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California Municipal Fixed Income

Seeking to provide a high level of income that is exempt from federal income tax and California state personal income taxes.

Strategy differentiators

Attractive tax-free income, singularly focused on mid-quality California municipal credit

Active management seeks the optimal spot on the yield curve and higher exposure to bonds rated A and BBB, in an effort to maximize yield

Preference for revenue bonds that provide attractive relative yield and less sensitivity to business cycles

Ability to participate in large and small issues, exploiting market and sector dislocations, through credit research

Strategy facts

Manager

Principal Fixed Income

Inception

1 January 2012

Index

Bloomberg California Municipal Bond Index

Targeted number of holdings

200-230

Expected turnover

35% (assuming normal market conditions)

Investment vehicles

SMA, U.S. Mutual Fund

Portfolio management
Principal Fixed Income

A global platform of integrated and specialized teams focused on delivering innovative, actively managed total return and yield-oriented investment solutions through capabilities that span all major fixed income sectors.

James Noble
Jim Noble, CFA
Portfolio Manager
34 years of experience
James Welch
James Welch
Portfolio Manager
38 years of experience

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Fixed-income investment options are subject to interest rate risk, and their value will decline as interest rates rise. Risk management techniques seek to mitigate or reduce risk but cannot remove it.

Investment guidelines are subject to change.

Bloomberg California Municipal Index tracks the California part of the Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index. The Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index represents the long-term, investment-grade tax-exempt bond market.

Principal Fixed Income is an investment team within Principal Global Investors.