Fund Overview
Income and diversification potential
Senior secured floating rate loans, which offer a floating rate of income, may provide investors with attractive risk-adjusted return potential, particularly during a rising rate environment. PIMCO Senior Floating Rate Fund offers actively managed exposure to this unique asset class.
Why Invest In This Fund
An attractive risk/return profile
Floating rate loans offer higher-potential credit premium than investment grade bonds, and tend to have lower volatility than high yield bonds. The fund emphasizes higher quality loans, which typically have a higher recovery rate and lower risk of default than lower-quality, unsecured debt.
Minimal interest rate exposure
Because rates on bank loans typically float, or shift to prevailing interest rates, they may provide a hedge in a rising rate environment, as well as an opportunity to enhance returns with increased credit exposure.
Time-tested management experience
PIMCO has managed floating rate bank loan portfolios since 1996. Underpinning portfolio construction is our time-tested investment process, which combines our top-down macroeconomic analysis and rigorous credit research. Our credit team scrutinizes company fundamentals, seeking to avoid those with weakening credit profiles, while identifying those whose balance sheets we believe are improving.