Guardian International Growth VIP Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-14
C000169900 — Guardian International Growth VIP Fund. Europe Large Cap Growth Information Technology Equity. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000169900 Fund Overview
Guardian International Growth VIP Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Guardian Variable Products Trust, categorised as Europe Large Cap Growth Information Technology Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Guardian Variable Products Trust
- Category: Europe Large Cap Growth Information Technology Equity
- Assets under management: $70.47M
- 1-year return: 14.5%
- SEC CIK: 0001668512
- SEC series ID: S000054048
- Share class ID: C000169900
C000169900 Investment Objective and Strategy
Guardian International Growth VIP Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Guardian Variable Products Trust.
Investment objective
The Fund seeks total return consisting of long-term capital growth and current income.
Principal investment strategy
"The Fund invests primarily in equity securities of foreign companies, including foreign subsidiaries of U.S. companies. The Fund invests primarily in large-capitalization companies, which J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc., the Fund's subadviser (the ""Subadviser""), defines as companies with market capitalizations similar to companies in the MSCI Europe, Australasia and Far East (""EAFE"") Growth Index (the ""Index"") at the time of purchase. Although expected to change frequently, the market capitalization range of the Index was approximately $2.2 billion to $497 billion as of March 31, 2026. The equity securities in which the Fund may invest include, but are not limited to, common stocks, preferred stocks and depositary receipts, including American Depositary Receipts (""ADRs""), European Depositary Receipts (""EDRs"") and Global Depositary Receipts (""GDRs"").
The Subadviser will generally seek to diversify the Fund's portfolio by investing in issuers located in at least three foreign countries. However, the Fund may invest a substantial portion of its assets in just one foreign country. An issuer of a security will be deemed to be located in a particular country if: (i) the principal trading market for the security is in such country; (ii) the issuer is organized under the laws of such country or (iii) the issuer derives at least 50% of its revenues or profits from such country or has at least 50% of its total assets situated in such country. In choosing securities for the Fund, the Subadviser looks for established companies in economically developed countries and may invest up to 15% of the Fund's assets in securities of companies whose principal business activities are located in emerging market countries.
The Subadviser generally considers countries included in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index to be emerging market countries, but may consider other factors in determining whether an issuer is situated in an emerging market country. The Fund may invest in securities denominated in any currency and invests substantially in securities denominated in foreign currencies. The Fund may from time to time hedge a portion of its foreign currency exposure using derivatives. The Fund may utilize currency forwards to reduce currency deviations relative to its primary benchmark, where practical, for the purpose of risk management. The Fund may also use exchange-traded futures for the efficient management of cash flows. The Subadviser, utilizing the insights of its global research platform, seeks to identify companies that it believes are attractively valued relative to the long-term growth they can achieve.
The Subadviser identifies these companies through internal research and by subjecting them to a disciplined set of growth, valuation and quality criteria. Companies that display attractive growth and valuation characteristics and for which the growth is believed to be sustainable will be considered candidates for purchase. Conversely, companies become candidates for sale if the expected growth is believed to be at risk or when valuations are no longer attractive. As part of its investment process, the Subadviser seeks to assess the impact of environmental, social and governance (""ESG"") factors on the companies in which the Fund invests. The Subadviser's assessment is based on a proprietary analysis of key opportunities and risks across industries to seek to identify financially material issues on the Fund's investments in securities and ascertain key issues that merit engagement with company management.
These assessments may not be conclusive and securities of companies may be purchased and retained by the Fund for reasons other than material ESG factors."
C000169900 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Guardian International Growth VIP Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| ASML Holding NV | 7.80% |
| AstraZeneca PLC | 3.67% |
| Safran SA | 3.41% |
| Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 3.10% |
| Tokyo Electron Ltd | 3.09% |
| Air Liquide SA | 3.09% |
| Schneider Electric SE | 2.44% |
| Compass Group PLC | 2.41% |
| Infineon Technologies AG | 2.40% |
| UBS Group AG | 2.08% |
C000169900 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Guardian International Growth VIP Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 98.1% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 1.4% |
C000169900 Performance
Total returns for C000169900 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 13.2% |
| 1 year | 14.5% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 12.7% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 4.1% |
C000169900 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000169900, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 16.2%
C000169900 Costs and Fees
C000169900 costs about $111 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.11%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.32%
- Portfolio turnover: 57%
- Brokerage commissions: 5.09 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000169900 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Guardian International Growth VIP Fund had net outflows of $14.81M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$1.52M |
| 2026-05 | −$337.58K |
| 2026-04 | −$1.46M |
| 2026-03 | −$1.46M |
| 2026-02 | −$655.53K |
| 2026-01 | −$1.05M |
C000169900 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Guardian International Growth VIP Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000169900 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Guardian International Growth VIP Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-04-28
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-04-28
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-04-25
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-14
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-26
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-18
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-03-06
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-03-06
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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.