Investment Grade Credit Fund (Canada)

Fund Code: PMO311

Updated 25 July 2024

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  • DAILY NAV (CAD)
    8.74
  • DAILY YTD RETURN
    1.42%
  • TOTAL NET ASSETS (USD)
    363 MM
    (as of 30-06-2024)
  • TOTAL NET ASSETS (USD)
    363 MM
    (as of 30-06-2024)
  • CLASS
    Fixed Income
  • Series Inception Date
    14-09-2015
  • CLASS
    Fixed Income
  • Series Inception Date
    14-09-2015

Objective

The Fund seeks to maximize current income consistent with preservation of capital and prudent investment management.

Primary Portfolio

It invests primarily in non-Canadian dollar high quality corporate bonds diversified broadly across industries, issuers, and regions.

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Overview

Fund Overview

Seeks attractive returns from high quality corporate bonds

Combining PIMCO’s forward-looking macroeconomic outlook and extensive bottom-up credit research, the fund helps investors take advantage of opportunities in higher-quality corporate bonds.

Why Invest in This Fund?

Attractive total return potential

The fund aims to provide investors with greater income potential relative to Treasuries and cash, as well as more income and less volatility in returns when compared to equity indexes.

Flexibility to enhance returns

The fund has the ability to broadly diversify across industries, issuers and regions of the corporate bond sector and can seek to add value through investments in high quality U.S. government bonds, mortgages and foreign bonds.

Extensive credit resources and research

Employing a disciplined approach to credit research, the fund accesses PIMCO’s team of more than 50 bottom-up credit investment professionals and utilizes top-down, bottom-up and valuation screens to identify what we believe are the most attractive opportunities in global credit markets.

Our Expertise

A longtime investment manager, Mark Kiesel is the CIO of Global Credit, the global head of PIMCO's corporate bond portfolio management group and a senior member of the investment strategy and portfolio management group.

PRIMARY BENCHMARK

Bloomberg U.S. Credit Index CAD Hedged

PRIMARY BENCHMARK DESCRIPTION

Bloomberg U.S. Credit Index CAD Hedged is an unmanaged index comprised of publicly issued U.S. corporate and specified non-U.S. debentures and secured notes that meet the specified maturity, liquidity, and quality requirements. To qualify, bonds must be SEC-registered. This index was formerly known as the Bloomberg Credit Investment Grade Index. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index.

DISTRIBUTION FREQUENCY

Monthly with Daily Accrual

SERIES INCEPTION

14-09-2015

Portfolio Composition

All data as of unless otherwise stated

Sector Allocation
Market Value %

Government Related 10.64
Securitized 13.31
Invest. Grade Credit 72.30
High Yield Credit 3.91
Emerging Markets 2.54
Municipal/Other 0.13
Net Other Short Duration Instruments -2.84

Duration in Years

Effective Duration (yrs) 6.53

Top 10 Industry
MV %

Banks 17.96
Electric Utility 10.40
Pipelines 6.05
Financial Other 4.55
Brokerage 3.80
Technology 3.05
Healthcare 3.02
Wireless 2.79
Gaming 2.35
Insurance Life 2.31

disclosures

Duration is a measure of the fund's price sensitivity to changes in interest rates expressed in years.

Portfolio structure is subject to change without notice and may not be representative of current or future allocations.

Effective duration is the duration for a bond with an embedded option when the value is calculated to include the expected change in cash flow caused by the option as interest rates change.

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Disclosures

Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with mutual fund investments. Please read the prospectus before investing. Mutual funds are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated.


No offering is being made by this material. Interested investors should obtain a copy of the prospectus, which is available on pimco.ca or from your Financial Advisor.

Investing in the bond market is subject to risks, including market, interest rate, issuer, credit, inflation risk, and liquidity risk. The value of most bonds and bond strategies are impacted by changes in interest rates. Bonds and bond strategies with longer durations tend to be more sensitive and volatile than those with shorter durations; bond prices generally fall as interest rates rise, and low interest rate environments increase this risk. Reductions in bond counterparty capacity may contribute to decreased market liquidity and increased price volatility. Bond investments may be worth more or less than the original cost when redeemed. Investing in foreign denominated and/or domiciled securities may involve heightened risk due to currency fluctuations, and economic and political risks, which may be enhanced in emerging markets. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may be sensitive to changes in interest rates, subject to early repayment risk, and while generally supported by a government, government-agency or private guarantor, there is no assurance that the guarantor will meet its obligations. High-yield, lower-rated, securities involve greater risk than higher-rated securities; portfolios that invest in them may be subject to greater levels of credit and liquidity risk than portfolios that do not. Commodities contain heightened risk, including market, political, regulatory and natural conditions, and may not be suitable for all investors. Investing in distressed companies (both debt and equity) is speculative and may be subject to greater levels of credit, issuer and liquidity risks, and the repayment of default obligations contains significant uncertainties; such companies may be engaged in restructurings or bankruptcy proceedings. Convertible securities may be called before intended, which may have an adverse effect on investment objectives. Entering into short sales includes the potential for loss of more money than the actual cost of the investment, and the risk that the third party to the short sale may fail to honor its contract terms, causing a loss to the portfolio. Currency rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time and may reduce the returns of a portfolio. Derivatives may involve certain costs and risks such as liquidity, interest rate, market, credit, management and the risk that a position could not be closed when most advantageous. Investing in derivatives could lose more than the amount invested. The Fund is non-diversified, which means that it may concentrate its assets in a smaller number of issuers than a diversified fund.

This material contains the current opinions of the manager and such opinions are subject to change without notice. This material has been distributed for informational purposes only and should not be considered as investment advice or a recommendation of any particular security, strategy or investment product.


The Funds offer different series, which are subject to different fees and expenses (which may affect performance), having different minimum investment requirements and are entitled to different services


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