Active Fixed Income Yields Results: A Look Across the Loomis Sayles Fund Spectrum



An active research-driven approach to fixed income can help investors keep pace with markets in motion. Actively managed fixed income strategies with the flexibility to find value across sectors, or tactically allocate to different sectors for added return potential, may be helpful as interest rates and volatility rise.

Loomis, Sayles & Company’s high-conviction investment approach has been helping investors pursue their goals through all types of markets since 1926. As active, multi-style bond managers, the firm offers a wide spectrum of funds that can help investors pursue a variety of short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals, including current income and capital appreciation. All funds are supported by Loomis Sayles’ renowned global research platform.

Fund Spectrum

 
as of 9/30/2020*
  Fund Name Overall
Rating		 Ticker Morningstar Category Fund Objectives Credit Quality

Short-Term Needs

 Limited Term Government and Agency Fund data loading... NELYX Short Government High current return consistent with preservation of capital
 
Natixis Loomis Sayles Short Duration Income ETF data loading... LSST Short-Term Bond Current income consistent with preservation of capital
 

Mid-Term Objectives

 Intermediate Duration Bond Fund data loading... LSDIX Intermediate Core Bond Above-average total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation
 
Core Plus Bond Fund data loading... NERYX Intermediate Core Plus Bond High total investment return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation
 
Strategic Alpha Fund data loading... LASYX Nontraditional Bond Uncorrelated, positive total return through market cycles
 
Global Bond Fund data loading... LSGBX World Bond Seeks high total investment return through a combination of high current income and capital appreciation
 
Long-Term Goals Investment Grade Bond Fund data loading... LSIIX Intermediate Core Plus Bond High total investment return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation
 
Bond Fund data loading... LSBDX Multisector Bond Seeks high total investment return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation
 
Strategic Income Fund data loading... NEZYX Multisector Bond Seeks high current income with a secondary objective of capital growth
 
Senior Floating Rate and Fixed Income Fund data loading... LSFYX Bank Loan High level of current income
 
High Income Fund data loading... NEHYX High Yield Bond Seeks high current income plus the opportunity for capital appreciation to produce a high total return
 
Cash & Equivalents
Below Baa/Not Rated
Other Inv Grade
Aaa
US Treasury

Short-Term Needs

Overall Rating

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Ticker

NELYX

Morningstar Category

Short Government

Fund Objectives

High current return consistent with preservation of capital

Credit
Quality

  • US Treasury
  • Aaa
  • Other Inv Grade
  • Below Baa/
    Not Rated
  • Cash & Equivalents

Overall Rating

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Ticker

LSST

Morningstar Category

Short-Term Bond

Fund Objectives

Current income consistent with preservation of capital

Credit
Quality

  • US Treasury
  • Aaa
  • Other Inv Grade
  • Below Baa/
    Not Rated
  • Cash & Equivalents

Mid-Term Objectives

Overall Rating

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Ticker

LSDIX

Morningstar Category

Intermediate Core Bond

Fund Objectives

Above-average total return through a combination
of current income and capital appreciation

Credit
Quality

  • US Treasury
  • Aaa
  • Other Inv Grade
  • Below Baa/
    Not Rated
  • Cash & Equivalents

Overall Rating

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Ticker

NERYX

Morningstar Category

Intermediate Core Plus Bond

Fund Objectives

High total investment return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation

Credit
Quality

  • US Treasury
  • Aaa
  • Other Inv Grade
  • Below Baa/
    Not Rated
  • Cash & Equivalents

Overall Rating

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Ticker

LASYX

Morningstar Category

Nontraditional Bond

Fund Objectives

Uncorrelated, positive total return through market cycles

Credit
Quality

  • US Treasury
  • Aaa
  • Other Inv Grade
  • Below Baa/
    Not Rated
  • Cash & Equivalents

Overall Rating

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Ticker

LSGBX

Morningstar Category

World Bond

Fund Objectives

Seeks high total investment return through a combination of high current income and capital appreciation

