Transamerica BlackRock Smart Beta 50 VP
Data updated: 2026-08-26
C000167272 — Transamerica BlackRock Smart Beta 50 VP. United States Multi-Cap / All-Cap Blend / Core Equity. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000167272 Fund Overview
Transamerica BlackRock Smart Beta 50 VP is a US mutual fund managed by Transamerica Series 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: Transamerica Series Trust
- Category: United States Multi-Cap / All-Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $410.65M
- 1-year return: 15.2%
- SEC CIK: 0000778207
- SEC series ID: S000053165
- Share class ID: C000167272
C000167272 Investment Objective and Strategy
Transamerica BlackRock Smart Beta 50 VP describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Transamerica Series Trust.
Investment objective
Seeks long-term capital appreciation and capital preservation.
Principal investment strategy
The portfolio is a fund of funds. Under normal circumstances, the portfolios sub-adviser, BlackRock Investment Management, LLC, seeks to achieve the portfolios objective by allocating substantially all of the portfolios assets to a mix of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) advised by an affiliate of the sub-adviser. The portfolio will normally emphasize investments in ETFs that pursue factor-based investment strategies that are designed to provide consistent exposure to systematic factors such as value, momentum, quality , size and lower volatility. Factor-based investment strategies focus on one or more of these systematic factors and seek to capture broad, consistent drivers of return which cannot be isolated through traditional index strategies alone. The portfolio normally targets an allocation of approximately 50% of its net assets to equity ETFs.
Generally, the portfolios strategic asset allocation over the long term is expected to be as follows: approximately 37.5% of the portfolios net assets in U.S. equity ETFs, approximately 12.5% of the portfolios net assets in international equity ETFs, and approximately 50% of the portfolios net assets in fixed-income ETFs. Typically, the portfolio is rebalanced to these strategic targets on a quarterly basis. The portfolio may be a significant shareholder in certain underlying ETFs and/or may invest a significant percentage of its assets in one or more underlying ETFs.
C000167272 Holdings
Top 8 holdings of Transamerica BlackRock Smart Beta 50 VP by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF | 45.82% |
| iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF | 10.63% |
| iShares MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF | 10.63% |
| iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF | 9.00% |
| iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF | 8.37% |
| iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF | 7.44% |
| iShares MSCI USA Size Factor ETF | 5.13% |
| iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Min Vol Factor ETF | 2.90% |
C000167272 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Transamerica BlackRock Smart Beta 50 VP by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.9% |
C000167272 Performance
Total returns for C000167272 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 9.8% |
| 1 year | 15.2% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 11.8% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 5.1% |
C000167272 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000167272, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 7.1%
C000167272 Costs and Fees
C000167272 costs about $64 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.64%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.69%
- Portfolio turnover: 5%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.27 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000167272 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Transamerica BlackRock Smart Beta 50 VP had net outflows of $39.22M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$6.52M |
| 2026-05 | −$6.42M |
| 2026-04 | −$3.28M |
| 2026-03 | −$6.78M |
| 2026-02 | −$4.82M |
| 2026-01 | −$4.87M |
C000167272 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Transamerica BlackRock Smart Beta 50 VP's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000167272 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Transamerica BlackRock Smart Beta 50 VP 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 2024-04-29
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-26
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-26
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-25
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-03-13
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-03-13
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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.