DFNDX — Kensington Defender Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-26
DFNDX — Kensington Defender Fund. Managed Futures / Global Macro · $104.88M AUM · 1.80% expense ratio. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
DFNDX Fund Overview
DFNDX — Kensington Defender Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Managed Portfolio Series, categorised as Managed Futures / Global Macro. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Managed Portfolio Series
- Category: Managed Futures / Global Macro
- Assets under management: $104.88M
- 1-year return: 18.5%
- Ticker: DFNDX
- SEC CIK: 0001511699
- SEC series ID: S000080512
- Share class ID: C000242963
DFNDX Holdings
Top 9 holdings of Kensington Defender Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| 742718109 | 46.12% |
| Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 16.34% |
| State Street SPDR Portfolio Em | 6.11% |
| State Street SPDR Portfolio S& | 6.11% |
| Franklin FTSE Japan ETF | 5.99% |
| Invesco Optimum Yield Diversif | 5.94% |
| Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | 5.69% |
| Galaxy Plus Fund Cane | 4.29% |
| abrdn Physical Gold Shares ETF | 3.15% |
DFNDX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Kensington Defender Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 53.6% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 46.1% |
DFNDX Performance
Total returns for DFNDX (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 9.5% |
| 1 year | 18.5% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 9.9% |
DFNDX Risk Information
Risk metrics for DFNDX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 9.6%
DFNDX Costs and Fees
DFNDX costs about $180 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.80%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.88%
- Portfolio turnover: 260%
- Brokerage commissions: 8.09 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
DFNDX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Kensington Defender Fund had net inflows of $22.25M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | $2.73M |
| 2026-05 | $5.42M |
| 2026-04 | $10.37M |
| 2026-03 | $3.67M |
| 2026-02 | −$5.36M |
| 2026-01 | $1.70M |
DFNDX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Kensington Defender Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
DFNDX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Kensington Defender Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-04-29
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-01-22
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-04-30
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-26
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-19
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-03-12
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-03-14
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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.