Credit
Quality

  • US Treasury
  • Aaa
  • Other Inv Grade
  • Below Baa/
    Not Rated
  • Cash & Equivalents

Long-Term Goals

Overall Rating

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Ticker

LSIIX

Morningstar Category

Intermediate Core Plus Bond

Fund Objectives

High total investment return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation

Credit
Quality

  • US Treasury
  • Aaa
  • Other Inv Grade
  • Below Baa/
    Not Rated
  • Cash & Equivalents

Overall Rating

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Ticker

LSBDX

Morningstar Category

Multisector Bond

Fund Objectives

Seeks high total investment return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation

Credit
Quality

  • US Treasury
  • Aaa
  • Other Inv Grade
  • Below Baa/
    Not Rated
  • Cash & Equivalents

Overall Rating

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Ticker

NEZYX

Morningstar Category

Multisector Bond

Fund Objectives

Seeks high current income with a secondary objective of capital growth

Credit
Quality

  • US Treasury
  • Aaa
  • Other Inv Grade
  • Below Baa/
    Not Rated
  • Cash & Equivalents

Overall Rating

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Ticker

LSFYX

Morningstar Category

Bank Loan

Fund Objectives

High level of current income

Credit
Quality

  • US Treasury
  • Aaa
  • Other Inv Grade
  • Below Baa/
    Not Rated
  • Cash & Equivalents

Overall Rating

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Ticker

NEHYX

Morningstar Category

High Yield Bond

Fund Objectives

Seeks high current income plus the opportunity for capital appreciation to produce a high total return

Credit
Quality

  • US Treasury
  • Aaa
  • Other Inv Grade
  • Below Baa/
    Not Rated
  • Cash & Equivalents

Performance data shown represents past performance and is no guarantee of, and not necessarily indicative of, future results.

Overall rating derived from weighted average of the 3-, 5- and 10-year (if applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics; other ratings based on risk-adjusted returns as of 9/30/2020.

Credit Quality reflects the highest credit rating assigned to individual holdings of the fund among Moody's, S&P or Fitch; ratings are subject to change. The Fund's shares are not rated by any rating agency and no credit rating for Fund shares is implied. Bond credit ratings are measured on a scale that generally ranges from AAA (highest) to D (lowest).

The following Loomis Sayles funds are rated against the following numbers of US-domiciled Morningstar categories over the following time periods, as of 9/30/2020.

Fund Name Ticker Overall Rating 3-Year Rating 5-Year Rating 10-Year Rating
Loomis Sayles Limited Term Government and Agency Fund NELYX 4stars
out of 85		 4stars
out of 85		 4stars
out of 82		 4stars
out of 66
Natixis Loomis Sayles Short Duration Income ETF LSST N/A N/A N/A N/A
Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund LSDIX 3stars
out of 380		 3stars
out of 380		 3stars
out of 335		 3stars
out of 255
Loomis Sayles Core Plus Bond Fund NERYX 5stars
out of 537		 5stars
out of 537		 5stars
out of 459		 5stars
out of 341
Loomis Sayles Strategic Alpha Fund LASYX 4stars
out of 270		 4stars
out of 270		 4stars
out of 241
N/A
Loomis Sayles Global Bond Fund LSGBX 4stars
out of 182		 4stars
out of 182		 4stars
out of 169		 4stars
out of 112
Loomis Sayles Investment Grade Bond Fund LSIIX 4stars
out of 537		 4stars
out of 537		 5stars
out of 459		 4stars
out of 341
Loomis Sayles Bond Fund LSBDX 3stars
out of 292		 2stars
out of 292		 3stars
out of 248		 3stars
out of 133
Loomis Sayles Strategic Income Fund NEZYX 2stars
out of 292		 1star
out of 292		 2stars
out of 248		 3stars
out of 133
Loomis Sayles Senior Floating Rate and Fixed Income Fund LSFYX 3stars
out of 226		 2stars
out of 226		 3stars
out of 203		 N/A
Loomis Sayles High Income Fund NEHYX 3stars
out of 620		 3stars
out of 620		 3stars
out of 534		 3stars
out of 350

