Global Investment Grade Fixed Income

The GIA Global Investment Grade Fixed Income strategy consists of broadly diversified U.S. dollar denominated portfolios of U.S., developed economy, and emerging market securities of investment-grade rated corporate and quasi-sovereign companies. The strategy focuses on higher quality companies offering attractive yields for their level of risk. The securities universe includes investment grade corporate bonds, investment grade emerging market debt, other income-oriented high-quality securities, government bonds.

Key Attributes

  • Bottom-up, fundamentally-driven investment approach
  • Credit research focused on creditworthiness and relative value.
  • Limited exposure to macro risks (interest rates, currency)
  • Portfolio construction objective: build yield-advantaged portfolios
  • Apply macroeconomic and geopolitical overlay
  • Risk factor analysis guides portfolio exposures.
  • Active risk management and portfolio review
  • Average credit quality A/BBB
  • Currency: U.S. dollars
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