MBDBX — Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio
Data updated: 2026-08-21
MBDBX — Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio. Intermediate Total / Aggregate Bond · $116.65M AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
MBDBX Fund Overview
MBDBX — Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio is a US mutual fund managed by Morgan Stanley Variable Insurance Fund Inc., categorised as Intermediate 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: Morgan Stanley Variable Insurance Fund Inc.
- Category: Intermediate Total / Aggregate Bond
- Assets under management: $116.65M
- 1-year return: 14.9%
- Ticker: MBDBX
- SEC CIK: 0001011378
- SEC series ID: S000004174
- Share class ID: C000011751
MBDBX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | 4.52% |
| Tanzania | 2.89% |
| Egypt Government International Bonds | 2.69% |
| Ukraine Government International Bonds | 2.54% |
| Petroleos De Venezuela S | 2.24% |
| Oman Government International Bonds | 2.15% |
| Lebanese Republic | 2.13% |
| Argentina Bonar Bonds | 2.08% |
| Republic Of Venezuela | 1.71% |
| Petronas Capital Ltd. | 1.68% |
MBDBX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Fixed Income | 85.9% |
| Loans | 7.2% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 4.8% |
| Derivatives | 1.8% |
| Real Estate | 0.4% |
MBDBX Performance
Total returns for MBDBX (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 5.1% |
| 1 year | 14.9% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 13.0% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 3.8% |
MBDBX Risk Information
Risk metrics for MBDBX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 5.5%
MBDBX Costs and Fees
MBDBX costs about $115 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.15%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.62%
- Portfolio turnover: 119%
- Brokerage commissions: 1.18 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
MBDBX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio had net inflows of $12.61M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | $410.56K |
| 2026-05 | $2.07M |
| 2026-04 | −$855.37K |
| 2026-03 | −$1.46M |
| 2026-02 | −$72.15K |
| 2026-01 | −$1.99M |
MBDBX Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Egypt Government International Bonds | 2.69% |
| Ukraine Government International Bonds | 2.54% |
| Petroleos De Venezuela S | 2.24% |
| Oman Government International Bonds | 2.15% |
| Lebanese Republic | 2.13% |
| Argentina Bonar Bonds | 2.08% |
| Petronas Capital Ltd. | 1.68% |
| Nigeria Government International Bonds | 1.66% |
| Hungary Government International Bonds | 1.58% |
| Republic Of Suriname Int | 1.57% |
MBDBX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-04-16
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-04-17
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-04-22
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-21
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-26
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-03-12
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-03-07
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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.