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Core Plus Bond Strategy

We believe successful, long-term fixed income investing starts with small, individual security decisions.

Team

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Arthur Cheng, CFA

Portfolio Manager

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Henry Song, CFA

Portfolio Manager

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Mark Jackson, CFA

Portfolio Manager

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Douglas Gimple

Senior Portfolio Specialist

Philosophy and process highlights

We believe careful selection of undervalued securities and spread sectors offering incremental yield and total return relative to the index is the best way to generate successful long-term investment outcomes.

We focus on securitized products as we believe this differentiated approach provides more opportunities to achieve higher credit quality while maintaining a yield advantage as compared to those invested in government or corporate credit-focused strategies.

We constantly look for value-add opportunities, which can lead to allocations outside of the benchmark with a focus on the securitized market.

Learn more about our philosophy and process

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Portfolio

Portfolio Guidelines

The portfolio generally invests at least 80% of its assets in a diversified portfolio of fixed income securities and may invest a significant portion or all of its assets in securitized bond investments. The portfolio may invest up to 35% of its assets in below-investment grade securities at the time of purchase. The portfolio will typically maintain an average portfolio duration within 20% of the duration of the Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index.

Risk disclosure: In general, when interest rates rise, fixed income values fall. Lower quality/high yield securities involve greater default risk or price changes than bonds with higher credit ratings. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities are influenced by factors affecting the housing market and the assets underlying such securities. The securities may decline in value, face valuation difficulties and become more volatile and/or illiquid. They are also subject to prepayment risk, which occurs when mortgage holders refinance or repay loans sooner than expected, creating an early return of principal to loan holders.

Index data source: Bloomberg Index Services Limited. See diamond-hill.com/disclosures for a full copy of the disclaimer.

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