BNDC · Northern Trust Core Bond ETF

BNDC returned −2.5% over the year to Oct 14, 2026, charges 0.35% a year and holds $169m in net assets on Jul 31, 2026.

Bond fundActively managed0.35% fee$169m net assets, latest filing (Jul 31, 2026)First traded Nov 21, 2016SEC filings ↗Dividend history

BNDC is actively managed and returned −2.5% over the past year.

−2.5%
Total return, 1 year
0.35%
Expense ratio
7
Holdings
−5.9%
Below its high
4.0%
12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price
$0.0731
Last payment (paid monthly), ex-date Oct 7, 2026

Price and total return, 1 year

$21.140.0%1 day, priceClose, Oct 14, 2026

Total return adds every distribution, reinvested. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.

BNDC returns by window: total return, cash paid and price change
WindowTotal return
1M Sep 14 – Oct 14, 2026−0.8%
3M Jul 15 – Oct 14, 2026−2.5%
6M Apr 15 – Oct 14, 2026−3.1%
YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Oct 14, 2026−2.6%
1Y Oct 14, 2025 – Oct 14, 2026−2.5%
3Y Oct 13, 2023 – Oct 14, 2026+13.1%
5Y Oct 15, 2021 – Oct 14, 2026−4.2%
Since launch Nov 21, 2016 – Oct 14, 2026+14.1%
Since launch, annualised Nov 21, 2016 – Oct 14, 2026+1.3%

Total return at closing prices, distributions reinvested. Every column is a total return. Year to date runs from the last close of the year before. Annualised is the steady yearly rate that gives the since-launch total over the same days. Source: ETFIQ.

Money in and out

Monthly figures · as of Jul 31, 2026

BNDC: in the month to Jul 31, 2026, net $2.7m came in, by its SEC filing.

12 months
+$35.6m
26.0% of $137m on Jul 31, 2025
Aug 1, 2025 to Jul 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
3 years
−$26.4m
−13.1% of $201m on Jul 31, 2023
Aug 1, 2023 to Jul 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
5 years
+$79.5m
67.1% of $118m on Jul 31, 2021
Aug 1, 2021 to Jul 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
Since Aug 2019
+$175m
Aug 1, 2019 to Jul 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings

Computed by ETFIQ from the monthly sales and redemptions BNDC files with the SEC on Form N-PORT.

How this is computed

ETFIQ reads no daily figures for this fund, so its flows are monthly, and the latest month filed is Jul 2026. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for BNDC, back to Aug 2019, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare BNDC with other funds in the flows tool

Month by month, money in and money outAug 2023 to Jul 2026

BNDC, money in and money out each month from Aug 2023 to Jul 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Every bar is from BNDC’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 16 and went out in 16.

Every bar is from BNDC’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 16 and went out in 16.

MonthInOutNet
Jul 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$2.7m$0+$2.7m
Jun 2026 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
May 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$1.1m$0+$1.1m
Apr 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$3.3m$0+$3.3m
Mar 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$15.0m$0+$15.0m
Feb 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$2.8m−$562k+$2.2m
Jan 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$5.0m−$1.7m+$3.4m
Dec 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$1.1m$0+$1.1m
Nov 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$1.7m$0+$1.7m
Oct 2025 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Sep 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$5.1m$0+$5.1m
Aug 2025 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Jul 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$549k$0+$549k
Jun 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$1.7m$0+$1.7m
May 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$6.6m−$2.2m+$4.4m
Apr 2025 SEC Form N-PORT$0−$1.6m−$1.6m
Mar 2025 SEC Form N-PORT$0−$11.1m−$11.1m
Feb 2025 SEC Form N-PORT$0−$6.6m−$6.6m
Jan 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$541k−$12.0m−$11.4m
Dec 2024 SEC Form N-PORT$0−$552k−$552k
Nov 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$2.2m−$6.6m−$4.4m
Oct 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$2.8m−$1.7m+$1.1m
Sep 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$2.8m−$4.0m−$1.2m
Aug 2024 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Jul 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$2.2m−$1.1m+$1.1m
Jun 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$549k$0+$549k
May 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$536k−$8.7m−$8.2m
Apr 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$539k−$2.7m−$2.2m
Mar 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$554k−$3.8m−$3.3m
Feb 2024 SEC Form N-PORT$0−$1.6m−$1.6m
Jan 2024 SEC Form N-PORT$0−$1.1m−$1.1m
Dec 2023 SEC Form N-PORT$0−$5.5m−$5.5m
Nov 2023 SEC Form N-PORT+$538k−$7.4m−$6.9m
Oct 2023 SEC Form N-PORT$0−$3.7m−$3.7m
Sep 2023 SEC Form N-PORT$0−$6.5m−$6.5m
Aug 2023 SEC Form N-PORT+$4.4m$0+$4.4m

Most recent first.

How this is computed

N-PORT months: money in is sales plus reinvestments; money out is redemptions.

N-PORT months are the filed sales plus reinvestments less redemptions. Later months add up the daily figures; the Source column names any missing day.

About BNDC

What it tracksNo index, actively managed
Fund typeBond fund
Category (ETFIQ)Bonds · Intermediate-term government
Expense ratio (497 XBRL, Aug 14, 2026)0.35%
Price$21.14
First tradedNov 21, 2016
Net assets (SEC N-PORT, whole fund, as filed for Jul 31, 2026)$169m
Benchmark (ETFIQ, from its filings)Its own holdings, as of Jul 31, 2026; its prospectus names no index it tracks
Below its high (ETFIQ)−5.9%
Holdings7
Top ten weight99.4%
Holdings as of (SEC N-PORT)Jul 31, 2026
How we measure
Holdings for BNDC are read from the FlexShares Core Select Bond Fund filing, which tracks the same index; BNDC files on a different schedule.

Questions people ask about BNDC

How has BNDC performed?
Over the year to Oct 14, 2026, BNDC returned −2.5% with distributions reinvested. Over three years the figure is +13.1%.
What does BNDC cost?
The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year.
How far is BNDC below its high?
5.9% below its high of Dec 31, 2020, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 14, 2026.
Sources and dates
Prices, BNDCTiingo end-of-day · Oct 14, 2026
Net assets, $169mSEC N-PORT, whole fund · Jul 31, 2026

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