# NVIT Defender S&P 500 1-Year Buffer Fund Jan — new fund registration NATIONWIDE VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST registered 16 new fund series on Form 485APOS, filed 2020-11-13. Featured series: NVIT Defender S&P 500 1-Year Buffer Fund Jan. ## Registration - Registrant / trust: NATIONWIDE VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST - CIK: 0000353905 - Form: 485APOS - Filed: 2020-11-13 - State of incorporation: DE - Accession: 0001193125-20-292700 ## Series & classes (32) _Showing 25 of 32 series/class rows._ | Series | Class | Ticker | New | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [NVIT Defender S&P 500 1-Year Buffer Fund Jan](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000070853) | Class II | — | Yes | | [NVIT Defender S&P 500 1-Year Buffer Fund Jan](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000070853) | Class Y | — | Yes | | [NVIT Defender S&P 500 1-Year Buffer Fund Oct](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000070854) | Class Y | — | Yes | | [NVIT Defender S&P 500 1-Year Buffer Fund Oct](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000070854) | Class II | — | Yes | | [NVIT Defender S&P 500 1-Year Buffer Fund Nov](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000070855) | Class II | — | Yes | | [NVIT Defender S&P 500 1-Year Buffer Fund Nov](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000070855) | Class Y | — | Yes | | [NVIT Defender S&P 500 1-Year Buffer Fund Dec](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000070856) | Class Y | — | Yes | | [NVIT Defender S&P 500 1-Year Buffer Fund Dec](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000070856) | Class II | — | Yes | | [NVIT Defender S&P 500 5-Year Buffer Fund Q1](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000070857) | Class II | — | Yes | | [NVIT Defender S&P 500 5-Year Buffer Fund Q1](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000070857) | Class Y | — | Yes | | [NVIT Defender S&P 500 5-Year Buffer Fund Q2](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000070858) | Class Y | — | Yes | | [NVIT Defender S&P 500 5-Year Buffer Fund Q2](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000070858) | Class II | — | Yes | | [NVIT Defender S&P 500 5-Year Buffer Fund Q3](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000070859) | Class II | — | Yes | | [NVIT Defender S&P 500 5-Year Buffer Fund Q3](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000070859) | Class Y | — | Yes | | [NVIT Defender S&P 500 5-Year Buffer Fund Q4](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000070860) | Class Y | — | Yes | | [NVIT Defender S&P 500 5-Year Buffer Fund Q4](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000070860) | Class II | — | Yes | | [NVIT Defender S&P 500 1-Year Buffer Fund Feb](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000070861) | Class II | — | Yes | | [NVIT Defender S&P 500 1-Year Buffer Fund Feb](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000070861) | Class Y | — | Yes | | [NVIT Defender S&P 500 1-Year Buffer Fund Mar](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000070862) | Class Y | — | Yes | | [NVIT Defender S&P 500 1-Year Buffer Fund Mar](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000070862) | Class II | — | Yes | | [NVIT Defender S&P 500 1-Year Buffer Fund Apr](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000070863) | Class Y | — | Yes | | [NVIT Defender S&P 500 1-Year Buffer Fund Apr](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000070863) | Class II | — | Yes | | [NVIT Defender S&P 500 1-Year Buffer Fund May](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000070864) | Class Y | — | Yes | | [NVIT Defender S&P 500 1-Year Buffer Fund May](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000070864) | Class II | — | Yes | | [NVIT Defender S&P 500 1-Year Buffer Fund June](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000070865) | Class Y | — | Yes | ## Fees (from the effective prospectus) - 12b-1 fee: 0.25% - Gross expense ratio: 1.31% - Management fee: 0.44% - Net expense ratio: 0.99% - Other expenses: 0.59% ## Investment objective The NVIT S&P 500 1-Year Buffer Fund Jan seeks to match the performance of the S&P 500 Price Return Index (the S&P 500 Price Index) up to a specified upside cap (the Capped Level), while providing a buffer against the first 10% (the Buffer Amount) of S&P 500 Price Index losses, before the deduction of Fund expenses, over the period from the second business day of January to the first business day of January the following year. ## Other filings by this registrant (15) - [485APOS — 2026-01-30](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001193125-26-031646) - [485APOS — 2024-12-19](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001193125-24-281971) - [485APOS — 2024-12-17 (9 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001193125-24-280302) - [485APOS — 2023-06-29](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001193125-23-178278) - [485APOS — 2023-01-18](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001193125-23-009996) - [485APOS — 2022-01-12 (4 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001193125-22-007490) - [485APOS — 2020-07-08](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001193125-20-189344) - [485APOS — 2020-05-05](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001683863-20-008802) - [485APOS — 2020-02-20](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001193125-20-043066) - [485APOS — 2020-01-16](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001193125-20-008750) - [485APOS — 2019-01-23](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001193125-19-014563) - [485APOS — 2019-01-07 (6 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001193125-19-003435) ## More - [Registrant profile: NATIONWIDE VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST](https://search.stillhousedata.com/registrant/353905) - [This page as markdown (for LLM agents)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001193125-20-292700.md) - [Search all SEC filings, advisers and people on Adviser Search](https://search.stillhousedata.com/) --- Source: public SEC filing data via Adviser Search (https://search.stillhousedata.com). 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