Loomis Sayles Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

Natixis Loomis Sayles Short Duration Income ETF

Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

Loomis Sayles Core Plus Bond fund

Loomis Sayles Strategic Alpha Fund

Loomis Sayles Global Bond Fund

Loomis Sayles Investment Grade Bond Fund

Loomis Sayles Bond Fund

Loomis Sayles Strategic Income Fund

Loomis Sayles Senior Floating Rate and Fixed Income Fund

Loomis Sayles High Income Fund


Loomis Sayles Research

Loomis Sayles fund managers use an active, high-conviction approach, supported by the firm’s deep research capabilities. In fact, 75% of investment professionals at Loomis Sayles are dedicated to research and trading, and $105 million was committed to proprietary research in 2020.

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Awards

Loomis, Sayles & Company has a history of award-winning performance and management. Recent awards include:

Lipper Fixed Income Fund Family of the Year (2010 and 2011)

Lipper Fund Classification Award:

  • Loomis Sayles Limited Term Gov’t and Agency Fund, Class Y (2019)
    Recognized in the Short-Intermediate US Government Funds category for the 10-year period1,2

Foundation & Endowment Money Management
Bond Manager of the Year (2012)

Global Investor Investment Excellence Awards
American Fixed Income Manger of the Year (2012)

Institutional Investor Lifetime Achievement Award (2012)
Dan Fuss, Portfolio Manager
* As of 9/30/2020. Coverage percentage based on market value of issuers covered. Covered includes all issues with Loomis Sayles research coverage.

** Includes 144a and other non-index-eligible issuers.

*** Emerging markets include any country determined by Loomis Sayles to have an emerging market economy. A complete list of EM countries, as defined by Loomis Sayles, is available upon request.

For each fund with at least a three-year history, Morningstar calculates a Morningstar Rating™ used to rank the fund against other funds in the same category. It is calculated based on a Morningstar Risk-Adjusted Return measure that accounts for variation in a fund’s monthly excess performance, without any adjustments for loads (front-end, deferred, or redemption fees), placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performance. Exchange-traded funds and open-ended mutual funds are considered a single population for comparative purposes. The top 10% of funds in each category receive 5 stars, the next 22.5% receive 4 stars, the next 35% receive 3 stars, the next 22.5% receive 2 stars and the bottom 10% receive 1 star (each share class is counted as a fraction of one fund within this scale and rated separately, which may cause slight variations in the distribution percentages). Overall ratings are derived from a weighted average of the performance figures associated with three-, five-, and ten-year (if applicable) Morningstar metrics.

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1 For funds with multiple share classes, Lipper selects the share class with the best Lipper Leader score as the basis for the award winner for demonstrating consistently strong risk-adjusted returns compared with peers. The highest Lipper Leader for Consistent Return (Effective Return) value determines the fund classification winner for each period. Lipper classification awards are given for the 3-, 5-, and 10-year periods and do not include the effect of sales charges. Past performance is no guarantee of, and not necessarily indicative of, future results. From Lipper Fund Awards from Refinitiv, © Refinitiv. All rights reserved. Used under license. The printing, copying, redistribution, or retransmission of this Content without express written permission is prohibited. www.lipperfundawards.com

2 Lipper Fund Classification Award (2019) based on 10 eligible US funds (21 share classes) for the 10-year period ending November 30, 2018 for the Short-Intermediate US Government Funds category.

Before investing, consider the fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses. For all funds with Class A, C, and Y shares please visit im.natixis.com or call 800-225-5478 for a prospectus or a summary prospectus containing this and other information; for funds with Institutional shares please visit loomissayles.com or call 800-633-3330. Read the prospectuses carefully.

ALPS Distributors, Inc. is the distributor for the Natixis Loomis Sayles Short Duration Income ETF. Natixis Distribution, L.P. is a marketing agent. ALPS Distributors, Inc. is not affiliated with Natixis Distribution, L.P.

Natixis Distribution, L.P. (fund distributor, member FINRA | SIPC) and Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. are affiliated.

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