Our Amundi US Agency MBS Strategy seeks to add value through security selection and sector rotation within the agency mortgage sector, while limiting duration risk relative to the mortgage benchmark. We believe the return from security and sector selection is more attractive than the return from betting on interest rates.
Focused Fixed Income
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The Strategy is appropriate for investors seeking the safety and liquidity of US Treasury bonds, but with higher yields.
Overview
- Seeks to add value through security selection and sector rotation within the high credit quality mortgage sector, while limiting duration risk relative to the benchmark
- Goal is to assume and manage spread (or basis) risk, prepayment risk, and the risk of changes in implied volatility
- Composition is focused primarily on agency mortgage-backed securities
- Average credit quality is agency
- Duration-matched to the Bloomberg US MBS Index
Why Amundi US
A strong fixed income investment culture focused on sound, fundamental research drives the management of the Amundi US Agency MBS Strategy. Key features of the Strategy include:
- Evaluate investments in all sectors of the mortgage market and use proprietary research to seek value in mortgage cash flows
- Look to add value through security selection and sector rotation within the high credit quality mortgage sector which has historically outperformed Intermediate Treasuries with lower realized volatility
- We believe the firm is skilled at earning excess compensation for spread, prepayment, and volatility risks, while mitigating relative duration risk