December 08, 2021

A Decade of Delivering: Guggenheim’s Fixed-Income Mutual Funds Reach 10-Year Anniversary

NEW YORK, NY – Guggenheim Investments, the global asset management and investment advisory business of Guggenheim Partners, is pleased to announce that three of its flagship fixed-income mutual funds, Guggenheim Macro Opportunities Fund (GIOIX), Guggenheim Total Return Bond Fund (GIBIX), and Guggenheim Floating Rate Strategies Fund (GIFIX), reached their 10-year track records. Over the course of the past decade, the three funds rank highly versus respective Morningstar peers: GIOIX and GIBIX have each achieved top 1% rankings based on total return and overall 5-star ratings based on risk-adjusted return, while GIFIX has achieved a top decile ranking and a 4-star rating.

“The 10-year track record of these funds is a testament to our innovative investment process, influenced by Nobel Prize Laureate Danny Kahneman’s work in behavioral finance, and intended to perform regardless of market conditions,” said Scott Minerd, Guggenheim Chairman of Investments and Global CIO, who oversees the management of $259 billion in assets.

Guggenheim’s investment process is built on a team-based active management process that is designed to mitigate cognitive biases. The firm maintains more than 200 fixed-income investment professionals whose responsibilities are disaggregated into four specialized teams: The Macroeconomic and Investment Research group provides economic, policy, and market forecasts for the firm; Sector teams make specific security selections based on robust, bottom-up, fundamental analyses; the Portfolio Construction Group delivers model asset allocations and risk analysis; and Portfolio Managers execute investment strategies based on team inputs and portfolio mandates. This investment process separates the investment management function into its component parts to encourage collaboration, communication, and effortful decision-making that is intended to mitigate cognitive biases, snap judgments, and other decision-making pitfalls identified by studies in behavioral finance.

Anne Walsh, Chief Investment Officer for Fixed Income, said, “The remarkable results of our three flagship funds reflect the benefits of active management and the repeatable and scalable nature of the Guggenheim investment process. Our portfolio construction, which is unconstrained by any index, is intended to expand the investment universe, minimize risk, and help investors seeking income and attractive risk-adjusted returns in this low-yield world.”

Steve Brown, Assistant Chief Investment Officer, said, “As we pause to mark this 10-year milestone, I want to thank our clients for their trust in our distinctive investment process and their commitment to Guggenheim Guggenheim Partners over the years. My colleagues and I look forward to continuing to pursue strong risk-adjusted returns in the years to come.”

About Guggenheim Investments

Guggenheim Investments is the global asset management and investment advisory division of Guggenheim Partners, with more than $259 billion¹ in total assets across fixed income, equity, and alternative strategies. We focus on the return and risk needs of insurance companies, corporate and public pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments and foundations, consultants, wealth managers, and high-net-worth investors. Our 275+ investment professionals perform rigorous research to understand market trends and identify undervalued opportunities in areas that are often complex and underfollowed. This approach to investment management has enabled us to deliver innovative strategies providing diversification opportunities and attractive long-term results.

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