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Short Duration High Yield Fund

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Summary

Summary

What is the Short Duration High Yield Fund?

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek a high current income and the opportunity for capital appreciation to produce a high total return.

Yield

Average Yield to Maturity as of 08/31/2023

8.44%

30-Day Standardized Yield 1 as of 08/31/2023  

  Subsidized2 Un-Subsidized3
w/o sales charge 7.66% 7.63%

Fund Basicsas of 08/31/2023

Total Net Assets
$1.40 B
Inception Date
05/01/2020
Dividend Frequency
Monthly
Fund Gross Expense Ratio
1.65%
Fund Net Expense Ratio
0.70%
Number of Holdings
716

Fund Expense Ratio :

Gross 1.65%

Net 0.70%

YTD 1-YR 3-YR 5-YR 10-YR Since Inception 04/30/2020
w/o sales charge 6.38% 7.21% 3.46% - - 5.71%
Lipper Category Avg. Short High Yield Funds 5.83% 6.62% 3.00% - - -
ICE BofA HY US Corp Cash Pay BB-B 1-5Yrs USD Index 6.32% 7.46% 3.10% - - 5.59%
w/ sales charge 6.38% 7.21% 3.46% - - 5.71%

Fund Expense Ratio :

Gross 1.65%

Net 0.70%

Fund Expense Ratio :

Gross 1.65%

Net 0.70%

YTD 1-YR 3-YR 5-YR 10-YR Since Inception 04/30/2020
w/o sales charge 4.76% 9.21% 4.48% - - 5.52%
Lipper Category Avg. Short High Yield Funds 4.25% 7.90% 3.71% - - -
ICE BofA HY US Corp Cash Pay BB-B 1-5Yrs USD Index 4.68% 8.87% 4.07% - - 5.38%

Fund Expense Ratio :

Gross 1.65%

Net 0.70%

INVESTMENT TEAM

Steven F. Rocco
Steven F. Rocco, CFA

Partner & Co-Head of Taxable Fixed Income

22 Years of Industry Experience

Christopher Gizzo
Christopher Gizzo, CFA

Partner, Deputy Director of Leveraged Credit

15 Years of Industry Experience

Karen  J. Gunnerson
Karen J. Gunnerson

Portfolio Manager

13 Years of Industry Experience

Supported By 79 Investment Professionals with 17 Years Avg. Industry Experience

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Performance

Performance

Average Yield to Maturity as of 08/31/2023

8.44%

30-Day Standardized Yield 1 as of 08/31/2023  

  Subsidized2 Un-Subsidized3
w/o sales charge 7.66% 7.63%

Fund Expense Ratio :

Gross 1.65%

Net 0.70%

YTD 1-YR 3-YR 5-YR 10-YR Since Inception 04/30/2020
w/o sales charge 6.38% 7.21% 3.46% - - 5.71%
Lipper Category Avg. Short High Yield Funds 5.83% 6.62% 3.00% - - -
ICE BofA HY US Corp Cash Pay BB-B 1-5Yrs USD Index 6.32% 7.46% 3.10% - - 5.59%
w/ sales charge 6.38% 7.21% 3.46% - - 5.71%

Fund Expense Ratio :

Gross 1.65%

Net 0.70%

Fund Expense Ratio :

Gross 1.65%

Net 0.70%

YTD 1-YR 3-YR 5-YR 10-YR Since Inception 04/30/2020
w/o sales charge 4.76% 9.21% 4.48% - - 5.52%
Lipper Category Avg. Short High Yield Funds 4.25% 7.90% 3.71% - - -
ICE BofA HY US Corp Cash Pay BB-B 1-5Yrs USD Index 4.68% 8.87% 4.07% - - 5.38%

Fund Expense Ratio :

Gross 1.65%

Net 0.70%

Year Fund Returns ICE BofA HY US Corp Cash Pay BB-B 1-5Yrs USD Index
2022 -5.80% -5.39%
2021 5.49% 4.87%
2020 13.88% 3.85%
Year Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Yearly Returns
2023 2.65% 2.06% - - 5.92%
2022 -2.12% -7.68% 0.48% 3.75% -5.80%
2021 1.93% 2.00% 0.70% 0.75% 5.49%
2020 - - 4.00% 5.34% 13.88%

NAV Historical Prices

Date Net Asset Value

Portfolio

Portfolio

Rating Assets
High Yield Corporate
Bank Loans
CLO
Investment Grade Corporate
ABS
MBS
CMBS
Other
Cash
Rating Assets
Less than 1 year
1-3 years
3-5 years
5-7 years
7-10 years
Greater than 10 years

Credit Quality Distribution as of 08/31/2023

Rating Assets
AAA
AA
A
BBB
BB
B
CCC
<CCC
Not Rated

Portfolio Positioningas of 6/30/2023

  • The Fund continued to be focused on higher carry, short duration securities. High yield spreads have been grinding tighter throughout the first half of the year, finishing slightly above 400 bps in June. With declining recessionary concerns helping to compress spreads, our primary focus has shifted towards carry opportunities within the high yield universe. As primary markets have stabilized somewhat after a very slow 2022, we see the new issue high yield market as a strong source of carry. We added to the Fund’s Single-B credit exposure throughout the period, which we view as offering attractive yields to support this carry trade, and monetized positions in BBs as a source of funds that exhibited tight valuations. We also continue to prioritize sufficient liquidity given uncertainty with market reactions to Fed policy pause.

