Investment objective & strategy
As of Aug. 22, 2025 · prospectusObjective. The Total Return Bond Fund seeks to maximize long-term total return.
Strategy. The Fund pursues its objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets in investment grade fixed income securities or unrated securities determined by the Adviser to be of comparable quality. Up to 20% of the Funds net assets may be invested in securities rated below investment grade (commonly known as junk bonds) or unrated securities determined by the Adviser to be of comparable quality. The Fund also invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in fixed income securities it regards as bonds. A bond is a security or instrument having one or more of the following characteristics: a fixed-income security, a security issued at a … The Fund pursues its objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets in investment grade fixed income securities or unrated securities determined by the Adviser to be of comparable quality. Up to 20% of the Funds net assets may be invested in securities rated below investment grade (commonly known as junk bonds) or unrated securities determined by the Adviser to be of comparable quality. The Fund also invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in fixed income securities it regards as bonds. A bond is a security or instrument having one or more of the following characteristics: a fixed-income security, a security issued at a discount to its face value, a security that pays interest or a security with a stated principal amount that requires repayment of some or all of that principal amount to the holder of the security. The term bond is interpreted broadly by the Adviser as an instrument or security evidencing a promise to pay some amount rather than evidencing the corporate ownership of equity, unless that equity represents an indirect or derivative interest in one or more bonds. Under normal circumstances, the Funds portfolio duration is two to eight years and the Funds dollar-weighted average maturity ranges from two to fifteen years. Duration is a measure of the expected life of a fixed income security that is used to determine the sensitivity of a security to changes in interest rates. The Fund invests in the U.S. and abroad, including emerging markets, and may purchase securities of varying maturities issued by domestic and foreign corporations and governments. The Fund may invest up to 25% of its assets in foreign securities that are denominated in U.S. dollars. The Fund may invest up to 15% of its assets in securities of foreign issuers that are not denominated in U.S. dollars. The Fund may invest up to 10% of its assets in emerging market securities. The Adviser focuses the Funds portfolio holdings in areas of the bond market that the Adviser believes to be relatively undervalued, based on its analysis of quality, sector, coupon or maturity, and that the Adviser believes offer attractive prospective risk-adjusted returns compared to other segments of the bond market. The Funds investments include various types of bonds and debt securities, including corporate bonds, notes, mortgage-related and asset-backed securities (including collateralized debt obligations, which in turn include collateralized bond obligations and collateralized loan obligations), bank loans, U.S. and non-U.S. money market securities, municipal securities, derivatives including credit default swaps and other swaps, futures, options and currency forward contracts, defaulted debt securities, private placements and restricted securities. The Funds fixed income investments may have interest rates that are fixed, variable or floating. Derivatives are used in an effort to hedge investments, for risk management, or to increase income or gains for the Fund. The Fund may also seek to obtain market exposure to the securities in which it invests by entering into a series of purchase and sale contracts or by using other investment techniques. The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading of portfolio securities to achieve its primary investment strategies. The Fund may normally short sell up to 25% of the value of its total assets.
Top holdings
As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT| Security | Ticker | Value | % of fund |
|---|---|---|---|
| TCW Central Cash Fund | — | $4.06B | 13.66% |
| U.S. Treasury Notes | — | $1.40B | 4.72% |
| U.S. Treasury Notes | — | $1.01B | 3.39% |
| US TREASURY N/B | — | $888.26M | 2.99% |
| US TREASURY N/B | — | $887.39M | 2.99% |
| FNCL 3.5 4/26 | — | $830.38M | 2.80% |
| US TREASURY N/B | — | $813.73M | 2.74% |
| FNCL 4 4/26 | — | $700.01M | 2.36% |
| US TREASURY N/B | — | $587.74M | 1.98% |
| FNCL 4.5 4/26 | — | $581.43M | 1.96% |
Portfolio moves
Dec 31, 2025 → Mar 31, 2026How many positions this fund opened, exited, grew, trimmed, or left unchanged between its two most recent N-PORT snapshots — net changes between point-in-time reports, not a trade log.
Similar funds
Funds whose portfolios most overlap this one, by weight| Fund | Overlap | Net exp. |
|---|---|---|
| SFT Core Bond Fund | 38% | 0.53% |
| CTIVP - TCW Core Plus Bond Fund | 37% | 0.49% |
| TCW Core Fixed Income Portfolio | 36% | 0.47% |
Advisers
| Firm | Role |
|---|---|
| METROPOLITAN WEST ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC | Adviser |
Footnotes
- Net assets and holdings count as of March 31, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
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