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Columbia Flexible Capital Income Inst3 Overview

Columbia Flexible Capital Income Inst3 (CFCYX) is an actively managed Allocation Moderate Allocation fund. Columbia Threadneedle launched the fund in 2017.

The investment seeks to provide shareholders current income, with long-term capital appreciation. The fund invests broadly in debt, equity and/or "hybrid" (convertible) securities. Its investments in debt securities may include investment grade and non-investment grade bonds, bank loans and U.S. government securities. The fund may invest up to 100% of its assets in debt instruments that, at the time of purchase, are rated below investment grade or are unrated but determined to be of comparable quality. It may invest in debt instruments of any maturity and does not seek to maintain a particular dollar-weighted average maturity.

About Columbia Flexible Capital Income Inst3 (CFCYX)

There are 3 members of the management team with an average tenure of 11.96 years: David King (2011), Yan Jin (2011), Grace Lee (2020). Management tenure is more important for actively managed funds than passive index funds.

The fund has 4 primary benchmarks: Bloomberg US Agg Bond TR USD index with a weighting of 100%, Bloomberg US Corp IG + HY TR USD index with a weighting of 33%, Bloomberg US Convertible Comp TR USD index with a weighting of 33% and Russell 1000 Value TR USD index with a weighting of 33%. Columbia Flexible Capital Income Inst3 has 174 securities in its portfolio. The top 10 holdings constitute 10.6% of the fund’s assets. The fund meets the SEC requirement of being classified as a diversified fund. The fund is not considered to have an ESG focus with its investment selection and management.

Columbia Flexible Capital Income Inst3 is part of the Allocation global asset class and is within the Allocation fund group. Columbia Flexible Capital Income Inst3 has 2.0% of its portfolio invested in foreign issues. The overall assets allocated to domestic stock is 39.5%. There is 0.5% allocated to foreign stock, and 11.6% is allocated to preferred stocks. The bond allocation as a percentage of total assets is 35.4% (33.9% domestic bond, 1.5% foreign bond and 12.3% convertible bond). Columbia Flexible Capital Income Inst3 has 0.7% of the portfolio in cash.

Assets Under Management

The fund has $21 million in total assets, which is below the $2 billion average for the Moderate Allocation category. Normally, lower assets under management translates to higher average expense ratios, and greater total assets are desired. However, for some investment categories, such as small-cap investing, it may be difficult for the manager to fully employ the desired active strategy if assets grow too large or too quickly.

CFCYX Performance and Fees

The expense ratio measures how much of a fund’s assets are used for administrative expenses and operating expenses, including adviser fees and fees for the transfer agent and custodial services. The Columbia Flexible Capital Income Inst3 expense ratio is high compared to funds in the Moderate Allocation category. Columbia Flexible Capital Income Inst3 has an expense ratio of 0.88%, which is 11% lower than its category average, making the fund expense ratio grade a C. While it is difficult to predict returns, it is known that high annual expense ratios reduce your rate of return, and excessive fees are difficult to overcome. Active management normally comes with higher expense ratios than passive index management. Certain investment categories such as small company and foreign also normally have higher expense ratios. It is best to compare fund expense ratios against the category averages for meaningful assessments.

High portfolio turnover can translate to higher expenses and lower aftertax returns. Columbia Flexible Capital Income Inst3 has a portfolio turnover rate of 50%, indicating that holds its assets around 0.0 years. By way of comparison, the average portfolio turnover is 52% for the Moderate Allocation category.

Recently, in the month of July 2026, Columbia Flexible Capital Income Inst3 returned 0.0%, which earned it a grade of B, as the Moderate Allocation category had an average return of -0.3%. The letter grades of A, B, C, D and F are based upon relative rankings within the investment category. A grade of A, for example, would indicate that the return is in the highest 20% for that time period compared to all funds in that category.

Columbia Flexible Capital Income Inst3 has a trailing yield of 4.55%, which is above the 1.97% category average. The fund normally distributes its income quarterly.

It’s natural to seek the best-performing investments, but you must consider the relationship between risk and return and the impact of costs and taxes on your realized returns.

Columbia Flexible Capital Income Inst3 Grades

Year to date, the fund has returned 9.7%, 3.3 percentage points better than the category, which translates into a grade of A. The fund has returned 16.8% over the past year (grade of A), 12.2% over the past three years (grade of C) and 7.0% per year over the past five years (grade of C) and 9.3% per year over the past 10 years (grade of B).

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