Columbia Variable Portfolio - U.S. Flexible Conservative Growth Fund — new fund registration

COLUMBIA FUNDS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST registered 3 new fund series on Form 485APOS, filed 2016-08-16. Featured series: Columbia Variable Portfolio - U.S. Flexible Conservative Growth Fund.

Registration

Registrant / trust: COLUMBIA FUNDS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST
CIK: 0000815425
Form: 485APOS
Filed: 2016-08-16
State of incorporation: MA
Accession: 0001193125-16-683147
Reported net assets: $301.5M

Series & classes (3)

Series	Class	Ticker	New
Columbia Variable Portfolio - U.S. Flexible Conservative Growth Fund	Class 2	—	Yes
Columbia Variable Portfolio - U.S. Flexible Growth Fund	Class 2	—	Yes
Columbia Variable Portfolio - U.S. Flexible Moderate Growth Fund	Class 2	—	Yes

Fees (from the effective prospectus)

12b-1 fee: 0.25%
Gross expense ratio: 0.96%
Management fee: 0.21%
Other expenses: 0.10%

Investment objective

Variable Portfolio U.S. Flexible Conservative Growth Fund (the Fund) pursues total return while seeking to manage the Funds exposure to equity market volatility.

Advisers

Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (Advisor)