October 19, 2020 03:22 PM

The largest domestic fixed-income mutual funds most used by DC plans

U.S. defined contribution assets, in millions, as of June 30, 2020.

Rank	Fund	Assets
1	PIMCO Total Return	$30,458
2	Vanguard Total Bond Mkt. Idx.-Inst.	$26,961
3	Fidelity U.S. Bond Index	$21,889
4	Dodge & Cox Income	$15,436
5	PGIM Total Return Bond-R6	$13,135
6	PIMCO Income	$12,829
7	Vanguard Tt. Bd. Mk. Idx.-Inst. Pl.	$10,979
8	Vanguard Total Bond Mkt. Idx.-Adm.	$9,756
9	Western Asset Core-plus Bond	$7,903
10	Fidelity Total Bond	$5,908
11	Federated Hermes Total Return Bond	$4,602
12	American Funds Bond Fund Amer.	$4,339
13	Federated Hermes Inst'l High Yield	$4,230
14	Vanguard ST Bond Idx.-Inst. Pl.	$3,941
15	Western Asset Core Bond	$3,674
16	J.P. Morgan Core Bond	$3,466
17	Loomis Sayles Core Plus	$3,172
18	BlackRock Total Return	$3,089
19	BlackRock High Yield	$2,670
20	PIMCO High Yield	$2,413
21	Vanguard Inter.-term Bd. Ix.-Adm.	$2,348
22	BlackRock iShares U.S. ABI	$2,264
23	J.P. Morgan Core Plus	$2,262
24	Fidelity Advisor Strategic Income	$2,184
25	PGIM High Yield-R6	$2,044
26	Federated Hermes Ultra-short Bond	$2,006
27	Wells Fargo Core Bond	$1,936
28	Fidelity Investment Grade Bond	$1,876
29	Fidelity Capital & Income	$1,871
30	John Hancock Bond	$1,716
31	PIMCO Short Term	$1,713
32	Fidelity Government Income	$1,698
33	Vanguard Long-term Inv. Gr.-Adm.	$1,692
34	Vanguard Total Bond Mkt. Idx.-Inv.	$1,615
35	Fidelity Total Bond-K6	$1,550
36	Vanguard High-yield Corp.-Adm.	$1,482
37	American Funds U.S. Gov't Secs.	$1,474
38	BlackRock Strategic Income Opp.	$1,439
39	PIMCO Invest. Gr. Credit Bond	$1,357
40	PIMCO Low Duration	$1,356
41	Voya Intermediate Bond	$1,244
42	Wells Fargo Municipal Bond	$1,243
43	Loomis Sayles Bond	$1,232
44	BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond	$1,126
45	Voya Intermediate Bond Port.	$1,099
46	Fidelity Intermediate Bond	$1,081
47	Pioneer Bond-Y	$1,070
48	J.P. Morgan Government Bond	$1,031
49	Pioneer Bond-K	$966
50	PIMCO Long-duration Total Return	$955
Inflation protection is included in the "other" mutual funds category.

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