Strategies

Risk-Adjusted Returns l Preservation of Capital l Back-to-Basics Active Management

“We are not striving to be everything to everyone, but to be significant to a few”

Seeks to obtain maximum risk-adjusted return with preservation of capital

Focuses primarily on broad U.S. market sectors (U.S. government related, corporate investment grade and high yield up to 35% of total assets, and securitized assets) across the yield curve
Incorporates a back-to-basics, fundamentally-driven investment process
Utilizes an active and flexible approach to manage across a variety of market and rate cycles
Average OAD +/- 30% of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index

Seeks to generate total return from a combination of current income and capital appreciation

Pursues investment objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in bonds
Invests in high yield/high risk bonds (also known as “junk” bonds) representing, under normal market conditions, less than 20% of the Fund’s net assets
Average OAD +/- 40% of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index

Dynamic short-duration bond strategy seeks to preserve capital and risk-adjusted returns to deliver a high and stable rate of current income

Focuses primarily on U.S. investments utilizing broad market sectors: U.S. government related, corporate – both investment grade and high yield (up to 35% of total assets), and securitized assets
Utilizes an active and flexible approach to manage across a variety of market and rate cycles
Legal final maturity of seven years or less
Average OAD +/- 30% of the Bloomberg 1-3 year Government/Credit Index

Multi-sector credit strategy seeks to obtain maximum total return with a focus on income production

Holds optionality to invest up to 80% of net assets in credit and credit-related instruments, including up to 65% in high yield securities, and in addition to investment grade and high yield corporate bonds, the strategy may hold bank loans, preferred and common stock, and securitized securities to produce a total return, and yield, and, in certain circumstances, help reduce volatility
Utilizes an active and flexible approach to manage across a variety of market and rate cycles
Incorporates a back-to-basics, fundamentally-driven investment process
Average OAD +/-50% of the benchmark (50% Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond / 50% Bloomberg U.S. Corporate HY Bond Index)

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