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NHFIX

High Yield Fixed Income Fund

Actively managedBondsOpen-end fund
Northern Funds: NHFIXHoldings as of Jun 30, 2026Filed Aug 28, 2026

Actively managed U.S. bond fund

As of its 2026 Q2 report, High Yield Fixed Income Fund held 539 positions with $2.12B in net assets. Its ten largest holdings made up 15.3% of the fund. The NHFIX share class costs 0.61% a year. Over the 12 months to May 2026, NHFIX returned 7.8%, with dividends reinvested. In 2026 Q2 it added 76 new positions and exited 77.

2026 Q2 holdings and allocationChanges are against the previous quarter, 2026 Q1Headline fees and returns use the NHFIX share class
Expense ratio · NHFIX
0.61%
$61 a year for every $10,000 invested
one share class
$2.12B
The whole fund, all share classes
539 holdings
15.3%in the top 10
Weight held in the ten largest holdings
Top 25 hold 22.1%
Return, 1 year · NHFIX
+7.8%
With dividends, to May 2026
3 yr total +31.4% · 5 yr total +23.1%
What this fund is
Objective, as filed

The Fund seeks a high level of current income. In doing so, the Fund also may consider the potential for capital appreciation.

Strategy, summarised

The fund invests at least 80% of assets in below-investment-grade bonds and fixed-income securities rated BB, Ba or lower, selected through a relative value approach that analyzes economic conditions and compares expected returns against assumed risks; the adviser may emphasize particular sectors or security types expected to offer favorable risk-adjusted returns. Because security selection depends on the adviser's analysis and models, fund performance will diverge from any benchmark. The fund may hold focused positions exceeding 15% of assets in individual sectors and engages in active trading without regard to portfolio turnover.

What you own

per cent of the fund
CompanyWeightValue
NI US GOV T PORTFOLIO
3.90%
$82.87M
Chicago Board of Trade
3.88%
$82.45M
Chicago Board of Trade
3.02%
$64.23M
CCO HLDGS. LLC / CC 5.00%
5.00% · due 2028-02-01
0.89%
$18.96M
ECHOSTAR CORP 10.75%
10.75% · due 2029-11-30
0.68%
$14.39M
AMERICAN AIRLINES I 5.75%
5.75% · due 2029-04-20
0.61%
$13.04M
VENTURE GBL. LNG IN 9.50%
9.50% · due 2029-02-01
0.61%
$12.94M
CERDIA FINANZ GMBH 9.375%
9.38% · due 2031-10-03
0.57%
$12.04M
ARDONAGH GRP. FIN. 8.875%
8.88% · due 2032-02-15
0.55%
$11.73M
NCR ATLEOS CORP 9.50%
9.50% · due 2029-04-01
0.55%
$11.71M
Showing 1–10 of 539 · the top 10 are 15.27% of the fund, the top 25 are 22.06%

The 200 largest of 539 holdings, with the share counts as filed, open with a free account.

What the fund is made of

Percentages are of fund net assets. Rounding, liabilities and short positions can make totals differ from 100%.

104.98%
of net assets
Bonds94.97%
Derivatives6.11%
Cash & short-term3.90%

Derivatives are shown at market value, not notional exposure.

By sector

Other
51.5%
International
15.9%
Financials
4.7%
Consumer Discretionary
4.2%
10 other sectors
23.6%

How it has done

Total return, dividends reinvested · to May 2026

NHFIX share class · total returns with dividends reinvested

1 year
+7.81%
3 years
+31.37%
Cumulative, not per year
5 years
+23.10%
Cumulative, not per year
Largest decline in 3 years
-2.67%
From a previous high to a later low
Cumulative return, last three years· Jul 2023 – May 2026

Volatility over the last 12 months: 2.73%. Past returns are a record, not a forecast.

Jun 2026 has been filed since the trailing figures were struck, so it is not in the table above or the curve — every figure here shares one cut-off, which is what makes them comparable with other funds.

Fees & fund details

High Yield Fixed Income Fund is an actively managed U.S. bond fund.

