Bond Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-27
C000176245 — Bond Fund. Long Total / Aggregate Bond · $11.19B AUM · 0.47% expense ratio · 3.4% 1-yr return. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000176245 Fund Overview
Bond Fund is a US mutual fund managed by American Funds Insurance Series, categorised as Long Total / Aggregate Bond. 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: Long Total / Aggregate Bond
- Assets under management: $11.19B
- 1-year return: 3.4%
- SEC CIK: 0000729528
- SEC series ID: S000008797
- Share class ID: C000176245
C000176245 Investment Objective and Strategy
Bond 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 as high a level of current income as is consistent with the preservation of capital.
Principal investment strategy
The fund seeks to maximize your level of current income and preserve your capital by investing primarily in bonds. Normally the fund invests at least 80% of its assets in bonds and other debt securities, which may be represented by derivatives. The fund invests at least 60% of its assets in debt securities (excluding derivatives) rated A3 or better or A- or better by Nationally Recognized Statistical Ratings Organizations designated by the funds investment adviser, or in debt securities that are unrated but determined to be of equivalent quality by the funds investment adviser, and in U.S. government securities, money market instruments, cash or cash equivalents. The fund may invest in debt securities and mortgage-backed securities issued by government-sponsored entities and federal agencies and instrumentalities that are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S.
government. The fund may invest in inflation-linked bonds issued by U.S. and non-U.S. governments, their agencies or instrumentalities, and corporations. Inflation-linked bonds are structured to protect against inflation by linking the bonds principal and interest payments to an inflation index, such as the Consumer Price Index for Urban Consumers, so that principal and interest adjust to reflect changes in the index. The fund may invest in futures contracts and swaps, which are types of derivatives. A derivative is a financial contract, the value of which is based on the value of an underlying financial asset (such as a stock, bond or currency), a reference rate or a market index. The fund may invest up to 5% of its assets in debt securities rated Ba1 or below and BB+ or below by Nationally Recognized Statistical Ratings Organizations designated by the funds investment adviser, or in debt securities that are unrated but determined to be of equivalent quality by the funds investment adviser.
Securities rated Ba1 or below and BB+ or below are sometimes referred to as junk bonds. 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 priced securities 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.
C000176245 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Bond Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Capital Group Central Cash Fund | 4.46% |
| United States Treasury | 4.06% |
| United States Treasury | 3.75% |
| United States Treasury | 2.75% |
| United States Treasury | 2.01% |
| United States Treasury | 1.77% |
| United States Treasury | 1.58% |
| United States Treasury | 1.54% |
| United States Treasury | 1.54% |
| United States Treasury | 1.08% |
C000176245 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Bond Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Fixed Income | 65.2% |
| Securitized | 31.6% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 4.5% |
| Real Estate | 0.1% |
| Loans | 0.1% |
C000176245 Performance
Total returns for C000176245 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 0.4% |
| 1 year | 3.4% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 4.1% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 0.1% |
C000176245 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000176245, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 3.1%
C000176245 Costs and Fees
C000176245 costs about $47 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.47%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.63%
- Portfolio turnover: 247%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.00 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000176245 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Bond Fund had net inflows of $321.11M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | $165.06M |
| 2026-05 | $2.26M |
| 2026-04 | −$22.53M |
| 2026-03 | −$204.27M |
| 2026-02 | −$85.15M |
| 2026-01 | $10.11M |
C000176245 Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of Bond Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| United States Treasury | 4.06% |
| United States Treasury | 3.75% |
| United States Treasury | 2.75% |
| United States Treasury | 2.01% |
| United States Treasury | 1.77% |
| United States Treasury | 1.58% |
| United States Treasury | 1.54% |
| United States Treasury | 1.54% |
| United States Treasury | 1.08% |
| Illinois (state Of) | 0.85% |
C000176245 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Bond 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.