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Short Maturity

Short Duration Income

Strategy Goal
The strategy seeks to deliver strong risk-adjusted returns with limited interest-rate sensitivity through a flexible, multi-sector bond approach. The Strategy has primarily focused on the following sectors: short maturity investment grade corporate bonds, commercial mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, and high yield corporate bonds.
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Experienced, Tenured Team

Managed through a collaborative effort of over 80 investment professionals in portfolio management, credit research and trading.

Leading Presence

A leader in low duration solutions, with over $60B in short and ultra short bond strategies

Historically Consistent Performance

Strong track record of performance relative to peers in a wide range of market environments
Portfolio Highlights

  • A flexible, multi-sector approach emphasizing short-maturity credit sectors that have historically outperformed government-related securities.
  • A true short-maturity strategy that has historically maintained an effective duration of approximately 2 years and a spread duration of approximately 2-3 years.
  • The strategy focuses primarily on allocations to short-maturity, investment-grade corporate bonds, commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”), high-yield corporate bonds, and asset-backed securities (“ABS”).
Vehicles Offered

Separate Account
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Portfolio managed directly on behalf of an institutional client.

Collective Investment Trust (CIT)*
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Pooled investment vehicle offered by Wilmington Trust and sub-advised by Lord Abbett with daily liquidity available to certain pension investors.

Private Funds
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Pooled investment vehicle with periodic liquidity available to qualified purchasers.

Mutual Fund
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Pooled investment vehicle available to individual and institutional investors.

Variable Insurance Portfolio
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Pooled investment vehicle available only to separate accounts of certain insurance companies.

UCITS
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Irish-domiciled pooled investment vehicle available to certain non-U.S. investors.

The Investment Team

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Andrew H. O'Brien, CFA

Partner, Portfolio Manager
27 Years of Experience
Professional Headshot of Kewjin Yuoh

Kewjin Yuoh

Partner, Portfolio Manager
31 Years of Experience
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Steven F. Rocco, CFA

Partner & Co-Head of Taxable Fixed Income
24 Years of Experience
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Robert A. Lee

Partner & Co-Head of Taxable Fixed Income
34 Years of Experience
Professional Headshot of Adam Castle

Adam C. Castle, CFA

Partner, Portfolio Manager
17 Years of Experience
Professional Headshot of Harris Trifon

Harris Trifon

Partner, Portfolio Manager
25 Years of Experience
By The Numbers

Additional Portfolio Managers
28

Credit Research Analysts
36
Years of industry experience as of 01/01/2025.
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Performance
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Short Duration Core

The strategy seeks to deliver strong risk-adjusted returns with limited interest-rate sensitivity through a flexible, multi-sector bond approach. The Strategy has primarily focused on the following sectors: short maturity Treasuries, investment grade corporate bonds, commercial mortgage-backed securities, and asset-backed securities.
Fixed Income•Short Maturity

Ultra Short Bond

The strategy is designed to deliver current income consistent with the preservation of capital by investing in a broad range of investment grade, ultra-short fixed income and money market securities with a weighted average duration of less than one year.
Important Information

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THIS WEBSITE IS FOR THE USE OF INSTITUTIONS, INSTITUTIONAL CONSULTANTS, AND FINANCIAL PROFESSIONALS. IT IS NOT INTENDED FOR, AND SHOULD NOT BE USED WITH, RETAIL INVESTORS.

Risks to Consider: The strategy discussed is subject to the general risks associated with investing in debt securities, including market, credit, liquidity, and interest rate risk. The value of an investment will change as interest rates fluctuate and in response to market movements. When interest rates rise, the prices of debt securities are likely to decline, and when interest rates fall, the prices of debt securities tend to rise.  Debt securities are subject to credit risk, which is the risk that the issuer will fail to make timely payments of interest and principal. The strategy may invest in high yield, lower-rated debt securities, sometimes called junk bonds and may involve greater risks than higher rated debt securities. These securities carry increased risks of price volatility, illiquidity, and the possibility of default in the timely payment of interest and principal. The strategy may invest in foreign or emerging market securities, which may be adversely affected by economic, political, or regulatory factors and subject to currency volatility and greater liquidity risk. The strategy may invest in derivatives, which are subject to greater liquidity, leverage, and counterparty risk. These factors can adversely affect performance. 

ICE BofA Index Information:

Source: ICE Data Indices, LLC (“ICE”), used with permission. ICE PERMITS USE OF THE ICE BofA INDICES AND RELATED DATA ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, MAKES NO WARRANTIES REGARDING SAME, DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE SUITABILITY, QUALITY, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, AND/OR COMPLETENESS OF THE ICE BofA INDICES OR ANY DATA INCLUDED IN, RELATED TO, OR DERIVED THEREFROM, ASSUMES NO LIABILITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THE FOREGOING, AND DOES NOT SPONSOR, ENDORSE, OR RECOMMEND LORD ABBETT, OR ANY OF ITS PRODUCTS OR SERVICES.

*Collective Funds:
Wilmington Trust, N.A. (the “Trustee”) serves as the Trustee of the Fund and maintains ultimate fiduciary authority over the management of, and investments made, in the Fund. The Fund is part of the Wilmington Trust Collective Investment Trust (the “Trust”) operated by the Trustee. 

Wilmington Trust, N.A. Collective Investment Funds (“WTNA Funds”) are bank collective investment funds; they are not mutual funds. Wilmington Trust, N.A. serves as the Trustee of the Wilmington Trust Collective Investment Trust and maintains ultimate fiduciary authority over the management of, and investments made in, the WTNA Funds. The WTNA Funds and units therein are exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Investments in the WTNA Funds are not deposits or obligations of or guaranteed by Wilmington Trust, and are not insured by the FDIC, the Federal Reserve, or any other governmental agency. The WTNA Funds are commingled investment vehicles, and as such, the values of the underlying investments will rise and fall according to market activity; it is possible to lose money by investing in the WTNA Funds.

Participation in Collective Investment Trust Funds is limited primarily to qualified defined contribution plans and certain state or local government plans and is not available to IRAs, health and welfare plans and, in certain cases, Keogh (H.R. 10) plans. Collective Investment Trust Funds may be suitable investments for participants seeking to construct a well-diversified retirement savings program. Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of any pooled investment company carefully before investing. The Additional Fund Information and Principal Risk Definitions (PRD) contains this and other information about a Collective Investment Trust Fund and is available at www.wilmingtontrust.com/PrincipalRiskDefinitions or ask for a copy by contacting Wilmington Trust, N.A. at (866)427-6885.

Wilmington Trust is a registered service mark, used in connection with various fiduciary and financial services, including trustee, custodial, agency, and investment management services, offered to trust, individual, and institutional clients by certain subsidiaries of M&T Bank Corporation. Such subsidiaries include, but are not limited to, Manufacturers & Traders Trust Company (M&T Bank), Wilmington Trust Company (operating in Delaware only), Wilmington Trust, N.A., Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors, Inc., Wilmington Funds Management Corporation, and Wilmington Trust Investment Management, LLC. International corporate and institutional services are offered through M&T Bank Corporation’s international subsidiaries. Loans, credit cards, retail and business deposits, and other business and personal banking services and products are offered by M&T Bank, member FDIC. Wilmington Trust traces its roots to the founding of Wilmington Trust Company in 1903.

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