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Inflation Focused Fund

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Summary

Summary

What is the Inflation Focused Fund?

The Fund seeks to deliver total returns that exceed the rate of inflation in the U.S. over a full inflation cycle and current income by combining investments in inflation swaps with a portfolio of short duration credit. 
 

EXPERIENCED INVESTMENT TEAM

The strategy is managed through a collaboration among 40+ investment professionals in portfolio management, credit research, and trading.

HIGHER INCOME POTENTIAL WITH LOWER DURATION

By utilizing short duration credit, the strategy generates the highest income stream in the Morningstar category with one-third the duration of the average TIPS-based portfolio.

TRUE INFLATION PROTECTION

By using inflation swaps to hedge exposure to investor expectations of future inflation, the strategy isolates inflation risk with much less nominal interest rate exposure than the Morningstar category.  As such, the strategy is designed to do well when inflation expectation increase.

Yield

Dividend Yield 1 as of 06/08/2023  

w/o sales charge 3.30%

30-Day Standardized Yield 2 as of 05/31/2023  

  Subsidized5 Un-Subsidized6
w/o sales charge 4.14% 4.13%

Average Yield to Worst as of 04/28/2023

6.79%

Fund Basicsas of 04/28/2023

Total Net Assets
$1.87 B
Inception Date
04/29/2011
Dividend Frequency
Monthly
Fund Gross Expense Ratio
1.40%
Fund Net Expense Ratio
1.40%
Number of Holdings
771
Minimum Initial Investment
$1,500+

Fund Expense Ratio :

Gross 1.40%

Net 1.40%

YTD 1-YR 3-YR 5-YR 10-YR Since Inception 04/29/2011
w/o sales charge 1.25% -3.06% 6.57% 2.29% 0.72% 0.85%
Lipper Category Avg. Inflation Protected Bond Funds 1.77% -3.85% 0.99% 2.32% 1.25% -
Bloomberg U.S. TIPS 1-5 Year Index 1.60% -2.05% 2.41% 2.72% 1.59% 1.49%
w/ sales charge 0.25% -3.06% 6.57% 2.29% 0.72% 0.85%

Fund Expense Ratio :

Gross 1.40%

Net 1.40%

Fund Expense Ratio :

Gross 1.40%

Net 1.40%

YTD 1-YR 3-YR 5-YR 10-YR Since Inception 04/29/2011
w/o sales charge 2.43% -2.58% 9.46% 2.62% 0.63% 0.95%
Lipper Category Avg. Inflation Protected Bond Funds 2.93% -5.04% 2.64% 2.59% 1.05% -
Bloomberg U.S. TIPS 1-5 Year Index 2.26% -1.14% 3.34% 2.92% 1.48% 1.56%
w/ sales charge 1.43% -2.58% 9.46% 2.62% 0.63% 0.95%

Fund Expense Ratio :

Gross 1.40%

Net 1.40%

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Type Assets
Investment Grade Corporate
CMBS
ABS
CLO
High Yield Corporate
Bank Loans
MBS
U.S. Government Related
Other
Cash
Maturity Assets
Less than 1 year
1-2.99 years
3-4.99 years
5-6.99 years
7-9.99 years

Credit Quality Distribution as of 04/28/2023 View Portfolio

Rating Assets
U.S. Treasury
Agency
AAA
AA
A
BBB
<BBB
Not Rated

INVESTMENT TEAM

Kewjin Yuoh
Kewjin Yuoh

Partner & Portfolio Manager

29 Years of Industry Experience

Andrew H. O'Brien
Andrew H. O'Brien, CFA

Partner & Portfolio Manager

25 Years of Industry Experience

Steven F. Rocco
Steven F. Rocco, CFA

Partner & Co-Head of Taxable Fixed Income

22 Years of Industry Experience

Leah G. Traub
Leah G. Traub, Ph.D.

