Investment Grade Credit Plus Strategy Overview
OBJECTIVE
Seeks to consistently outperform an investment grade credit index while maintaining a comparable level of risk
BENCHMARK
ICE BofA Custom Q1AQ Index
STRATEGY INCEPTION
January 1, 2001
HIGHLIGHTS
- Invests primarily in US dollar-denominated investment grade corporate securities, and to a lesser extent, below investment grade corporate bonds, asset-backed securities (ABS) and sovereigns
- Focuses primarily on security selection, and to a lesser extent, sector selection and yield curve structure
- Typically invests in investment grade securities (BBB- and above); however, the strategy has flexibility to invest up to 20% in below investment grade securities at the time of purchase
- Targets a duration typically less than +/- 0.5 year of the Index
Portfolio Managers
EXPERIENCED TEAM
Clients benefit from a team of seasoned portfolio managers who are collectively responsible for the stewardship of their assets. Working together with credit analysts and traders to filter market information, generate and discuss new investment ideas, the team seeks to identify the best relative value opportunities for our clients.
Our Insights
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The ICE BofA Custom Q1AQ Index provides a custom measure of investment grade and below investment grade corporate bonds. The blend is based on an 88% weighting to a custom subset of the ICE BofA US Corporate Bond Index and a 12% weighting to BB-B rated corporate debt. Within the bonds rated A to BBB, issuers must have $250M or more total of par outstanding, further the majority must have a final term to maturity ranging 5-10 years. The BB-B issuers must have a remaining term to final maturity of 1-10 years, $250M or more total of par outstanding and are subject to a 2% issuer cap. It excludes Tobacco and Controversial Weapons companies. Additional details regarding the custom index are available upon request. Benchmark returns are not covered by the report of independent verifiers. The returns for this unmanaged index do not include any management fees or other costs aside from transaction costs, which were incorporated into index returns beginning 1 July 2022.