Asset class
Bonds
Region
United States
Management
Actively managed
Fund type
Open-end fund
Credit quality
High yield
Rate sensitivity
Intermediate duration
Expense ratio, by class
0.61%· NHFIX 0.61%
Portfolio turnover
45.13% a year · as of 2025 Q3

Net is what a holder pays after the adviser's contractual waiver; gross is before it. A waiver can expire.

Turnover is how much of the portfolio was replaced in a year.

Classified from what the fund holds, not from its name · 2026 Q2. The summary is a paraphrase of the prospectus; the objective is verbatim.

What changed this quarter

2026 Q2 vs 2026 Q1

Positions that entered or left the fund since its previous filing. Positions that were only resized are not listed.

76 new· the largest 6

Chicago Board of Trade
3 holdings
HLF FINC. SARL LLC 7.75%
MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO 6.25%
SEADRILL FIN. LTD 6.75%
VISTAJET MALTA FIN. 8.75%
COREWEAVE INC 9.75%

77 exited· the largest 7

CBOT
2 holdings
LEVEL 3 FINC. INC 4.25%
SERVICE PROPS. TRUS 5.50%
PBF HLDG. CO LLC / 6.00%
ACADEMY LTD 6.00%
BEAZER HOMES USA I 5.875%
EG GBL. FIN. PLC 12.00%

Debt profile

What this fund holds — value-weighted across its bond and securitized long positions · as of 2026-06-30

Avg coupon
7.30%
Avg maturity
5.21 yr
Coupon type

Share of the fund's debt by how its coupon behaves — the fact that decides whether a rate move reaches this portfolio at all.

0%
floating
Fixed rate99.7%
Floating rate0.2%
Zero-coupon or unclassified0.1%
Maturity ladder

Share of the fund's debt value in each maturity band, shortest first.

<1y10y+
<1y3.2%
1-3y19.0%
3-5y34.8%
5-10y39.6%
10y+3.4%
Flagged holdings
Defaulted: none reported
In arrears: none reported
Paid in kind: 0.21% · $4.23M · 2 positions

These three overlap — one holding can be in arrears and paying in kind at once — so they are shown separately and never summed.

Risk profile

Interest-rate and credit-spread sensitivity, both in years · as of 2026Q2

Most of this fund’s sensitivity is to interest rates, with credit spreads carrying nearly as much.

3.10 yr
approx. move per 100bp
2.80 yr
approx. move per 100bp
If rates and spreads both rise 100bp

Where the loss would come from. The two shocks are the same size, so this is the balance of the fund's two sensitivities rather than a bet on one moving more.

≈ -6.0%
of value
Interest rates53%
Credit spreads47%

Filers report the impact of a 0.01% move only, so the total is our own scaling of that one number and overstates the loss on most bonds — read it as approximate, never as precise. The two sensitivities overlap rather than add up: they measure the same positions against different shocks, which is why the durations above are shown side by side and never summed.

Credit risk by quality

Share of the fund's spread duration carried by each credit tier.

+2.80
yrs total
High yield+2.65 yr
Investment grade+0.15 yr
Where the risk sits on the curve

Share of duration at each point, shortest first. A positive figure loses value when spreads widen; a negative one offsets — a credit hedge.

Interest rate3.10 yr total
3 mo30 yr
3 mo0.28 yr9%
1 yr0.63 yr20%
5 yr1.66 yr54%
10 yr0.50 yr16%
30 yr0.03 yr1%
Credit spread2.80 yr total
3 mo30 yr
3 mo0.03 yr1%
1 yr0.63 yr23%
5 yr1.64 yr59%
10 yr0.47 yr17%
30 yr0.03 yr1%

The two bands measure the same positions against different shocks and do not add — a Treasury carries rate duration and no spread duration, a floating-rate credit the reverse. Rate tenors are also summed across every currency the fund discloses.

Show the numbers
TenorRate yrsIG yrsHY yrsIG $/bpHY $/bp
3 mo+0.28+0.00+0.03$282$6.3k
1 yr+0.63+0.02+0.61$5.0k$128.8k
5 yr+1.66+0.05+1.59$10.6k$337.3k
10 yr+0.50+0.05+0.42$10.9k$88.5k
30 yr+0.03+0.02+0.01$4.1k$2.9k

Dollar change per 1bp of spread movement, as filed and sign-anchored. A blank cell was not filed; a zero was.

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