth and current income.
Principal investment strategy
Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests in a mix of equity and debt securities. The Funds assets are allocated among equity and debt securities (which includes cash and cash equivalents) based on an assessment of the relative risks and returns of each asset class. The Fund generally will invest between 35% and 65% of its net assets in each asset class, and in any event will invest at least 25% and no more than 75% of its net assets in each asset class under normal circumstances. With respect to its equity securities investments, which may include among other types of equity securities, common stocks, preferred stocks and securities convertible into common or preferred stocks, the Fund invests primarily in equity securities of companies that, at the time of purchase, have large market capitalizations (generally over $5 billion).
The Fund may use value-oriented investing strategies, amongst others. With respect to its debt securities investments, the Fund invests primarily in securities that, at the time of purchase, are rated investment grade or are unrated but determined to be of comparable quality. These securities include debt securities issued by the U.S. Government and its agencies and instrumentalities, debt securities issued by corporations, mortgage- and other asset-backed securities, and other debt securities with intermediate- to long-term maturities. The Fund may invest up to 10% of its total 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 Fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in foreign securities.
The Fund may invest directly in foreign securities or indirectly through depositary receipts. The Fund may at times emphasize one or more sectors in selecting its investments, including the information technology sector. The Fund may invest in derivatives, such as futures (including interest rate futures). The Fund may invest in derivatives for both hedging and non-hedging (investment) purposes, including, for example, to seek to enhance returns or as a substitute for a position in an underlying asset, as well as to manage duration, yield curve and/or interest rate exposure. The Fund may purchase or sell securities on a when-issued, delayed delivery or forward commitment basis. Such securities may include mortgage-backed securities acquired or sold in the to be announced (TBA) market and those in a dollar roll transaction.
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 Funds investment strategy may involve the frequent trading of portfolio securities.
C000143977 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Columbia Variable Portfolio - Balanced Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp | 5.10% |
| Columbia Short Term Cash Fund | 3.93% |
| Apple Inc | 3.78% |
| Microsoft Corp | 3.24% |
| Amazon.com Inc | 2.90% |
| iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF | 2.81% |
| Alphabet Inc | 2.06% |
| Broadcom Inc | 1.93% |
| Alphabet Inc | 1.67% |
| Eli Lilly & Co | 1.54% |
C000143977 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Columbia Variable Portfolio - Balanced Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 64.1% |
| Securitized | 26.1% |
| Fixed Income | 8.1% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 3.9% |
| Real Estate | 0.1% |
C000143977 Performance
Total returns for C000143977 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 5.6% |
| 1 year | 13.5% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 13.8% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 7.6% |
C000143977 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000143977, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 8.5%
C000143977 Costs and Fees
C000143977 costs about $96 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.96%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.00%
- Portfolio turnover: 126%
- Brokerage commissions: 1.26 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000143977 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Columbia Variable Portfolio - Balanced Fund had net outflows of $97.49M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$7.95M |
| 2026-05 | −$11.72M |
| 2026-04 | −$8.62M |
| 2026-03 | −$7.87M |
| 2026-02 | −$9.18M |
| 2026-01 | −$8.88M |
C000143977 Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of Columbia Variable Portfolio - Balanced Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| United States Treasury | 0.33% |
| Bank Of America Corp. | 0.30% |
| Abbvie, Inc. | 0.24% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.24% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.20% |
| Bacardi Ltd. | 0.19% |
| Rtx Corp. | 0.19% |
| L3harris Tech, Inc. | 0.19% |
| Hca, Inc. | 0.17% |
| Unitedhealth Group, Inc. | 0.15% |
C000143977 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Columbia Variable Portfolio - Balanced 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.