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- Fidelity Advisor Balanced Fund (Class C: FABCX) is a mutual fund managed by Fidelity Investments that seeks both income and capital growth by investing approximately 60% of assets in stocks and other equity securities and the remainder in bonds and other debt securities, including lower-quality debt securities; it maintains at least 25% of total assets in fixed-income senior securities and may engage in transactions with a leveraging effect. The fund employs a sector-specialist investment strategy for equities, managed by a team of portfolio managers including Priyanshu Bakshi (since January 2022), Chad Colman (since July 2022), Ashley Fernandes (since January 2020), Steven Kaye (since September 2008), Pranay Kirpalani (since December 2024), Christopher Lee (since August 2022), Christopher Lin (since December 2024), Laurie Mundt (since March 2024), Pierre Sorel (since September 2008), and Nicola Stafford (since August 2017), who focus on stock selection within their respective market segments; fixed-income assets emphasize high-quality bonds issued by the U.S. government, federal agencies, and financially strong companies. Share classes include Class A (FBAOX), Class C (FBARX/FABCX), Class M (FBAQX), Class I (FBAUX), and Class Z (FBAVX), with the underlying Fidelity Balanced Fund inception dating to November 6, 1986. Recent major changes include the addition of Pranay Kirpalani as co-manager on December 3, 2024, succeeding Douglas Simmons, and Christopher Lin as co-manager on December 5, 2024, succeeding Ali Khan; Melissa Reilly departed the consumer staples sleeve on September 30, 2024, leaving Laurie Mundt as sole manager; and effective November 18, 2025, Matthew Reed and Samuel Wald joined to comanage the financials and real estate sleeves alongside Pierre Sorel, who transitioned to chief investment officer of Fidelity Asset Management Solutions effective December 29, 2025, while remaining a comanager until February 2026. The fund operates within the moderate allocation category, with portfolio assets of approximately $60.3 billion as of September 30, 2025, a turnover rate of 44% as of February 2025, and a duration of 5.59 years; asset allocation typically comprises 60.82% domestic equities, 4.02% international equities (2.45% developed markets, 1.57% emerging markets), 35.37% bonds, and minor cash/net other assets. It targets investors seeking a diversified blend of growth and income, with sector overweightings in information technology (33.88%), financials (14.32%), and communication services (10.97%) relative to the S&P 500 benchmark. Fidelity Investments, the fund's manager and distributor through Fidelity Distributors Company LLC, was founded in 1946 and is headquartered at 245 Summer Street in Boston, Massachusetts, with global operations serving institutional and retail clients.