Partner & Portfolio Manager

22 Years of Industry Experience

Robert A. Lee
Robert A. Lee

Partner & Co-Head of Taxable Fixed Income

32 Years of Industry Experience

Supported By 78 Investment Professionals with 16 Years Avg. Industry Experience

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Performance

Performance

Dividend Yield 1 as of 06/08/2023  

w/o sales charge 3.30%

30-Day Standardized Yield 2 as of 05/31/2023  

  Subsidized5 Un-Subsidized6
w/o sales charge 4.14% 4.13%

Fund Expense Ratio :

Gross 1.40%

Net 1.40%

YTD 1-YR 3-YR 5-YR 10-YR Since Inception 04/29/2011
w/o sales charge 1.25% -3.06% 6.57% 2.29% 0.72% 0.85%
Lipper Category Avg. Inflation Protected Bond Funds 1.77% -3.85% 0.99% 2.32% 1.25% -
Bloomberg U.S. TIPS 1-5 Year Index 1.60% -2.05% 2.41% 2.72% 1.59% 1.49%
w/ sales charge 0.25% -3.06% 6.57% 2.29% 0.72% 0.85%

Fund Expense Ratio :

Gross 1.40%

Net 1.40%

Fund Expense Ratio :

Gross 1.40%

Net 1.40%

YTD 1-YR 3-YR 5-YR 10-YR Since Inception 04/29/2011
w/o sales charge 2.43% -2.58% 9.46% 2.62% 0.63% 0.95%
Lipper Category Avg. Inflation Protected Bond Funds 2.93% -5.04% 2.64% 2.59% 1.05% -
Bloomberg U.S. TIPS 1-5 Year Index 2.26% -1.14% 3.34% 2.92% 1.48% 1.56%
w/ sales charge 1.43% -2.58% 9.46% 2.62% 0.63% 0.95%

Fund Expense Ratio :

Gross 1.40%

Net 1.40%

Year Fund Returns Bloomberg U.S. TIPS 1-5 Year Index
2022 -5.45% -3.96%
2021 9.56% 5.53%
2020 5.19% 5.70%
2019 4.28% 5.08%
2018 -1.91% 0.41%
2017 0.60% 0.80%
2016 4.41% 3.13%
2015 -2.90% -0.14%
2014 -5.83% -1.13%
2013 -2.49% -1.96%
2012 9.03% -
2011 -3.93% -
Year Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Yearly Returns
2023 2.43% - - - 1.51%
2022 -0.59% -4.19% -2.44% 1.76% -5.45%
2021 4.19% 1.37% 2.17% 1.53% 9.56%
2020 -14.90% 10.26% 6.06% 5.70% 5.19%
2019 2.52% 0.17% -1.44% 3.03% 4.28%
2018 0.33% 0.79% 0.54% -3.52% -1.91%
2017 0.58% -1.76% 1.05% 0.76% 0.60%
2016 -1.05% -0.71% 2.29% 3.89% 4.41%
2015 -0.33% 1.56% -4.82% 0.79% -2.90%
2014 -0.15% 2.03% -2.89% -4.80% -5.83%
2013 0.39% -3.91% 1.13% -0.04% -2.49%
2012 5.20% -1.10% 2.88% 1.86% 9.03%
2011 - - -6.11% 1.92% -3.93%

NAV Historical Prices

Date Net Asset Value

Portfolio

Portfolio

Rating Assets
Investment Grade Corporate
CMBS
ABS
CLO
High Yield Corporate
Bank Loans
MBS
U.S. Government Related
Other
Cash
Rating Assets
Less than 1 year
1-2.99 years
3-4.99 years
5-6.99 years
7-9.99 years

