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IE0032379574
PIMCO GIS Low Average Duration Fund

  • Fixed income
  • US
  • USD Cash
  • Accumulating
Invest with
USD Cash
Payout type
Accumulating
Risk rating
2
About this fund
Description
The Fund seeks to maximise total return by investing in diverse portfolio of fixed income instruments with an average duration of one to three years, which may include forwards or derivatives.
Key information
Annual report
Key fact sheet
Prospectus
Factsheet
Our perspective
Why we think this fund is best-in-class
product
Product
Endowus has selected the PIMCO GIS Low Average Duration Fund for its diverse portfolio of more than 300 short-term fixed income securities that has delivered the strategy's objective of generating an excess return over T-bills (i.e. the Fund's benchmark, ICE BofAML 1-3 Year US Treasury Index), as well as reducing risk and providing protection against rising rates since its inception in 2002.
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people
People
The Fund is led by two highly experienced co-PMs with an average experience of more than 25 years -- Scott Mather (CIO of US Core Strategies) and Jerome Schneider (Head of Short-Term Strategies) who leverage on PIMCO's signature investment process of combining top-down macro views and bottom-up security selection for portfolio construction. PIMCO's Investment Committee, comprising senior investment professionals specialising in each sector, designs a model portfolio reflecting the various macro views, which the US Short-Term team will incorporate in constructing the portfolio as a baseline. The PMs will then align further with PIMCO's house view on structural opportunities, such as duration, convexity, sector, yield curve, and credit risk.
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performance
Performance
The Fund has demonstrated top-tier returns over the longer term compared to its peers in the USD Short-Term Fixed Income space -- although returns were sometimes offset by the strategy's macro positioning that detracted. Overall, the Fund has demonstrated relatively attractive returns combined with a good drawdown control that only brought the Fund down by 1.5% in March 2020, and a historically superior volatility supported by a portfolio that values safety through its large allocations into high-quality government bonds.
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process
Process
The Fund primarily invests in USD-denominated securities issued by US and non-US public and private-sector entities, with opportunistic allocations into EM issuers (both hard and local currency instruments), HY securities, as well as derivatives such as credit default swaps to enhance returns where deemed appropriate by the team. The team also benefits from the wide coverage of credit research done by more than 70 credit analysts on PIMCO's global research platform to ensure that the securities chosen are from issuers with solid fundamentals and are trading at favourable valuations. Ultimately the final portfolio allocation, as well as buy/sell decisions, are decided by the three PMs, and the resulting portfolio typically consists of more than 300 high-quality and low-duration securities.
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cost
Cost
Access to institutional share class with no trailer fees to achieve the lowest possible fees
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selectionCriteria
How it fits in a portfolio
Investors may wish to consider utilising this Fund if they wish to be exposed to a core fixed income portfolio that is safer than conventional fixed income portfolios, although keeping in mind that low risk may come with relatively lower returns during periods when taking up credit risk is rewarded.
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Performance
Shows the total return of this accumulating fund, which includes dividends reinvested.
Total returns
All Time
77.18%
YTD
4.08%
1 month
1.02%
6 month
2.76%
1 year
5.18%
3 year
13.76%
5 year
8.57%
10 year
21.00%
As of Aug 2025
Distributions
This is an accumulating fund, so dividends are re-invested at the fund level.
Yield
4.11%As of Jun 2025
Risk metrics
Max drawdown
-7.01%As of Aug 2025
Volatility
2.19%As of Aug 2025
Calendar returns
YearTotalJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025-0.5%0.8%0.5%0.7%-0.2%0.8%-0.1%1.0%----
20244.8%0.4%-0.4%0.4%-0.3%0.8%0.6%1.2%0.8%0.9%-0.6%0.5%0.4%
20235.0%1.0%-0.8%1.2%0.3%-0.4%-0.4%0.7%0.4%0.0%0.3%1.3%1.4%
2022-4.8%-0.7%-0.7%-1.5%-0.8%0.3%-0.7%0.4%-0.6%-1.5%-0.5%0.9%0.5%
2021-0.8%0.1%-0.1%-0.2%0.2%0.2%-0.2%0.2%-0.1%-0.1%-0.4%-0.2%-0.1%
Top Exposures
RFR USD SOFR/3.00000 03/19/25-2Y CME Receive (2027-03-19 Maturity)25.14%
2 Year Treasury Note Future Sept 25 (2025-10-01 Maturity)16.13%
United States Treasury Notes 4.875% (2026-05-31 Maturity)10.42%
5 Year Treasury Note Future Sept 25 (2025-10-01 Maturity)9.02%
Federal National Mortgage Association 6% (2055-08-13 Maturity)6.34%
Federal National Mortgage Association 5% (2055-08-13 Maturity)3.91%
PIMCO USD Short Mat ETF (2025-09-01 Maturity)2.64%
RFR GBP SONIO/3.50000 03/19/25-5Y LCH Receive (2030-03-19 Maturity)2.61%
ORO USD 1Y C 3.75000 L 08/01/25 FAR (2025-08-01 Maturity)2.34%
PIMCO GIS US S/T Z USD Inc (2026-09-03 Maturity)2.07%
Federal National Mortgage Association 5% (2054-07-01 Maturity)2.03%
United States Treasury Notes 4.375% (2026-08-15 Maturity)1.91%
United States Treasury Notes 4.25% (2026-11-30 Maturity)1.25%
PIMCO US Dollar S/T Fl NAV Z USD Inc (2025-07-22 Maturity)1.11%
United States Treasury Notes 3.75% (2026-08-31 Maturity)1.04%
Top exposures represent up to 15 of the fund's largest exposures for each category. Allocation percentages may not sum up to 100% and can include negative values due to rounding or trading activities by the underlying fund managers, including short positions.
Fund fees
0.46% p.a.
Fund facts
ISIN
IE0032379574
Fund house
PIMCO
Fund size
US$757.4M
As of 29 Aug 2025
Fund inception date
05 Dec 2002
Fund class currency
USD
Fund share class
Instl USD
Oldest share inception date
05 Dec 2002
Pricing frequency
Daily

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  • Past performance is not indicative of future performance.
  • Although this fund has been authorised by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (“SFC”), it does not imply an official recommendation or endorsement by the SFC nor does it guarantee the commercial merits of the fund or its performance.
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