American Funds Inflation Linked Bond Fund - Class F-1
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- Financial Services
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- Asset Management - Bonds
- Address
- 6455 Irvine Center Drive DE United States of America
- IPO Date
- Jan 23, 2015
- CIK
- 0001553197
- Website
- capitalgroup.com
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- American Funds Inflation Linked Bond Fund - Class F-1 (BFIFX) is a mutual fund managed by Capital Group that seeks to provide inflation protection and income consistent with investment in inflation-linked securities. Normally, at least 80% of the fund's assets are invested in inflation-linked bonds issued by U.S. and non-U.S. governments, their agencies or instrumentalities, and corporations; these bonds link principal and interest payments to an inflation index, such as the Consumer Price Index, to adjust for inflation changes. The portfolio primarily comprises U.S. Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS) representing approximately 87.3% of net assets, alongside corporate bonds and notes (4.7%), non-U.S. government/agency securities (2.2%), asset-backed obligations (1.4%), and mortgage-backed obligations (0.6%), with holdings in over 69 issuers and an effective duration of 4.1 years as of November 30, 2025. The fund, part of the American Funds family offered by Capital Research and Management Company (a subsidiary of Capital Group), operates in the inflation-protected bond category, targeting investors seeking preservation of purchasing power and current income; it maintains a net expense ratio of 0.67%, portfolio turnover of 23% in 2024, and assets under management of $14.1 billion as of November 30, 2025. Geographically, it focuses predominantly on U.S. bonds (93.3% of assets) with limited exposure to non-U.S. bonds (2.9%), and serves retail and institutional investors primarily in the United States. Launched on December 14, 2012, the fund is domiciled in the United States with headquarters aligned to Capital Group's operations in Los Angeles, California. In recent developments, the fund updated its prospectus effective February 1, 2025, and announced that effective January 1, 2025, its benchmark shifted to reflect enhanced performance measurement standards, while maintaining its core investment policy without structural reorganizations or manager changes. Portfolio managers Tim Ng (since 2018) and Ritchie Tuazon (since 2014) continue to oversee the strategy, with no reported departures, acquisitions, partnerships, or new product launches specific to BFIFX in the last 1-2 years; the fund paid its annual dividend of $0.1659 per share in December 2024, consistent with its December distribution schedule. These updates underscore ongoing operational stability amid a fluctuating interest rate environment, with a 30-day SEC yield of 3.94% and average yield to worst of 3.6% as of late 2025.