Global Fixed Income
Built for All Market Environments
You expect more of your fixed income provider than simply providing the potential for attractive risk-managed return and income. You also want sophisticated insights and innovative investments that help you adapt to fast-changing market conditions. We strive to deliver.
Why American Century for Fixed Income
Executing a Dynamic Process
We use a repeatable approach that weighs risks against opportunities, in real time, with a mission to generate consistent excess returns over a full market cycle.
Innovating for Results
From evolving our approach to securitized credit to applying a systematic method to corporate credit, we continually evaluate and refine our strategies to take advantage of market opportunities and support your investment needs.
Maintaining Discipline
Our active, research-based approach to investment selection allows us to stay true to our convictions as economic conditions and risks shift.
Investment Team Highlights
Global Fixed Income Strategies
Single Sector
U.S. Intermediate Government
Seeks to generate income through select investments in government bond sectors, including Treasuries, government agencies, and mortgages.
U.S. Short Duration Inflation Protection Bond
Aims to help combat inflation’s effects while minimizing interest-rate risk through an actively managed low-duration, multisector portfolio including Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS).
U.S. Inflation-Adjusted Bond
Looks to help combat inflation’s effects through an actively managed, multisector portfolio including Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS).
U.S. Corporate Plus
Seeks enhanced returns with less interest rate risk through an actively managed portfolio of investment-grade corporate debt able to dynamically allocates to high yield.
Emerging Markets Debt
Aims to enhance geographic diversification and deliver outsized returns by investing in attractive opportunities across emerging markets, unencumbered by benchmark limitations.
U.S. Opportunistic Securitized Credit
Seeks to deliver high-quality, diversified alpha with lower duration and higher yield than traditional core bonds through investments in asset-backed securities (ABS) and other securitized subsectors.
Multi Sector
U.S. Short Duration
Seeks current income with limited volatility, particularly when interest rates rise, primarily through investments in short-term investment-grade securities.
U.S. Core Fixed Income
Seeks risk-managed total return through investments in a broadly diversified, high-quality, intermediate-duration securities.
U.S. Core Plus Fixed Income
Seeks enhanced yield through investments in investment-grade securities, complemented by high-yield, emerging markets, and non-dollar issues.
Global Fixed Income
Looks to enhance total return and diversification across fixed-income sectors, as well as manage currency risk, through investments in a full range of global fixed income securities and currencies.
Multi-Sector Credit Income
Seeks attractive income and higher returns than core or core-plus fixed income portfolios, with less interest-rate risk, by security selection and active sector management.
Global Unconstrained Fixed Income
Seeks strong total returns and geographic diversification through investments across fixed income sectors, countries, and currencies.
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