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PIMCO High Yield Strategy
Investment Style

PIMCO’s approach to the high yield market is consistent with our conservative, yet innovative, approach to fixed income markets in general. Our philosophy embodies five key principles:

  1. focus on bottom-up fundamental credit research;
  2. focus on higher quality below investment grade credits;
  3. focus on total return, not just income;
  4. diversify broadly across issuers and industries; and
  5. capitalize on PIMCO’s expertise in all regions and credit sectors to identify non-traditional high yield opportunities.
Benchmark
While the majority of our high yield portfolios are benchmarked against a higher quality, BB/B-rated index, our expertise is suitable to managing against the full spectrum of high yield indices, including global and European-based indices, both issuer constrained and market value weighted.
Portfolio Duration
We generally operate within a moderate Duration range of our benchmark, usually plus or minus one year.
Market Sectors Utilized
We will invest primarily in corporates, and where client guidelines permit will invest in bank loans, convertibles, emerging markets, government, mortgages, asset backed, and derivatives instruments.
Value Added

High Yield seeks to add value through multiple sources including:

  • Credit Research
  • Bottom Up Techniques to Identify Undervalued Securities
  • Duration Management
  • Utilization of "Nontraditional" Sectors
  • Cost Efficient Trading
For more information, please go to the Contact Us page.

Basics

The Role of High Yield Bonds

Singapore1
PIMCO Asia Pte. Ltd
(Registration No.199804652K)
501 Orchard Road #08-03
Wheelock Place
Singapore 238880
65 6491-8000

Hong Kong2
PIMCO Asia Limited
24th Floor
Units 2403 & 2405
Nine Queen’s Road Central
Hong Kong
852-3650-7700

1 Regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore as a holder of a capital markets services license for fund management, and an exempt financial adviser. The services and products provided by PIMCO Asia Pte Ltd are available only to accredited investors, expert investors and institutional investors as defined in the Securities and Futures Act. The investment management services and products are not available to persons where provision of such services and products is unauthorised.

2 Licensed by the Securities and Futures Commission for Types 1, 4 and 9 regulated activities under the Securities and Futures Ordinance (“SFO”). The services and products provided by PIMCO Asia Limited are available only to professional investors as defined in the SFO. The asset management services and investment products are not available to persons where provision of such services and products is unauthorised.

Each sector of the bond market entails risk. The guarantee on Government Bonds is to the timely repayment of principal and interest. Value of the units or shares in a fund is not guaranteed. Mortgage-backed securities & Corporate Bonds may be sensitive to interest rates. When interest rates rise the value of fixed income securities generally declines. There is no assurance that private guarantors or insurers will meet their obligations. Investing in non-U.S. securities may entail risk due to foreign economic and political developments and may be enhanced when investing in emerging markets. Money markets are not insured or guaranteed by FDIC or any other government agency and there can be no assurance that any money market will be able to maintain a net asset value of $1.00 per share. Inflation indexed bonds principal value adjusts to the rate of inflation. If the index measuring inflation rises or falls, the principal value of the inflation-indexed bonds will be adjusted accordingly, and consequently the interest payable on these securities will be influenced. Investing in convertibles may entail risk. The portfolios that invest in convertibles may have to convert before otherwise beneficial, which may have an adverse effect on the portfolios ability to achieve its investment objective. Lehman Global Real US TIPS Index represents an unmanaged market index made up of U.S. Treasury Inflation Linked Index securities.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form, or referred to in any other publication, without express written permission.

Copyright 2008, PIMCO



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