Credit Quality Distribution as of 04/28/2023

Rating Assets
U.S. Treasury
Agency
AAA
AA
A
BBB
<BBB
Not Rated

Portfolio Positioning as of 3/31/2023

  • The Fund’s exposure to Consumer Price Index (“CPI”) swaps contributed to the portfolio’s performance as inflation expectations modestly increased over the period.
  • During the quarter, the 2-year U.S. Treasury yield moved lower from 4.42% to 4.06%, as investors started to price in potential rate cuts from the Fed in the second half of 2023 following the turmoil in the banking sector. In addition to this, the Fed further slowed the pace of rate hikes at the February FOMC meeting. While this rate move was a tailwind on an absolute basis, the portfolio’s shorter duration profile relative to the benchmark was a headwind to relative performance.
  • The portfolio’s multi-sector design provided diversification benefits which contributed to relative performance versus the benchmark.
  • The portfolios allocation to asset-backed securities (ABS) contributed to relative performance. Despite modest spread widening within short-term ABS, the sector outperformed corporate credit. We continue to favor high-quality ABS within the auto loan and credit card sectors, focusing on newly originated loans with superior underwriting. The majority of the additions made during the quarter were within AAA-rated auto loans.
  • The portfolio’s allocation to commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) contributed to relative performance, despite some of the ongoing headwinds the sector has faced as many single asset / single borrower (SASB) issues bounced back from performance headwinds faced in the final quarter of last year. Our focus on higher quality securities within CMBS helped to mitigate some of the underperformance the rest of the sector faced.  Although valuations are compelling across the sector, we are concerned about the potential for deteriorating commercial real estate fundamentals. We reduced the portfolio’s exposure to CMBS over the period across floating rate SASB, commercial real estate collateralized loan obligations (CRE CLO), and conduit holdings CMBS. We’ve maintained a very high bar to add with a preference for high quality, liquid names.
  • Additionally, the portfolio’s allocation to collateralized loan obligations (CLO) contributed to relative performance. While we’re comfortable with the credit profiles of the CLO book given the allocation is very short in maturity, AAA-rated, and exhibits low spread volatility, and therefore relatively insulated from the fragilities of the broader asset class; we modestly reduced exposure to the sector to further emphasize liquidity and monetize attractive valuations. We continue to be very selective with respect to spread targets when identifying opportunities within the sector.
  • While the underweight allocation to investment grade corporate bonds modestly detracted from relative performance, security selection within the asset class more than offset this. More specifically, the portfolio’s allocations to both the Financials and Utility sectors were positive contributors.  We remain conservatively positioned in financials, overweight insurance companies, and underweight smaller regional banks. The bank debt the portfolio holds is focused on institutions that have strong deposit franchises with robust credit cultures and strong management teams. We increased the portfolio’s exposure to investment grade corporate bonds with a focus on the following sectors: Financials, Utility, Energy, and non-cyclical sectors such as Health Care.
  • While the short-term, high yield allocation also contributed to relative performance over the quarter as credit spreads tightened, a major theme within the portfolio continues to be an up-in-quality, up-in-liquidity bias with a focus on non-cyclical, defensive areas. Therefore, we continued to reduce lower quality corporate bonds over the period. In some instances in which select high yield issues traded tighter than investment grade bonds, we reduced high yield exposure and reinvested the proceeds into higher quality, more defensive, and higher-yielding bonds.
  • We also added some inflation exposure through TIPS, given that the Fed backing away from further significant hikes could lead to further curve steepening and a rise in inflation expectations.
  • While select individual holdings detracted from relative returns, there were no meaningful detractors from performance relative to the benchmark on a sector level.

 

Portfolio Details as of 04/28/2023

Total Net Assets
$1.87 B
Number of Issues
771
Average Coupon
4.44%
Average Life
1.86 Years
Average Maturity
1.86 Years
Average Effective Duration
3.58 Years
Average Yield to Worst
6.79%

Dividends & Cap Gains

Dividends & Cap Gains

Dividend Payments

Dividend Payments

For
YTD Dividends Paidas of 06/08/2023
$0.15534
Dividend Frequency
Monthly (Daily Accrual)
Record Date Ex-Dividend Date Reinvest & Payable Date Dividend Reinvest Price
Daily Daily 05/31/2023 $0.03179 $11.54
Daily Daily 04/30/2023 $0.03388 $11.69
Daily Daily 03/31/2023 $0.03059 $11.74
Daily Daily 02/28/2023 $0.02782 $11.61
Daily Daily 01/31/2023 $0.03125 $11.67

Upcoming Dividend Payment Dates

Record Date Ex-Dividend Date Reinvest & Payable Date
Daily Daily 06/30/2023
Daily Daily 07/31/2023
Daily Daily 08/31/2023
Daily Daily 09/30/2023
Daily Daily 10/31/2023
Daily Daily 11/30/2023
Daily Daily 12/31/2023

Fees & Expenses

Fees & Expenses

Expense Ratioas of 05/31/2023

Fund Gross Expense Ratio Fund Net Expense Ratio
1.40% 1.40%

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