# VANGUARD INSTITUTIONAL SHORT-TERM BOND FUND

VANGUARD INSTITUTIONAL SHORT-TERM BOND FUND is a registered fund series of VANGUARD MALVERN FUNDS (series S000049659). Net assets $6.7B as of 2026-03-31.

## Profile

- Series ID: S000049659
- Registrant: VANGUARD MALVERN FUNDS
- LEI: 549300VRQLVE63JP0O95
- Net assets: $6.7B
- Total assets: $6.7B
- As of: 2026-03-31

## Advisers

- [The Vanguard Group, Inc. (Advisor)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/firm/105958)

## Top holdings (200 reported)

_Showing 15 of 200 holdings by value._

| Holding | Ticker | Value | % of fund |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [United States Treasury Bill](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/912797UD7) | — | $258.2M | 386.98% |
| [United States Treasury Note/Bond](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/91282CNP2) | — | $114.3M | 171.27% |
| [United States Treasury Note/Bond](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/91282CNM9) | — | $85.6M | 128.29% |
| [United States Treasury Note/Bond](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/91282CBS9) | — | $79.9M | 119.78% |
| [United States Treasury Note/Bond](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/91282CBZ3) | — | $76.9M | 115.29% |
| [United States Treasury Note/Bond](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/91282CET4) | — | $72.8M | 109.10% |
| [United States Treasury Note/Bond](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/91282CHA2) | — | $65.2M | 97.79% |
| [United States Treasury Note/Bond](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/91282CLG4) | — | $61.6M | 92.35% |
| [United States Treasury Note/Bond](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/91282CPK1) | — | $60.9M | 91.31% |
| [United States Treasury Note/Bond](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/91282CNE7) | — | $57.6M | 86.39% |
| [United States Treasury Note/Bond](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/91282CFB2) | — | $56.9M | 85.32% |
| [United States Treasury Note/Bond](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/91282CGH8) | — | $55.7M | 83.43% |
| [United States Treasury Note/Bond](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/91282CMW8) | — | $51.9M | 77.81% |
| [Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust/Ford Credit](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/34532MAA5) | — | $49.8M | 74.60% |
| [United States Treasury Note/Bond](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/91282CPW5) | — | $44.6M | 66.86% |

## Net asset history

| Report date | Net assets |
| --- | --- |
| 2026-03-31 | $6.7B |
| 2025-12-31 | $6.3B |
| 2025-09-30 | $6.1B |
| 2025-06-30 | $6.0B |
| 2025-03-31 | $5.8B |
| 2024-12-31 | $5.7B |
| 2024-09-30 | $5.9B |
| 2024-06-30 | $5.8B |

## More

- [Registrant: VANGUARD MALVERN FUNDS](https://search.stillhousedata.com/registrant/836906)
- [This page as markdown (for LLM agents)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000049659.md)
- [Search all SEC filings, advisers and people on Adviser Search](https://search.stillhousedata.com/)

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Agents: this data is also queryable via MCP tools and read-only SQL — see https://search.stillhousedata.com/llms.txt.