Global Balanced Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-27
C000176249 — Global Balanced Fund. Balanced Allocation · $470.83M AUM · 0.76% expense ratio · 13.2% 1-yr return. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000176249 Fund Overview
Global Balanced Fund is a US mutual fund managed by American Funds Insurance Series, 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: American Funds Insurance Series
- Category: Balanced Allocation
- Assets under management: $470.83M
- 1-year return: 13.2%
- SEC CIK: 0000729528
- SEC series ID: S000031859
- Share class ID: C000176249
C000176249 Investment Objective and Strategy
Global Balanced Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by American Funds Insurance Series.
Investment objective
This fund seeks the balanced accomplishment of three objectives: long-term growth of capital, conservation of principal and current income.
Principal investment strategy
As a balanced fund with global scope, the fund seeks to invest in equity and debt securities around the world that offer the opportunity for growth and/or provide dividend income, while also constructing the portfolio to protect principal and limit volatility. Normally the fund will maintain at least 45% of the value of its assets in common stocks and other equity investments. Although the funds equity investments focus on medium to larger capitalization companies, the funds investments are not limited to a particular capitalization size. Normally the fund will invest at least 25% of the value of its assets in bonds and other debt securities (including money market instruments). These will consist of investment-grade securities (rated Baa3 or better or BBB or better by Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations designated by the funds investment adviser or unrated but determined to be of equivalent quality by the funds investment adviser).
The fund will allocate its assets among various countries, including the United States (but in no fewer than three countries). Under normal market conditions, the fund will invest a percentage of its net assets outside the United States. That percentage will represent at least (a) 40% of the funds net assets, unless market conditions are not deemed favorable by the funds investment adviser, in which case 30%, or (b) the percentage of the MSCI All Country World Index represented by companies outside the United States minus 5%, whichever is lower. The funds ability to invest outside the United States includes investing in emerging markets. The fund may invest in bonds and other debt securities, including securities issued and guaranteed by the U.S. government, securities issued by federal agencies and instrumentalities and securities backed by mortgages or other assets.
The fund may also invest in securities of governments, agencies, corporations and other entities outside the United States. These investments will typically be denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars. 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 valued 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.
C000176249 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Global Balanced Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Capital Group Central Cash Fund | 7.77% |
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. | 3.36% |
| Broadcom, Inc. | 3.04% |
| NVIDIA Corp. | 2.24% |
| Japan (government Of) | 1.92% |
| Corning, Inc. | 1.66% |
| Eli Lilly And Co. | 1.64% |
| Microsoft Corp. | 1.60% |
| Alphabet, Inc. | 1.59% |
| Rtx Corp. | 1.42% |
C000176249 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Global Balanced Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 61.9% |
| Fixed Income | 26.0% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 7.8% |
| Securitized | 5.3% |
| Derivatives | 0.1% |
| Real Estate | 0.1% |
C000176249 Performance
Total returns for C000176249 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 5.9% |
| 1 year | 13.2% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 11.8% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 6.1% |
C000176249 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000176249, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 8.1%
C000176249 Costs and Fees
C000176249 costs about $76 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.76%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.78%
- Portfolio turnover: 86%
- Brokerage commissions: 2.17 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000176249 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Global Balanced Fund had net inflows of $30.68M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | $24.60M |
| 2026-05 | $4.88M |
| 2026-04 | $547.61K |
| 2026-03 | −$3.02M |
| 2026-02 | −$3.48M |
| 2026-01 | −$726.23K |
C000176249 Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of Global Balanced Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Japan (government Of) | 1.92% |
| Germany (federal Republic Of) | 1.33% |
| United States Treasury | 0.90% |
| United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland (government) | 0.85% |
| Republic Of Italy | 0.82% |
| Peru (republic Of) | 0.63% |
| France (republic Of) | 0.60% |
| United States Treasury | 0.52% |
| Spain (kingdom Of) | 0.52% |
| Brazil Federative Republic Of (government) | 0.51% |
C000176249 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Global Balanced 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.