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Flexible Bond Managed Account

A flexible core plus fixed income portfolio that leverages a research-driven investment process in seeking to identify the best opportunities across fixed income sectors

Overview

About This Portfolio

Using our broad global research capabilities, we strive to exploit fixed income market inefficiencies by building a Strategic Asset Allocation (SAA) that we believe serves as a better starting point than traditional benchmarks. We aim to generate additional alpha through sector rotation and security selection and by seeking to take the right amount of risk at each point in the cycle.

Why Invest

Our Team
A culture of collaboration, global integration and a research-first mentality is the cornerstone to our team’s process.

Disciplined Risk Budgeting
We target repeatable performance by building a Strategic Asset Allocation (SAA) of more optimal allocations designed to serve as a better starting point than traditional benchmarks.

High Conviction
We dynamically allocate risk across market cycles and invest with conviction, with bottom-up research expected to drive excess returns.

Portfolio Management

Nick Childs, CFA: Head of Structured and Quantitative Fixed Income | Portfolio Manager
Nick Childs, CFA

Head of Structured and Quantitative Fixed Income | Portfolio Manager

Industry since 2003. Joined Firm in 2017.

Performance

RETURNS (%) (As of 09/30/2025)
Composite Gross Composite Net Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index
 
3M YTD 1YR 3YR 5YR 10YR Since Inception
(01/01/1993)
Composite Gross 2.08 6.22 3.33 5.29 0.35 2.62 5.96
Composite Net 1.70 5.05 1.80 3.74 -1.13 1.10 4.40
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index 2.03 6.13 2.88 4.93 -0.45 1.84 4.56

Past performance cannot guarantee future results. Investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal and fluctuation of value. Returns greater than one year are annualized. Returns are expressed in U.S. dollars. All returns reflect the reinvestment of dividends and other earnings.

The gross performance results presented do not reflect the deduction of investment advisory fees. Returns will be reduced by such advisory fees and other expenses as described in the individual contract and, where applicable, Form ADV Part 2A.

Net returns are calculated by subtracting the highest applicable Managed Account fee (3.00% annually, or 0.25% monthly) from the pure gross or gross composite return. The Managed Account fee includes all charges for trading costs, portfolio management, custody and other administrative fees. Actual fees may vary depending on, among other things, the applicable fee schedule and portfolio size. The fees are available on request and may be found in Form ADV Part 2A.

Net returns are calculated by subtracting the highest applicable Managed Account fee from the pure gross or gross composite return. The Managed Account fee includes all charges for trading costs, portfolio management, custody and other administrative fees. Actual fees may vary dep ending on, among other things, the applicable fee schedule and portfolio size. The fees are available on request and may be found in Form ADV Part 2A.
RETURNS (%) (As of 11/30/2025)
Composite Gross Composite Net Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index
 
3M YTD 1YR 3YR 5YR 10YR Since Inception
(01/01/1993)
Composite Gross 2.28 7.54 5.89 5.06 0.28 2.76 5.97
Composite Net 1.91 6.09 4.33 3.51 -1.21 1.24 4.40
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index 2.35 7.46 5.70 4.56 -0.31 1.99 4.58

Past performance cannot guarantee future results. Investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal and fluctuation of value. Returns greater than one year are annualized. Returns are expressed in U.S. dollars. All returns reflect the reinvestment of dividends and other earnings.

The gross performance results presented do not reflect the deduction of investment advisory fees. Returns will be reduced by such advisory fees and other expenses as described in the individual contract and, where applicable, Form ADV Part 2A.

Net returns are calculated by subtracting the highest applicable Managed Account fee (3.00% annually, or 0.25% monthly) from the pure gross or gross composite return. The Managed Account fee includes all charges for trading costs, portfolio management, custody and other administrative fees. Actual fees may vary depending on, among other things, the applicable fee schedule and portfolio size. The fees are available on request and may be found in Form ADV Part 2A.

Net returns are calculated by subtracting the highest applicable Managed Account fee from the pure gross or gross composite return. The Managed Account fee includes all charges for trading costs, portfolio management, custody and other administrative fees. Actual fees may vary dep ending on, among other things, the applicable fee schedule and portfolio size. The fees are available on request and may be found in Form ADV Part 2A.
Calendar Year Returns (%)
Composite Gross Composite Net Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Composite Gross 2.02 6.11 -13.18 -0.32 11.25 10.33 -0.59 4.19 3.06 0.77
Composite Net 0.51 4.55 -14.48 -1.80 9.62 8.71 -2.06 2.66 1.54 -0.72
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index 1.25 5.53 -13.01 -1.54 7.51 8.72 0.01 3.54 2.65 0.55

Past performance cannot guarantee future results. Investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal and fluctuation of value. Returns greater than one year are annualized. Returns are expressed in U.S. dollars. All returns reflect the reinvestment of dividends and other earnings.

The gross performance results presented do not reflect the deduction of investment advisory fees. Returns will be reduced by such advisory fees and other expenses as described in the individual contract and, where applicable, Form ADV Part 2A.

Net returns are calculated by subtracting the highest applicable Managed Account fee (3.00% annually, or 0.25% monthly) from the pure gross or gross composite return. The Managed Account fee includes all charges for trading costs, portfolio management, custody and other administrative fees. Actual fees may vary depending on, among other things, the applicable fee schedule and portfolio size. The fees are available on request and may be found in Form ADV Part 2A.

Net returns are calculated by subtracting the highest applicable Managed Account fee from the pure gross or gross composite return. The Managed Account fee includes all charges for trading costs, portfolio management, custody and other administrative fees. Actual fees may vary dep ending on, among other things, the applicable fee schedule and portfolio size. The fees are available on request and may be found in Form ADV Part 2A.

Returns-Based Statistics (As of 11/30/2025)

RISK / REWARD
VS. Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond		 3YR 5YR
Information Ratio 0.94 0.94
Alpha 0.49 0.59
Tracking Error 0.51 0.62
Beta 1.01 1.00
R-squared (%) 99.30 99.04
UP/DOWN MARKET CAPTURE (%)
Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond		 3YR 5YR
Up Capture Ratio 101.44 102.57
Down Capture Ratio 94.99 95.95
STANDARD DEVIATION 3YR 5YR
Flexible Bond Managed Account 6.16 6.39
Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond 6.07 6.37
SHARPE RATIO 3YR 5YR
Flexible Bond Managed Account 0.01 -0.45
Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond -0.07 -0.54

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