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High Yield

Emphasizing active security selection across the high yield investment universe to identify and extract value from market inefficiencies, while limiting downside risk.

Strategy differentiators

Time-tested process complemented by proprietary investment tools.

Team structure that fosters the swift translation of insight into action.

Rigorous fundamental credit research informed by top-down macro.

Cross-sector collaboration across our fixed income platform.

Strategy facts

Manager

Principal Fixed Income

Inception

1 January 2008

Index

Bloomberg High Yield 2% Issuer Constrained Index

Targeted number of issuers

150-225

Expected turnover

30-50%

Investment vehicles

IMA, 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.

Mark Denkinger
Mark Denkinger, CFA
Managing Director - Portfolio Management
36 years of experience
Josh Rank
Joshua Rank, CFA
Portfolio Manager
26 years of experience
darrin  Smith
Darrin Smith, CFA
Portfolio Manager
35 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. Lower-rated securities are subject to additional credit and default risks.

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Bloomberg U.S. High Yield 2% Issuer Constrained Index is a component of the U.S. Corporate High Yield Bond Index with a maximum exposure of 2% per issuer. The index includes all fixed income securities having a maximum quality rating of Ba1, a minimum amount outstanding of $150 million, and at least 1 year to maturity. The Bloomberg U.S. High Yield 2% Issuer Constrained Index covers fixed rate, noninvestment grade securities rated BB+ through C by S&P. No single issuer can comprise more than 2% of the Index.

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