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LONG DURATION

  • Seeks total return with a combination of income and capital appreciation
  • Invests in a diversified portfolio of investment-grade fixed income securities
  • Composite guidelines allow for out of benchmark allocations
  • Managed duration generally within +/- 20% of benchmark duration

The investment objective of our Long Duration strategy is to maximize risk-adjusted total return with a combination of income and capital appreciation. The portfolio seeks to achieve its objective by investing in a diversified portfolio of investment-grade fixed income securities. The manager seeks to consistently outperform the benchmark, the Barclays Capital U.S. Long Government/Credit Index, through the active management of interest rate positioning, sector allocation and security selection.


sector allocation
as of 3/31/2012
  statistics
as of 3/31/2012
  composite benchmark
Industrial 25.2% 27.5%
Utilities 23.8% 7.6%
Financial 14.4% 8.5%
Treasury 23.3% 40.3%
Government Related 2.5% 8.7%
Local Authority 6.7% 7.4%
Cash 4.1% -
 
  composite benchmark
Duration/Years 14.18 14.14
Average Life 27.00 23.72
Average Credit Quality A A+
Total Portfolio Holdings 63 1,541
Yield 4.57 4.18

as of 3/31/2012

For more information, please contact us.


There can be no guarantee that the investment techniques, strategies and risk analyses used by Cutwater will produce the desired results. Investment involves risks, including the possible loss of principal.

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Jesse Fogarty
Managing Director
914-765-3275
Dave Wilson
Managing Director
914-765-3684

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