Macquarie VIP High Income Series(formerly, Delaware Ivy VIP High Income)

Key features

A research-driven high yield bond fund seeking long-term growth and income

Leverages the team's credit expertise and presence in corporate bond market

An experienced management team with significant experience managing through market cycles

Daily pricing as of 05/07/2025

NAV
$2.94
NAV 1-day net change
0.01
Max offer price
$2.94

Total net assets as of 03/31/2025

All share classes
$770.0 million

Overview

Series information
Inception date 04/28/2017
Dividends paid (if any) Annually
Series identifiers
CUSIP 46600H620

Benchmark

ICE BofA US High Yield Constrained Index (view definition) 

Performance

The performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted.

Total returns may reflect waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the manager and/or distributor (as applicable) for some or all of the periods shown. Performance would have been lower without such waivers and reimbursements.

Average annual total return as of month-end (04/30/2025)

Returns for less than one year are not annualized.

Benchmark lifetime returns are as of the Series' inception date.

Index performance returns do not reflect any management fees, transaction costs, or expenses. Indices are unmanaged and one cannot invest directly in an index.

Average annual total return as of quarter-end (03/31/2025)

Returns for less than one year are not annualized.

Benchmark lifetime returns are as of the Series' inception date.

Index performance returns do not reflect any management fees, transaction costs, or expenses. Indices are unmanaged and one cannot invest directly in an index.

Expense ratio

Gross
0.72%
Net
0.72%

The performance and expense ratio information shown represent the performance and fees as they relate to actual shares of the Series. These examples do not include any fees or sales charges imposed by the variable insurance contract for which the Series is an investment option. If they were included, your costs would be higher and performance would be lower. Investors should consult the contract prospectus or disclosure documents for more information.

Calendar year total returns @ NAV

Year
Annual return
Year
Annual return
2024
6.44%
2023
12.22%
2022
-10.91%
2021
6.33%
2020
6.30%
2019
11.50%
2018
-1.87%

Portfolio

Portfolio characteristics as of 03/31/2025

Number of holdings
289
Portfolio turnover (last fiscal year)
53%
Effective duration (weighted average) (view definition)
3.00 years
Effective maturity (weighted average) (view definition)
4.58 years
SEC 30-day yield with waiver (view definition)
6.91%
SEC 30-day yield without waiver (view definition)
6.91%
Annualized standard deviation, 3 years (view definition)
8.04

Portfolio composition as of 03/31/2025
Total may not equal 100% due to rounding.

Credits
70.2%
Foreign bonds
21.1%
Other
6.8%
Cash and cash equivalents
1.9%

Top 10 fixed income holdings as of 04/30/2025

Holdings are as of the date indicated and subject to change.

List excludes cash and cash equivalents.

Holding
% of portfolio
Holding
% of portfolio
CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS INC
1.20
FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS L
1.19
VISTRA CORP
1.07
CCO HOLDINGS LLC
0.91
TRANSDIGM INC
0.88
ALLISON TRANSMISSION INC
0.82
ILIAD HOLDING SAS
0.81
BATH & BODY WORKS INC
0.80
JONES DESLAURIERS INSURANCE MANAGE
0.79
GARRETT MOTION HOLDINGS INC
0.79

Total % Portfolio in Top 10 holdings - 9.26%

List of monthly holdingsList of quarterly holdings

Sector allocation as of 03/31/2025

List may exclude cash, cash equivalents, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that are used for cash management purposes. Please see the Series’ complete list of holdings for more information.

Sector
% of portfolio
Sector
% of portfolio
Energy
12.6%
Media
9.0%
Financial services
8.7%
Basic industry
7.3%
Healthcare
6.9%
Capital goods
6.8%
Leisure
6.1%
Telecommunications
5.6%
Retail
4.5%
Technology & electric
4.4%
Automotive
4.2%
Insurance
3.7%
Utility
2.9%
Services
2.7%
Banking
2.3%
Consumer goods
1.9%
Real estate
0.8%
Transportation
0.5%
Emerging markets
0.5%
Other
6.8%

Credit quality as of 03/31/2025

Rating
Series
Rating
Series
AAA
1.9%
BBB
0.8%
BB
43.8%
B
37.7%
CCC
9.8%
CC
0.2%
Not rated
5.8%