 

  • We continue to see opportunity in the Energy sector. The Energy sector continued to exhibit defensive characteristics, particularly as the high yield energy index trades at much tighter spreads than the overall high yield market. However, the sector pulled back this quarter amid a stretch of softer oil prices and concerns of a decreased global economic growth outlook. We reduced holdings that we believed yielded rich valuations as well as several lower-quality, higher beta high yield issues. However, we continue to believe that Energy issuers should continue to be supported by relatively higher oil prices given the ongoing inadequate global capacity issues. We also continue to view Energy as a much more defensive sector than in prior periods given relatively healthy balance sheets.

 

  • We see opportunity in the Transportation and Basic Industry sectors, while limiting exposure to the Media space. While Energy remains our largest overweight, we continue to favor investments in the Transportation and Basic Industry sectors. In Transportation, we remain broadly constructive on the Airlines sector, given strong travel bookings this summer and resilient consumer spending. We also favor investments in the Basic Industry sector, primarily companies within the Metals and Mining and Steel subsectors. We had also added to investments within the Building Materials subsector that yielded attractive entry points. The Fund maintained an underweight in sectors like media, where companies continued to struggle amid ongoing recessionary concerns. The Fund remains underweight the Media Content subsector, particularly as issuers reliant on advertising sales have been more sensitive to economic pullbacks. We expect these pressures to remain going forward.

 

  • Looking forward, we believe that high yield bonds may provide an opportunity to capture high-quality carry and equity-like returns. High yield has performed well during the first half of 2023 as positive developments in macroeconomic data have broadly counteracted recession concerns. However, we continue to monitor for signs of rising credit stress given the surge in interest rates and tightening in credit lending over the last 12 months. As a reflection of this stance, we enter the back half of the year modestly underweight the lowest segment of CCC bonds in the high yield strategy. A growth slowdown and deterioration in credit metrics, particularly within CCCs, could potentially lead to the default rate climbing towards the long-term average above 3% in the second half of 2023 into 2024. However, it is important to consider that U.S. high yield issuers overall continue to boast much stronger balance sheets in aggregate than at the start of prior slowdowns, with leverage and interest rate coverage around their strongest levels since post-GFC. The high yield index also has maintained its higher quality tilt in recent months with approximately 50% comprised of BBs. Additionally, a starting YTW for the asset class north of 8% has historically translated into strong forward returns for investors. While there are many variables in every default cycle, we believe the high yield asset class can continue to be an attractive carry opportunity for investors, particularly if high yield spreads remain relatively range bound in the near term.

 

 

PORTFOLIO DETAILS as of 08/31/2023

Total Net Assets
$1.40 B
Average Effective Duration
1.85 Years
Average Maturity
3.8 Years
Number of Issues
716
Average Yield to Maturity
8.44%

Dividends & Cap Gains

Dividends & Cap Gains

Dividend Payments

Dividend Payments

For
YTD Dividends Paidas of 09/28/2023
$0.49545
Dividend Frequency
Monthly (Daily Accrual)
Record Date Ex-Dividend Date Reinvest & Payable Date Dividend Reinvest Price
Daily Daily 08/31/2023 $0.06361 $9.62
Daily Daily 07/31/2023 $0.06431 $9.64
Daily Daily 06/30/2023 $0.06242 $9.60
Daily Daily 05/31/2023 $0.06235 $9.50
Daily Daily 04/30/2023 $0.06082 $9.62
Daily Daily 03/31/2023 $0.06180 $9.59
Daily Daily 02/28/2023 $0.06093 $9.59
Daily Daily 01/31/2023 $0.05922 $9.74

Upcoming Dividend Payment Dates

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

Capital Gains Distributions

For
Record Date Reinvest & Payable Date Long-term Short-term * Total Reinvest Price
12/16/2021 12/17/2021 $0.0570 $0.0977 $0.1547 $10.70

Fees & Expenses

Fees & Expenses

Expense Ratioas of 08/31/2023

Fund Gross Expense Ratio Fund Net Expense Ratio
1.65% 0.70%

Fund Documents

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