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Investment Goal

Our strategies seek to outperform their benchmarks by investing primarily in USD denominated corporate bonds and leveraged loans rated below investment grade.

Our Approach

Because we believe that the below investment grade market offers premium return potential that is best captured through diligent credit research, we emphasise security selection over sector risk and construct portfolios that prioritise capital preservation and current income.

£2.4 Bn¹

High Yield

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Strategies	Strategies Assets¹	Attributes	Inception Date	Fact Sheet
High Yield	£740.3 M	Provides broad exposure to the U.S. high yield corporate bond market.	10/1/2000	High Yield Strategy Profile (PDF)
High Quality High Yield	£701.4 M	Focuses on the BBB-B segment of the U.S. high yield corporate bond market.	10/1/2000	High Quality High Yield Strategy Profile (PDF)
High Yield Opportunistic	$1749.4 M	Focuses on the small issue, B segment of the U.S. high yield corporate bond market.	3/1/1999	Opportunistic High Yield Strategy Profile (PDF)
High Yield – Bank Loan Blended Strategy	$227.4 M	Focuses on the small issue, B segment of the U.S. high yield corporate bond and bank loan market.	5/1/2023
Bank Loans	$98.8 M	Focuses on the small issue, B segment of the U.S. bank loan market.	8/2/2007	Bank Loan Strategy Profile (PDF)
High Quality Bank Loans	£868.3 M	Focuses on the BB segment of the U.S. leveraged loan market.	5/1/2018

TEST CAPTION
Strategies	Strategies Assets¹	Attributes	Inception Date	Fact Sheet
High Yield	£740.3 M	Provides broad exposure to the U.S. high yield corporate bond market.	10/1/2000	High Yield (PDF)
High Quality High Yield	£701.4 M	Focuses on the BBB-B segment of the U.S. high yield corporate bond market.	10/1/2000	High Quality High Yield (PDF)
High Yield Opportunistic	$1749.4 M	Focuses on the small issue, B segment of the U.S. high yield corporate bond market.	3/1/1999	High Yield Opportunistic (PDF)
High Yield – Bank Loan Blended Strategy	$227.4 M	Focuses on the small issue, B segment of the U.S. high yield corporate bond and bank loan market.	5/1/2023
Bank Loans	$98.8 M	Focuses on the small issue, B segment of the U.S. bank loan market.	8/2/2007	Bank Loan Strategy Profile (PDF)
High Quality Bank Loans	£868.3 M	Focuses on the BB segment of the U.S. leveraged loan market.	5/1/2018

TEST CAPTION
Strategies	Strategies Assets¹	Attributes	Inception Date	Fact Sheet
High Yield	£740.3 M	Provides broad exposure to the U.S. high yield corporate bond market.	10/1/2000	High Yield (PDF)
High Quality High Yield	£701.4 M	Focuses on the BBB-B segment of the U.S. high yield corporate bond market.	10/1/2000	High Quality High Yield (PDF)
High Yield Opportunistic	$1749.4 M	Focuses on the small issue, B segment of the U.S. high yield corporate bond market.	3/1/1999	High Yield Opportunistic (PDF)
High Yield – Bank Loan Blended Strategy	$227.4 M	Focuses on the small issue, B segment of the U.S. high yield corporate bond and bank loan market.	5/1/2023
Bank Loans	$98.8 M	Focuses on the small issue, B segment of the U.S. bank loan market.	8/2/2007	Bank Loan Strategy Profile (PDF)
High Quality Bank Loans	£868.3 M	Focuses on the BB segment of the U.S. leveraged loan market.	5/1/2018

*The strategy is also available in a mutual fund. The prospectus and other shareholder materials for the fund are available here, or you can request a prospectus by calling 1-800-252-4993. Investors should consider carefully information contained in the prospectus, including investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.

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¹ As of June 30, 2025. At estimated fair value.

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All investments involve risk. The value of your investments can go down as well as up, so you could get back less than you invested.

² This strategy was acquired from Mesirow Institutional Investment Management, Inc. on February 28, 2025. Strategy assets under management will not be shown on our website until we post our March 31, 2025 assets under management as we only plan on reporting assets under management on a quarterly basis.