Victory High Yield VIP Series
Victory Variable Insurance Funds
Expense ratio
Net assets1
$17.57M
Holdings1
282
Category
Taxable Bond
Return

Investment objective & strategy

As of April 14, 2025 · prospectus

Objective. The Victory High Yield VIP Series (the Fund) seeks to provide current income.

Strategy. The Fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its assets in debt securities and other investments that, at the time of purchase, are rated below investment grade. An investment will be considered to be rated below investment grade if it is rated Ba1 or lower by Moodys Investors Service, Inc. and BB+ or lower by S&P Global Ratings or, if unrated, has been determined by the Adviser to be of comparable quality. The debt securities and other investments in which the Fund invests may include, for example, corporate bonds, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, zero-coupon bonds, payment-in-kind securities, and convertible bonds. The Fund may invest in loans and corporate bonds issued in connection with highly leveraged transactions such as … The Fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its assets in debt securities and other investments that, at the time of purchase, are rated below investment grade. An investment will be considered to be rated below investment grade if it is rated Ba1 or lower by Moodys Investors Service, Inc. and BB+ or lower by S&P Global Ratings or, if unrated, has been determined by the Adviser to be of comparable quality. The debt securities and other investments in which the Fund invests may include, for example, corporate bonds, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, zero-coupon bonds, payment-in-kind securities, and convertible bonds. The Fund may invest in loans and corporate bonds issued in connection with highly leveraged transactions such as mergers, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, and acquisitions. The Fund may invest in loans of any maturity and credit quality. The Fund invests primarily in securities, including high-yield corporate bonds, convertible bonds, and other debt securities, that are rated below investment grade by nationally recognized statistical ratings organizations (commonly known as high-yield securities or junk bonds) at the time of purchase or, if unrated, have been determined by the Adviser to be of comparable quality. The Fund may invest in common and preferred stocks, warrants to purchase common stocks, bonds, or other securities; typically, not more than 20% of the Funds assets will be invested in these types of securities. The Fund also may invest up to 35% of the value of its total assets in foreign securities and so-called Yankee securities, which include debt securities issued by non-U.S. corporate or government entities but denominated in U.S. dollars. The Fund may enter into exchange-traded or over-the-counter derivatives transactions of any kind, such as futures contracts, options on futures, and swap contracts, including, for example, interest rate swaps and credit default swaps. The Fund also may enter into exchange-traded or over-the-counter foreign currency exchange transactions, including currency futures, forward, and option transactions. The Fund may enter into any of these transactions for a variety of purposes, including, but not limited to, hedging various risks such as credit risk, interest rate risk, currency risk, and liquidity risk; taking a net long or short position in certain investments or markets; providing liquidity in the Fund; equitizing cash; minimizing transaction costs; generating income; adjusting the Funds sensitivity to interest rate risk, currency risk, or other risk; replicating certain direct investments; and asset and sector allocation. The Adviser considers several factors in purchasing and selling securities, such as the price of the security and the earnings patterns, the financial history, the management structure, and the general prospects of the issuer. The Adviser considers the duration and the maturity of the Funds portfolio; however, these factors are a lesser consideration than credit and yield considerations due to the nature of the high-yield securities in which the Fund invests. There is no lower limit on the rating of securities that may be held by the Fund. Some of the securities that the Fund buys and holds may be in default. The Adviser may sell investments when it believes that they no longer offer attractive potential future returns compared to other investment opportunities or that they present undesirable risks, or in an attempt to limit losses on investments that may decline or have declined in value.

Top holdings

As of June 30, 2025 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
Lithia Motors, Inc. $334.56K 1.90%
Opal Bidco SAS $305.79K 1.74%
CCO Holdings, LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp. $280.35K 1.60%
HSBC US GOVT MMKT-I $258.07K 1.47%
MONEYMKT FGTXX $258.07K 1.47%
Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio, Institutional Class $258.07K 1.47%
MSILF-GOVT-INS MVRXX $258.07K 1.47%
CLEAR CHANNEL OUTDOOR HO SR SECURED 144A 04/30 7.875 CCO $249.77K 1.42%
VIKING OCEAN CRUISES SHI SR SECURED 144A 02/29 5.625 VIKCRU $249.68K 1.42%
FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS SR SECURED 144A 10/27 5.875 FYBR $230.09K 1.31%
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Allocation by sector

As of June 30, 2025 · N-PORT
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Portfolio moves

Mar 31, 2025 → Jun 30, 2025
Opened
57
Exited
25
Increased
27
Decreased
44
Unchanged
159

How 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.

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Advisers

As of December 31, 2024 · N-CEN
FirmRole
Victory Capital Management Inc. Adviser

Footnotes

  1. Net assets and holdings count as of June 30, 2025, from the fund's N-PORT filing.

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