The Global Core Strategy seeks to maximize excess returns versus the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index over the long term.1
The Strategy seeks highly diversified, sustainable sources of excess return across global fixed income sectors and currencies with an emphasis on managing downside risk. The Strategy’s approach focuses on relative-value based country and sector allocation, research-based subsector and security selection, and duration, yield curve, and currency management. The Strategy favors the credit-oriented sectors, reflecting the Firm’s significant research expertise.
The Strategy invests in debt securities of developed and emerging foreign corporations and governments (including supranational organizations, semi-governmental entities, or government agencies); in investment-grade developed market mortgages and mortgage-related securities; and in developed and emerging short-term and long-term bank debt securities or bank deposits. We look mostly for investment-grade securities denominated in U.S. dollars or foreign currencies but may opportunistically invest a portion of assets in non-investment grade, high yield bonds, if permitted by client guidelines.
The Global Core Fixed Income Strategy’s philosophy is that diversified portfolios, built through the integration of credit research, quantitative research, and risk management, can achieve consistent excess returns for clients with a high information ratio. This same research-based and relative-value oriented process is implemented across all multi-sector fixed income strategies managed by PGIM.
1. Top Down Risk Allocation
Assess global appetite for risk to determine portfolio risk profile, leveraging firm's resources.
2. Asset Allocation - Global Rates, FX, & Spread Sector Allocation
3. Security Selection & Relative Value
4. Risk Management