Total may not equal 100% due to rounding. The Series' investment manager, Delaware Management Company (DMC) receives “Credit Quality” ratings for the underlying securities held by the Fund from three “nationally recognized statistical rating organizations” (NRSROs) — Standard & Poor’s (S&P), Moody’s Investors Service, and Fitch, Inc. The credit quality breakdown is calculated by DMC based on the NSRO ratings and the index credit quality rules. For securities rated by an NRSRO other than S&P, that rating is converted to the equivalent S&P credit rating. Securities that are unrated by any of the three NRSROs are included in the “not rated” category when applicable. Unrated securities do not necessarily indicate low quality. More information about securities ratings is contained in the Series' Statement of Additional Information.

Management

John McCarthy

John McCarthy, CFA

  • Senior Portfolio Manager
  • Start date on the Fund: November 2021
  • Years of industry experience: 38
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Vivek Bommi

Vivek Bommi 

  • Head of Leveraged Credit
  • Start date on the Fund: November 2023
  • Years of industry experience: 25
  • Read bio

Fees

Annual portfolio operating expenses
Management fees 0.62%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees none
Other expenses1 0.10%
Total annual series operating expenses 0.72%

1Other expenses contain a 0.03% acquired fund fees and expenses. Acquired fund fees and expenses sets forth the Series' pro rata portion of the cumulative expenses charged by the registered investment companies in which the Series invested during the last fiscal year. The actual Acquired fund fees and expenses will vary with changes in the allocations of the Series' assets. These expenses are not direct costs paid by Series shareholders, and are not used to calculate the Series' NAV.

Please see the prospectus and SAI for additional information.

Resources

Effective May 1, 2024, Class I was renamed Standard Class and Class II was renamed Service Class.

The Series’ investment manager, Delaware Management Company (Manager), may seek investment advice and recommendations from its affiliates: Macquarie Investment Management Austria Kapitalanlage AG (MIMAK), Macquarie Investment Management Europe Limited (MIMEL), and Macquarie Investment Management Global Limited (MIMGL) (together, the “Affiliated Sub-Advisors”). The Manager may also permit these Affiliated Sub-Advisors to execute Series' security trades on behalf of the Manager and exercise investment discretion for securities in certain markets where the Manager believes it will be beneficial to utilize an Affiliated Sub-Advisor’s specialized market knowledge.

Carefully consider the Series' investment objectives, risk factors, charges, and expenses before investing. This and other information can be found in the Series' prospectus and its summary prospectus, which may be obtained by visiting macquarie.com/mam/vip-literature or calling 800 523-1918. Investors should read the prospectus and the summary prospectus carefully before investing.

Investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal.

Fixed income securities can lose value, including the possible loss of principal. An issuer of a fixed income security may be unable to make interest payments and/or repay principal in a timely manner. The prices of bonds and other fixed income securities will increase as interest rates fall and decrease as interest rates rise. Fixed income securities with longer maturities or duration generally are more sensitive to interest rate changes.

High yield securities (“junk bonds”) are subject to reduced creditworthiness of issuers, increased risk of default, and a more limited and less liquid secondary market. High yield securities may also be subject to greater price volatility and risk of loss of income and principal than higher-rated securities.

The principal on a fixed income security may be prepaid prior to maturity, which may require reinvestment at a lower interest rate.

International investments entail risks including fluctuation in currency values, differences in accounting principles, or economic or political instability. Investing in emerging markets can be riskier than investing in established foreign markets due to increased volatility, lower trading volume, and higher risk of market closures. In many emerging markets, there is substantially less publicly available information and the available information may be incomplete or misleading. Legal claims are generally more difficult to pursue.

Natural or environmental disasters, such as earthquakes, fires, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis, and other severe weather-related phenomena generally, and widespread disease, including pandemics and epidemics, have been and can be highly disruptive to economies and markets, adversely impacting individual companies, sectors, industries, markets, currencies, interest and inflation rates, credit ratings, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting the value of the Series' investments. Given the increasing interdependence among global economies and markets, conditions in one country, market, or region are increasingly likely to adversely affect markets, issuers, and/or foreign exchange rates in other countries. These disruptions could prevent the Series from executing advantageous investment decisions in a timely manner and could negatively impact the Series' ability to achieve its investment objective. Any such event(s) could have a significant adverse impact on the value and risk profile of the Series.

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