PIMCO comes to Canada

One of the world’s most recognized names in fixed income management has rolled out a suite of eight new mutual funds for the Canadian market.

“We continue to expand the range of PIMCO’s investment management expertise available to Canadian investors and advisors,” said Ed Devlin, executive vice-president and head of Canadian portfolio management. “The funds we are launching offer Canadian investors an innovative suite of investment solutions that combine PIMCO’s unique global investment philosophy with our years of experience and knowledge of the Canadian market.”

The eight funds are available only as front end load class A unit, and include:

PIMCO Canadian Short Term Bond: an actively managed diversified portfolio of short and intermediate Canadian fixed-income securities that offers potential for higher returns relative to the DEX Short Term Bond Index.

PIMCO Canadian Total Return Bond Fund: an actively managed diversified portfolio of high quality Canadian fixed-income securities that offers the potential for higher returns relative to the DEX Universe Bond Index.

PIMCO Canadian Long Term Bond Fund: an actively managed diversified portfolio of high quality Canadian fixed-income instruments of longer term maturities that offer potential for higher returns relative to the DEX Long Term Bond Index.

PIMCO Canadian Real Return Bond Fund: an actively managed diversified portfolio of Canadian real return bonds that aims to preserve investors’ purchasing power.

PIMCO Monthly Income Fund (Canada): an actively managed diversified portfolio of non-Canadian fixed-income instruments of varying maturities that seeks to maximize current income while maintaining a relatively low risk profile.

PIMCO Global Advantage Strategy Bond Fund (Canada): an actively managed portfolio of fixed-income securities from both developed and developing markets, benchmarked to the proprietary GDP-weighted PIMCO Global Advantage Bond Index (GLADI).

PIMCO Global Balanced Fund (Canada): a “fund of funds” that seeks a balanced approach blending global equity and fixed income by investing in the PIMCO Global Advantage Strategy Bond Fund (Canada) and the PIMCO EqS Pathfinder Fund (Canada).

PIMCO EqS Pathfinder Fund (Canada): a diversified portfolio of global equity securities that is actively managed using a deep value investment philosophy and process.

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