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Spectrum Asset Management

A leading manager of preferred and capital securities with a global perspective.

Our investment approach

Spectrum Asset Management is one of the largest specialized managers of preferred and capital securities in the United States, with more than 30 years of active management in preferred and capital securities under a variety of credit, interest rate, evolving regulatory, and market conditions. We have deep and broad experience analyzing, managing, and pricing complex security structures.

Our investment and credit process
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To help you diversify your opportunities, we continually review fixed income markets to identify and offer strategies to meet your objectives.

Preferred and Capital Securities

Finding higher-quality issuers throughout the preferred and capital securities universe, while diversifying across the credit spectrum.

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Our fixed income investment teams have a track record of solving for a wide range of personalized investor objectives.

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A seasoned investment team with significant credit investment experience across all major industries and market cycles, focused on providing our global investment base access to private credit solutions.
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As a specialist emerging market debt manager committed to delivering solutions that can perform in any market condition, the team utilizes a unconstrained, time-tested approach to managing income, volatility, and liquidity.
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.
Principal Morley
Specializes in managing capital preservation strategies and designing customized stable value solutions through a risk-managed, multi-stage construction approach incorporating a proprietary optimization model.
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We believe that global preferred and capital securities will present opportunities amidst market conditions.
December 31, 2024
Fixed income: Resilient markets, selective opportunities
Fixed income enters 1Q 2026 strong, but selectivity and agility will drive returns this year.
January 23, 2026

Past performance does not guarantee future results.

Fixed‐income investment options are subject to interest rate risk, and their value will decline as interest rates rise. Risks of preferred securities differ from risks inherent in other investments. In a bankruptcy preferred securities are senior to common stock but subordinate to other corporate debt. Preferreds also contain risks including coupon deferral risk, credit risk, call risk, conversion risk and write-down risk.

ESG integration is considered across all actively managed asset classes, with the approach determined by each investment group’s process. This information is specific to the strategies managed by the individuals providing this content and various investment teams across Principal may have differing views of this approach.

Spectrum Asset Management, Inc. is an affiliate of Principal Global Investors.