Balanced Fund

American Funds Insurance Series® – American Funds Global Balanced Fund (VIGBAL)

Summary

Disciplined global flexibility.A disciplined approach to global flexibility through the allocation of equity and fixed income.
Price at NAV
$13.00
as of 4/23/2025 (updated daily)
Fund Assets (millions)
$395.4
Portfolio Managers1
5
Expense Ratio (Gross/Net %)2
0.53 / 0.52%

Returns at NAV

4.98%
1-year return
8.27%
5-year return
6.00%
Lifetime Return
(5/2/11)
2.79%
30-Day SEC Yield
Returns as of 3/31/2025 (updated monthly). Yield as of 3/31/2025 (updated monthly).

Asset Mix

U.S. Equities
36.7%
Non-U.S. Equities
24.6%
U.S. Bonds
16.0%
Non-U.S. Bonds
16.2%
Cash & Equivalents 3, 4
6.5%
As of 3/31/2025 (updated monthly)
U.S. Equities
36.7%
Non-U.S. Equities
24.6%
U.S. Bonds
16.0%
Non-U.S. Bonds
16.2%
Cash & Equivalents
6.5%
As of 3/31/2025 (updated monthly)

Market Capitalization

85.5%
Large
14.1%
Medium
0.4%
Small
$420,094.00 Million
Weighted Average 6
As of 12/31/2024 (updated quarterly). FactSet data as of 3/31/2025 (updated quarterly).

Morningstar Ownership Zone 7

Global Allocation
Global Allocation
Weighted average of holdings
75% of fund's stock holdings
Morningstar data as 3/31/2025 (updated quarterly)

Fund Statistics

6.4 years
Effective Duration
5.4%
Average Yield To Worst
4.0%
Average Coupon
% of net assets as of 3/31/25 (updated quarterly)

Morningstar Style BoxTM - Fixed-Income 8

  • Medium Quality
  • Moderate Interest-Rate Sensitivity
  • Morningstar data as of 3/31/2025 (updated quarterly)

Description

Objective

This fund seeks the balanced accomplishment of three objectives: long-term growth of capital, conservation of principal and current income.

Distinguishing Characteristics

This globally diversified balanced strategy has the ability to invest generally between 45% and 75% of its assets in equities, with an emphasis on well-established companies, including those paying consistent dividends and those with attractive growth prospects.

Types of Investments

The fund normally maintains at least 45% of its assets in common stocks and other equity investments, with a focus on medium- and larger-sized companies. Typically, the fund also invests at least 25% of its assets in investment-grade (BBB/Baa and above) fixed-income securities (or unrated, but determined by the fund’s investment adviser to be of equivalent quality), including government/agency, corporate, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and money market instruments.

Holdings Outside the U.S

The fund normally invests a significant portion of its assets outside the U.S., including in emerging market countries. Bonds issued outside the U.S. are typically denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars.

Fund Facts

Fund Inception 5/2/2011
Fund Assets (millions) $395.4
As of 3/31/2025
Companies/Issuers 460 +
Holdings are as of 3/31/2025 (updated quarterly).
Regular Dividends Paid 90Jun, Dec
Capital Gains Paid 9Jun
Portfolio Turnover (2024) 141%
Fiscal Year-End Dec
Prospectus Date 05/01/2024
CUSIP 02630E 10 3
Fund Number 57

Returns

Month-End Returns as of 3/31/2025

VIGBAL
60%/40% MSCI All Country World Index/Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index
ANNUAL RETURNS CHART

Quarter-End Returns as of 3/31/2025

Growth of 10K

For Class 1 Shares , this chart tracks a hypothetical investment with dividends reinvested, over the last 20 years, or, since inception date if the fund has been in existence under 20 years, through 12/31/2024.
  • VIGBAL
  • 60%/40% MSCI All Country World Index/Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index
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High & Low Prices

Yield

12-month
Distribution Rates 12 30-day SEC Yield
Fund at NAV 2.02%2.79%
As of 3/31/2025 (updated monthly)

Valuation

Price/ Price/ Price/
Book Cash Flow Earnings
Fund 2.7710.5316.21
60%/40% MSCI All Country World Index/Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index 2.9012.5018.10
Fund as of 3/31/2025. Index as of 12/31/2024.

Portfolio Management 1

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Years of Experience with Fund
Years of Experience with Capital Group
Years of Experience with Investment Industry
Alfonso Barroso12930
Philip Chitty12029
Andrew A. Cormack2519
Bradford F. Freer13033
Winnie Kwan12429
A boldface number indicates that years of experience with Capital Group is equal to years of experience with investment industry.

Ratings & Risk

Morningstar RatingTM13

Overall Morningstar RatingTM
Funds rated (336)
3-yr. Morningstar RatingTM
(336 funds rated)
5-yr. Morningstar RatingTM
(320 funds rated)
10-yr. Morningstar RatingTM
(243 funds rated)
Overall Morningstar Risk
Below Average
LOW
HIGH
Category Global Allocation
Ratings are based on risk-adjusted returns as of 3/31/2025 (updated monthly).

