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
| 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 |
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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 03/31/2021.
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 03/31/2021.
| Fund Name | Ticker | Overall Rating | 3-Year Rating | 5-Year Rating | 10-Year Rating |
| Loomis Sayles Limited Term Government and Agency Fund | NELYX |  out of 78 |
 out of 78 |
out of 75 |
 out of 64 |
| Natixis Loomis Sayles Short Duration Income ETF | LSST | out of 516 |
out of 516 |
N/A | N/A |
| Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund | LSDIX | out of 385 |
out of 385 |
out of 337 |
out of 255 |
| Loomis Sayles Core Plus Bond Fund | NERYX | out of 540 |
out of 540 |
out of 476 |
out of 342 |
| Loomis Sayles Strategic Alpha Fund | LASYX | out of 270 |
out of 270 |
out of 247 |
out of 106 |
| Loomis Sayles Global Bond Fund | LSGBX | out of 181 |
out of 181 |
out of 168 |
out of 114 |
| Loomis Sayles Investment Grade Bond Fund | LSIIX | out of 540 |
out of 540 |
out of 476 |
out of 342 |
| Loomis Sayles Bond Fund | LSBDX | out of 291 |
 out of 291 |
out of 260 |
out of 140 |
| Loomis Sayles Strategic Income Fund | NEZYX | out of 291 |
out of 291 |
out of 260 |
out of 140 |
| Loomis Sayles Senior Floating Rate and Fixed Income Fund | LSFYX | out of 232 |
out of 232 |
out of 209 |
N/A |
| Loomis Sayles High Income Fund | NEHYX | out of 630 |
out of 630 |
out of 556 |
out of 358 |
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.
Awards
Loomis, Sayles & Company has a history of award-winning performance and management. Recent awards include:
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
Bond Manager of the Year (2012)
Global Investor Investment Excellence Awards
American Fixed Income Manager of the Year (2012)
Institutional Investor Lifetime Achievement Award (2012)
Dan Fuss, Portfolio Manager
** 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.
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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.
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