Core Plus Fixed Income Strategy

Strategy Objective

The Calamos Core Plus Fixed Income strategy seeks total return, consistent with preservation of capital and prudent investment management, through income earned on investments, plus capital appreciation. The strategy invests primarily in a diversified portfolio of investment-grade debt securities that generally have a dollar-weighted average portfolio duration between three to ten years.

Key Differentiators

  • In-depth capital structure research to evaluate issuers holistically
  • Broader opportunity set including US and non-US dollar issues, and convertible securities
  • Total return orientation
  • Team approach to management

Strategy Details

As of 12/31/23
Inception Date: 7/01/07
Strategy Assets*: $46.0 M
Benchmark: Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index

*Strategy Assets reflect all assets that are currently being managed (collectively) under the strategy, which may contain multiple performance composites.

Portfolio

Security Type Allocation

As of 12/31/23
Name % of Assets
Investment Grade Corporate Debt 24.1
High Yield Corporate Debt 6.0
Government Debt 33.5
Securitized Debt 32.1
Syndicated Loans 3.5
U.S. Municipal Debt 0.0
Cash 0.7

Fixed Income Sector Breakout

As of 12/31/23
Sector %
Treasuries 33.7%
Agency Fixed Rate 27.1%
Consumer Non Cyclical 5.0%
Consumer Cyclical 3.7%
Technology 3.2%
Insurance 3.1%
Transportation 2.6%
Banking 2.4%
Finance Companies 2.4%
REITs 2.4%

Maturity Schedule

As of 12/31/23
Range %
< 1 Year 2.9%
1 to 3 Years 15.1%
3 to 5 Years 16.6%
5 to 7 Years 14.2%
7 to 10 Years 28.7%
10 to 20 Years 9.9%
> 20 Years 10.9%
Equities and Other 1.8%

Credit Quality of Bonds

As of 12/31/23
Class %
AAA 38.2%
AA 2.4%
A 9.3%
BBB 13.8%
BB 7.4%
B 0.6%
CCC and below 0.0%
Unrated Securities 28.2%

Representative Portfolio Ten Largest Holdings

As of 12/31/23
Company Coupon Maturity %
Freddie Mac Pool 5.00% 10/1/2053 3.0
Fannie Mae Pool 4.50% 9/1/2052 2.8
Freddie Mac Pool 4.00% 8/1/2052 2.7
Fannie Mae Pool 6.00% 9/1/2053 1.9
Fannie Mae Pool 5.50% 8/1/2053 1.7
Fannie Mae Pool 4.50% 2/1/2053 1.5
Fannie Mae Pool 2.50% 7/1/2051 1.5
Fannie Mae Pool 4.50% 6/1/2052 1.2
Fannie Mae Pool 2.50% 4/1/2050 1.1
Fannie Mae Pool 4.00% 11/1/2052 1.1

Performance

Annualized Total Returns

As of 12/31/23
Name 1-Year 3-Year 5-Year 10-Year Since Inception (7/01/07)
Core Plus Fixed Income (Gross) 6.88% -2.15% 2.10% 2.48% 3.88%
Core Plus Fixed Income (Net) 6.40% -2.58% 1.61% 1.96% 3.33%
Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index 5.53% -3.31% 1.10% 1.81% 3.11%

Calendar Year Returns

As of 12/31/23
Name Qtr ending Dec 23 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Core Plus Fixed Income (Gross) 7.03% 6.88% -11.92% -0.47% 7.68% 9.94% -0.43% 3.90% 4.24% 2.06%
Core Plus Fixed Income (Net) 6.91% 6.40% -12.32% -0.91% 7.18% 9.34% -0.98% 3.33% 3.67% 1.50%
Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index 6.82% 5.53% -13.01% -1.54% 7.51% 8.72% 0.01% 3.54% 2.65% 0.55%

Past performance does not guarantee or indicate future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. Portfolios are managed according to their respective strategies which may differ significantly in terms of security holdings, industry weightings, and asset allocation from those of the benchmark(s). Portfolio performance, characteristics and volatility may differ from the benchmark(s) shown.

Returns and Risk/Reward statistics presented reflect the Calamos Institutional Core Plus Fixed Income Composite which is an actively managed composite investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of investment-grade securities that generally have a dollar-weighted average duration between three to ten years. The Composite was created December 1, 2010, calculated with an inception date of July 1, 2007 and includes all fully discretionary, fee paying accounts, including those no longer with the Firm. 

Unmanaged index returns, unlike fund returns, do not reflect fees, expenses or sales charges. Investors cannot invest directly in an index.

Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based flagship benchmark that measures the investment grade, US dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market. The index includes Treasuries, government related and corporate securities, MBS (agency fixed-rate and hybrid ARM pass-throughs), ABS and CMBS (agency and non-agency).

Fees include the investment advisory fee charge by Calamos Advisors LLC. Returns greater than 12 months are annualized. Chart Data Sources: Calamos Advisors LLC.

Average annual total return measures net investment income and capital gain or loss from portfolio investments as an annualized average. All performance shown assumes reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions.

Risk/Reward

Risk/Reward Since Inception

As of 12/31/23
Name Calamos Institutional Core Plus Fixed Income Composite Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index
Alpha 0.99% N/A
Beta 0.92 1.00
Annualized Standard Deviation 4.37% 4.32%
Upside Semivariance 1.15% 1.03%
Downside Semivariance 0.54% 0.59%
Sharpe Ratio 0.65 0.48
Information Ratio 0.43 N/A
Sortino Ratio 1.05 0.73

Since Inception Up/Down Capture Vs. Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index

As of 12/31/23

Vehicles & Minimums

Vehicles and Minimums

Vehicle Minimum Availability
Separately Managed Accounts $25 million Available to new investors
Institutional Mutual Fund (CTRIX) $1 million These investment offerings are intended for investors inside the United States.

Literature

Fact Sheet

The Core Plus Fixed Income Strategy fact sheet provides a snap shot of the investment team, the fund strategy, performance, composition, ratings and returns.

Calamos Fixed Income Credit Analysis Process

Credit analysis is the foundation of our fixed income investment process. We provide an overview of how our team of dedicated credit analysts evaluate a company’s ability to meet its debt obligations utilizing rigorous bottom-up fundamental analysis informed by macroeconomic insights.

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