Risk Measures

Fund
StandardDeviation5
9.97
SharpeRatio5
0.46
For the 10 Years ending 3/31/2025 (updated monthly).
Insurance Series Benchmark14
Morningstar Benchmark5
60%/40% MSCI All Country World Index/Bloomberg Global AggregateIndex
Morningstar Mod Tgt Risk TRUSD
R-squared
9694.15
Beta
0.930.96
Capture Ratio(Downside/Upside)
93/9897.81/99.16
American Funds Benchmark for the 10 Years ending 3/31/2025 (updated monthly).
Morningstar Benchmark for the 10 Years ending 3/31/2025 (updated monthly).

Quality Summary

  • U.S. Treasuries/Agencies
    13.8%
  • AAA/Aaa
    30.3%
  • AA/Aa
    9.8%
  • A
    20.1%
  • BBB/Baa
    19.6%
  • BB/Ba
    3.7%
  • B
    0.2%
  • Unrated
    2.5%
% of net assets as of 3/31/2025 (updated quarterly).

Average Life Breakdown

  • 0-4.9 Years
    14.1%
  • 5-9.9 Years
    13.4%
  • 10-19.9 Years
    2.1%
  • 20-29.9 Years
    2.5%
  • 30+ Years
    0.2%
% of net assets as of 3/31/2025 (updated quarterly).

Holdings

Equities Breakdown

Equity Fund Holdings
Financials 10.4%
Health care 9.7%
Information technology 8.7%
Industrials 8.3%
Consumer discretionary 4.8%
Consumer staples 4.6%
Communication services 4.3%
Materials 3.8%
Utilities 3.6%
Energy 2.3%
Real estate 0.8%
% of net assets as of 3/31/2025 (updated monthly)

Top Equities

  • Broadcom
    2.2%
  • Microsoft
    2.1%
  • Meta Platforms
    1.9%
  • Rtx Corp
    1.8%
  • Alphabet
    1.6%
  • Sanofi
    1.4%
  • TSMC
    1.4%
  • Apple
    1.3%
  • Amazon.com
    1.2%
  • Freeport-McMoRan
    1.2%
% of net assets as of 3/31/2025 (updated monthly)

Bonds Breakdown

Geographic Breakdown

  • United States
    52.7%
  • Europe
    21.7%
  • Asia & Pacific Basin
    11.3%
  • Other (Including Canada & Latin America)
    7.9%
  • Cash & equivalents 4
    6.5%
% of net assets as of 03/31/2025 (updated monthly).

The New Geography of Investing ® 15

RegionsFund60%/40% MSCI All Country World Index/Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index
United States59.9%--
Canada3.1%--
Europe24.0%--
Japan4.1%--
Asia-Pacific ex. Japan0.8%--
Emerging Markets8.1%--
% of net assets as of 3/31/2025 (updated monthly)
Fund Breakdown by Domicile
RegionsFund
60%/40% MSCI All Country World Index/Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index
United States 3, 436.7%--
Canada 3, 41.9%--
Europe 3, 414.7%--
Japan 3, 42.5%--
Asia-Pacific ex. Japan 3, 40.5%--
Emerging Markets 3, 45.0%--
Cash & Equivalents 3, 46.6%--
Fixed Income 3, 432.1%--
% of net assets as of 3/31/2025 (updated monthly)

Prices & Distributions

Historical Prices Month-End

Historical Prices Year-End

2025
historical-prices

Historical Prices Year-End

Historical Distributions

as of 12/11/2024
2025
Record DateCalculated DatePay Date Income Dividend Regular Income Dividend Special Cap. Gains Long-Term Cap. Gains Short-Term Reinvest NAV
No data available for 2025
Year-to-Date:Dividends Subtotal: --Cap Gains Subtotal: --
Total Distributions: --

Fees & Expenses 2

Fees

Annual Management Fees0.45%
Other Expenses0.08%
Service 12b-1--

As of each fund's most recent prospectus.

Expense Ratio

Gross Net
VIGBAL0.53%0.52%
Fund as of most recent prospectus.

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When applicable, results reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, without which they would have been lower and net expenses higher. Read details about how waivers and/or reimbursements affect the results for each fund. View results and yields without fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement.

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  • Class 1 shares (expiration: 5/1/2025)
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  2. Expense ratios are as of each fund's prospectus/characteristics statement available at the time of publication.
  3. Accrued income and the timing of its settlement, as well as classification of convertible bonds as debt or equity, can cause slight variations in the balances displayed in different portfolio composition breakdowns.
  4. Includes cash, short-term securities, other assets less liabilities, accruals, derivatives and forwards. It may also include investments in money market or similar funds managed by the investment adviser or its affiliates that are not offered to the public.
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  6. Market capitalization data is provided by FactSet. Due to differing calculation methods, the figures shown here may differ from those calculated by Capital Group.
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  15. Figures include convertible securities. The equity breakdown by revenue reflects the portfolio's publicly traded equity holdings and excludes cash (and fixed income securities, if applicable). Underlying revenue data were compiled by MSCI and account for disparities in the way companies report their revenues across geographic segments. MSCI breaks out each company's reported revenues into country-by-country estimates. MSCI provides revenue data figures based on a proprietary, standardized model. Revenue exposure at the portfolio and index level was calculated by using FactSet, which takes these company revenue exposures and multiplies by the company's weighting in the portfolio and index. In this breakdown, Israel has been included in Europe.

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