Range of Product Offerings
Our Method
As pioneers in multisector investing, the Loomis Sayles Full Discretion team takes a long-term, flexible and benchmark-agnostic approach to building portfolios. This results in a range of strategies and customized solutions that are uncorrelated to traditional bond portfolios and help meet a variety of client needs. Every Full Discretion investment strategy seeks to identify and capitalize on mispricings throughout market cycles using fundamental research and active management.
The team's passion for performance and unwavering commitment to their clients is marked by:
CONSISTENCY. TRANSPARENCY. INTEGRITY
Institutional Strategies
For institutional investors only. Minimum initial investment of $20M; minimum initial investment of $50M for Strategic Alpha and Strategic Alpha Opportunistic.
Core Plus Full Discretion
The Core Plus Full Discretion strategy seeks to maximize total return through research driven security selection while managing downside risk through careful portfolio construction.
Inception 1/1/1989
Global High Yield Full Discretion - Hedged to USD
The Global High Yield Full Discretion - Hedged to USD strategy seeks to maximize total return through research driven security selection while managing downside risk through careful portfolio construction.
Inception 10/1/2012
High Yield Conservative
The High Yield Conservative strategy seeks to maximize total return through research driven security selection while managing downside risk through careful portfolio construction.
Inception 1/1/1989
High Yield Full Discretion
The High Yield Full Discretion strategy seeks to maximize total return through research driven security selection while managing downside risk through careful portfolio construction.
Inception 1/1/1989
Multisector Credit
The Multisector Credit strategy seeks to maximize total return and higher levels of portfolio income through research driven security selection while managing downside risk through careful portfolio construction.
Inception 1/1/2010
Multisector Full Discretion
The Multisector Full Discretion strategy seeks to maximize total return through research driven security selection while managing downside risk through careful portfolio construction.
Inception 1/1/1989
Senior Floating Rate and Fixed Income
The Senior Floating Rate and Fixed Income strategy seeks to provide a high level of current income.
Inception 11/1/2011
Senior Loan
The Senior Loan strategy is designed to deliver pure bank loan exposure and outperform the benchmark over a full credit cycle.
Inception 9/1/2004
Strategic Alpha
The Strategic Alpha strategy seeks to provide absolute returns in excess of ICE BofA 3-Month Treasury Bill Index + 2-4% while mitigating drawdowns.
Inception 5/1/2011
Strategic Alpha Opportunistic
The Strategic Alpha Opportunistic strategy seeks to provide absolute returns in excess of ICE BofA 3-Month Treasury Bill Index + 3-5% while mitigating drawdowns.
Inception 12/1/2011
US High Yield
The US High Yield strategy seeks to maximize total return through research driven security selection while managing downside risk through careful portfolio construction.
Inception 10/1/2009
Mutual Funds
Institutional Class shares (Class Y, Class I) are available to institutional investors only; minimum initial investment of $100,000. Institutional High Income Fund, Fixed Income Fund, and Investment Grade Fixed Income Fund have a minimum initial investment of $3 million
Bond Fund
The Bond Fund has a flexible, long-only, “go anywhere” approach to seeking undervalued
opportunities.
Primary Benchmark: Bloomberg US Government/Credit Index
Fixed Income Fund
The Fixed Income Fund seeks high total investment return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation.
Primary Benchmark: Bloomberg US Government/Credit Index
High Income Fund
The High Income Fund has a high yield focus with higher income potential from allocations to below investment grade securities.
Primary Benchmark: Bloomberg US Corporate High Yield Index
Investment Grade Bond Fund
The Investment Grade Bond Fund has a multisector approach with an investment grade focus.
Primary Benchmark: Bloomberg US Government/Credit Index
Investment Grade Fixed Income Fund
The Investment Grade Fixed Income Fund seeks high total investment return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation.
Primary Benchmark: Bloomberg US Government/Credit Index
Institutional High Income Fund
The Institutional High Income Fund seeks high total investment return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation.
Primary Benchmark: Bloomberg US Corporate High Yield Index
Senior Floating Rate and Fixed Income Fund
The Senior Floating Rate and Fixed Income Fund seeks to provide a high level of current income.
Primary Benchmark: Morningstar LSTA US Leveraged Loan Index
Strategic Alpha Fund
Primary Benchmark: ICE BofA 3-Month Treasury Bills Index
Strategic Income Fund
The Strategic Income Fund has a flexible, long only, “go anywhere” approach with greater exposure to securities below investment grade.
Primary Benchmark: Bloomberg US Aggregate Index
Managed Accounts
A Managed Account (MA) is a more customized investment than a mutual fund. It is model-based and the investment manager will have the ability to customize per client request.
Investment Grade Bond Managed Account
The Investment Grade Bond Managed Account seeks high total investment return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation.
Institutional Class shares (Class Y, Class I) are available to institutional investors only; minimum initial investment of $100,000.
Before investing, consider the fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses. Please visit www.loomissayles.com or call 800-225-5478 for a prospectus and a summary prospectus containing this and other information. Read it carefully.
Natixis Distributors LLC (fund distributor, member FINRA|SIPC) and Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. are affiliated.
Disclosure
Investment grade (High Yield/Income) may be subject to greater risks (including the risk of default) than other fixed income securities.
Fixed income securities may carry one or more of the following risks: credit, interest rate (as interest rates rise bond prices usually fall), inflation and liquidity.
Foreign and emerging market securities may be subject to greater political, economic, environmental, credit, currency and information risks. Foreign securities may be subject to higher volatility than US securities, due to varying degrees of regulation and limited liquidity. These risks are magnified in emerging markets.
Any opinions or forecasts contained herein reflect the current subjective judgments and assumptions of the Full Discretion Team only and do not necessarily reflect the views of Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. This information is subject to change at any time without notice.
Diversification does not ensure a profit or guarantee against a loss.
Market conditions are extremely fluid and change frequently.
There is no guarantee that the investment objective will be realized or that the strategy will generate positive or excess return.
Any investment that has the possibility for profits also has the possibility of losses, including the loss of principal.
Past performance is no guarantee of, and not necessarily indicative of, future results.
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