Guardian Core Plus Fixed Income VIP Fund
Guardian Variable Products Trust
Expense ratio
Net assets1
$136.38M
Holdings1
430
Category
Allocation
Return

Investment objective & strategy

As of April 28, 2025 · prospectus

Objective. The Fund seeks income and capital appreciation to produce a high total return.

Strategy. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes (measured at the time of investment) in fixed income investments. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in high-yield fixed income investments (commonly referred to as "high yield" or "junk" bonds). The Fund currently intends to limit such investments to those, at the time of purchase, rated B-/B3 or higher by Moody's Investors Services, Inc., S&P Global Ratings or Fitch, Inc. (or comparably rated by another rating agency), or, if unrated, determined by Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC, the Fund's subadviser (the "Subadviser"), to be of comparable quality. The Fund also may invest in fixed income investments … Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes (measured at the time of investment) in fixed income investments. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in high-yield fixed income investments (commonly referred to as "high yield" or "junk" bonds). The Fund currently intends to limit such investments to those, at the time of purchase, rated B-/B3 or higher by Moody's Investors Services, Inc., S&P Global Ratings or Fitch, Inc. (or comparably rated by another rating agency), or, if unrated, determined by Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC, the Fund's subadviser (the "Subadviser"), to be of comparable quality. The Fund also may invest in fixed income investments issued by non-U.S. entities but denominated in U.S. dollars, and fixed income investment issued by non-U.S. entities and denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. The Fund generally invests in the following types of fixed income investments: securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities; corporate debt securities; mortgage-backed, mortgage-related, and other asset-backed securities; inflation-linked investments (e.g., Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities or "TIPS"); and senior loans, including bridge loans, novations, assignments, and participations. The Fund may invest in derivatives, including futures, forwards, options, and swaps, for hedging and non-hedging purposes. The Fund may also invest in derivatives to seek to manage portfolio duration, as a substitute for holding, or to adjust exposure to, the underlying asset on which the derivative is based, or for cash management or portfolio management purposes. For example, the Fund may invest in or sell short U.S. Treasury futures, securities index futures (such as the Markit CMBX Index, a synthetic tradable index referencing a basket of commercial mortgage-backed securities), other futures, and/or currency forwards to adjust the Fund's related exposures or for other portfolio management reasons. The Subadviser attempts to manage the Fund's interest rate risk through the Subadviser's management of the average duration of the investments the Fund holds in its portfolio. The Fund expects to maintain an average duration plus or minus two years of the bond market's duration, as measured by the Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index (which was approximately 6.05 years as of March 31, 2025). The Subadviser buys and sells fixed income investments for the Fund using a relative value-oriented investment process, meaning the Subadviser generally seeks more investment exposure to fixed income investments that the Subadviser believes to be undervalued and less investment exposure to fixed income investments that the Subadviser believes to be overvalued. The Subadviser combines top-down and bottom-up analysis to construct its portfolio, using a blend of quantitative and fundamental research. As part of its top-down analysis, the Subadviser evaluates global economic conditions, including monetary, fiscal, and regulatory policy, as well as the political and geopolitical environment, in order to identify and assess opportunities and risks across different segments of the fixed income market. The Subadviser employs bottom-up analysis to identify and select securities for investment by the Fund based on in-depth company, industry, and market research and analysis. The Subadviser may actively rotate the Fund's sector exposure based on its assessment of relative value. The Fund may sell a fixed income investment when the Subadviser believes the fixed income investment is less likely to benefit from the current market and economic environment, or shows signs of deteriorating fundamentals, among other reasons.

Top holdings

As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
US TREASURY N/B $6.94M 5.09%
US TREASURY N/B $5.49M 4.03%
US TREASURY N/B $3.78M 2.77%
US TREASURY N/B $3.59M 2.63%
US TREASURY N/B $3.47M 2.54%
US TREASURY N/B $3.41M 2.50%
FIXED INC CLEARING CORP.REPO $3.35M 2.46%
US TREASURY N/B $2.91M 2.13%
US TREASURY N/B $2.10M 1.54%
Government National Mortgage Association, TBA GNR $1.98M 1.45%
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Allocation by sector

As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT
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Portfolio moves

Dec 31, 2025 → Mar 31, 2026
Opened
118
Exited
118
Increased
18
Decreased
104
Unchanged
194

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, 2025 · N-CEN
FirmRole
Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC Sub-adviser
Park Avenue Institutional Advisers LLC Adviser

Footnotes

  1. Net assets and holdings count as of March 31, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.

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